Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation Engineering
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 150-DJ2546-PC-A
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chailey Clinical Services
- Town
- N.Lewes
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 For B5 transition, salary will be B5 AfC until registration
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Rehabilitation Engineer
Band 6
Job overview
Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
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Main duties of the job
This position is offered at Band 6 for applicants who are registered Rehabilitation Engineers with the Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT).
However, we will also consider appointing an experienced Band 5 Rehabilitation Engineer who is eligible and committed to completing RCT registration. You will be expected to complete the required training within the agreed timeframe, and progression from Band 5 to Band 6 will depend on successful RCT registration.
Please clearly indicate on your application whether you are applying for the Band 6 post or the Band 5–6 development role.
This role will involve being active within the clinics we run at Chailey. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, medics and fellow engineers. You will jointly assess the complex clients we see and contribute to the design, development and manufacture of new equipment or the adaptation of existing solutions. You will be an active member of the clinical team and provide technical expertise to support clinical decision making.
You will be responsible for managing any ongoing actions, producing technical plans, engineering drawings, generating prescriptions, gathering supplier quotes and preparing funding applications. You will need to keep track of all your ongoing work and ensure it is completed in a timely manner.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To attend solo or as part of an RES team appointments and clinics with users, carers, and staff of other disciplines/outside agencies to discuss problems experienced by clients and their carers for which assistive technology may provide a solution.
2. To design and develop and manufacture equipment or adapt/modify commercially available equipment to solve individual problems of daily living experienced by clients and their families and carers.
3. To work within our Quality Management System and understand what we are registered to do.
4. To take account of the medical, therapeutic, nursing and the client’s personal requirements relevant to the assistive devices to be supplied.
5. To use sound engineering techniques and other appropriate practices to develop and produce the assistive devices required and to seek advice when in doubt.
6. The post holder will need to communicate effectively with management and all RES staff, therapists, clients, local services and contractors and communicate in a professional manner.
7. To effectively organise and complete own workload and be efficient in the use of time and materials.
8. Contribute to project files and product development, attend staff meetings and participate in delegated action plans for the department as agreed by management.
9. Work as an engaged and enthusiastic member of the RES team including supporting ongoing projects and assisting other members of staff.
RES provides clinical support to the pupils of Chailey Heritage School and a large number of outpatients referred from local services who cannot meet these clients’ needs.
If on a B5-6 transition post part of your main duties will involve completing your training and working towards registration. You will be supported but expected to manage your own training to a degree and obtain registration within the agreed timeframe.
The degree of supported supervision and autonomy will vary depending on the banding being appointed to and previous experience.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HNC or higher in mechanical engineering (or equivalent engineer degree e.g. product design or rehabilitation engineering)
- Registered with the voluntary register of Clinical Technologists (for those applying for B5-6 transition this is not required)
Desirable criteria
- Member of IPEM
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working within a rehabilitation engineering department
- Recent experience using a variety of engineering machinery such as mills, lathes, band saws, drills, saws, and welding.
- Problem solving using mechanical engineering techniques
- Experience working as a B5 RE (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Working with children and young people, including those with complex conditions
- Provision of a range of specialist assistive technology (e.g postural management equipment, daily living equipment, EAT)
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate clearly and respectfully (verbally and in writing) with colleagues in the same and different disciplines and with clients and their families.
- Ability to organise own workload and work to tight timescales.
- Ability to create and interpret engineering technical drawings.
- Ability to drive & clean driving licence
- Skills to work as an effective team member
Desirable criteria
- Use of 3D CAD packages
- Knowledge & understanding of quality systems.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Fiona Swann
- Job title
- Clinical Scientist, RES Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01825 722112
- Additional information
01825 722112 ext 7797
Please contact our generic email address for any enquiries to ensure staff absences do not prevent the department replying to you as soon as possible. [email protected]
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