Job summary
- Main area
- Healthcare science
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-7287912-ASR
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 4 Associate Mechanical Workshop Technician
NHS AfC: Band 4
Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***
The post holder will work in a well-equipped mechanical workshop. The majority of the work will involve the production and set up of bespoke wheelchair and seating systems for individual clients. This work will range from making small modifications to mobility equipment through to set up and programming (to a set up level) of powered wheelchair controls. There will also be a requirement to repair and modify existing seating and mobility systems under the guidance of the clinical team. The post holder will record the work they do and any innovation and calculations within the quality management system.
Main duties of the job
- The manufacture and construction of bespoke small items using a variety of techniques, adjusting commercially available equipment, fitting available commercial equipment items to wheelchairs, developing bespoke mechanical items, and adapting commercial equipment.
- The use of hand and machine tools and standard workshop machinery (lathe, milling machine, drill, band saw, welding equipment) to fabricate, construct and modify equipment, where necessary operating to fine tolerances and more general tolerances where fitting to existing equipment, and to be capable of deciding when each are appropriate.
- To support the team in fitting basic equipment such as accessories to equipment in the clinical situation This could also include making adjustments based on assessment of the user’s needs, recording the details of issue and identifying areas of risk associated with the introduction of the equipment.
- The post holder will be expected to work as part of a team and may be involved in assessments, production, monitoring and follow-up of seating systems provided to individual patients. There may be a degree of supervised patient contact
- To contribute and be part of the Mechanical Workshop team in stock management. This includes conducting goods inwards receiving and goods inspections, stores organisation and data base updating of records.
- Be available and willing to attend training courses and training programmes to develop workshop skills
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Equipment management is key to the efficient running of Regional Posture & Mobility Services. These clinical services provide postural and mobility solutions for the people of Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. They are supported by a Mechanical Workshop which can create bespoke and innovative solutions for the services
The Mechanical Workshop supports Rehabilitation Engineering throughout the West Midlands by producing tailored innovations to meet the needs of service users with postural and mobility issues. These solutions are produced within a Quality Management System to ensure compliance to relevant medical device legislation
The post holder will support Regional Posture & Mobility Service in the provision of the clinical service by ensuring equipment is checked to specification and available for clinical activity at the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre or other locations. The role will include the use of the Service vans to move equipment. With the guidance of the clinicians, the post holder may be required to join clinics to facilitate fitting and handover of equipment solutions
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of education to GCSE level or equivalent, including Maths and English
- NVQ level 3, or BTEC or Ordinary National Certificate/Diploma or City and Guilds Advanced Craft in an appropriate subject ie mechanical engineering Or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in working within and to Mechanical Workshop practices. Including manufacture and Fabrication.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Competent in the use of Computer systems and basic data inputting
personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise own workload/manage own time
- Demonstrates a positive and motivated attitude
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephen Cooper
- Job title
- Senior Rehabilitation
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 466 3100
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