Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation Engineering
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 150-MM1733-PC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chailey Clinical Services
- Town
- North Chailey
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 19/06/2025
Employer heading
Senior Specialist Rehabilitation Engineer or Clinical Scientist
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Rehabilitation Engineering Service based at Chailey Clinical Services for a motivated team player to join the team in the role of Senior Specialist Rehabilitation Engineer.
This post is situated within a specialist paediatric Rehabilitation Engineering Service. The client group currently served have severe and complex physical disabilities and therefore require bespoke assistive technology (AT) solutions in order to undertake activities of daily living. The equipment has a clinical role in the care of the child or young person helping to support to reduce the progression of deformity in particular that associated with seating, standing and lying.
RES provides clinical support to the pupils of Chailey Heritage School and a large number of mainly paediatric outpatients referred from the Sussex area whose local services who cannot meet these clients’ needs.
You will be working in a team of Clinical Scientists, Rehabilitation Engineers, Technicians and administrate staff to design, develop, manufacture and modify assistive technology to support our clients with their posture and daily activities.
Main duties of the job
You will deliver high quality, client focused, specialist clinical assessment and prescription of assistive technology to children, young people or adults referred to the clinics and services at Chailey Clinical Services (CCS).
You will be required to identify suitable commercially available equipment or design, develop and manufacture equipment, or modify and adapt existing equipment to an agreed solution. A large portion of this role will involve the assessment for, design of, manufacture and delivery of custom moulded seating or custom equipment.
Your role will be to attend specialist clinics on and off site as a senior engineer and as part of a multidisciplinary team assess the client. In clinics you will provide specialist input.
You will provide a technical advisory role to other staff in the department, service, CCS and as appropriate outside agencies.
You will be part of the senior B7 team within the department and take on responsibilities and work as appropriate.
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 2023 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
• 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
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
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
The post holder will be expected :
- to provide additional specialist input in a range of clinics.
- to design, develop and manufacture equipment or modify and adapt existing equipment to an agreed solution.
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to effectively organise, prioritise and complete own workload and be efficient in the use of time and materials.
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to have excellent written and verbal communication skills to liaise with clients, their families and carers, other professionals and suppliers.
- to provide technical support to other team members including inspecting, approving and ensuring work completed within timescales
- to provide leadership within the RES team including supervision, service development, delegated responsibilities etc
- to support the organisation with the provision of multidisciplinary learning and training opportunities including
- work within Health & Safety requirements
- work within Quality Management system
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First degree in appropriate engineering or related discipline
- MSc/MPhil level qualification in relevant area or experience to this level
- Registered Clinical Technologist on the VRCT or the Academy for Healthcare Science, Healthcare Science Practitioner Register OR Registration or eligible for registration as a Clinical Scientist following completion of STP scheme
- Professional Membership of an Engineering Institution (eg IPEM, IMechE, IET)
Desirable criteria
- Incorporated Engineer (RE)
- Qualification in Rehabilitation Engineering (RE)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in Rehabilitation Engineering working independently and as part of a team or completion of STP Rehabilitation Engineering specialism or equivalent in order to register with HCPC as a clinical scientist
- Team working (including multidisciplinary) in delivering clinical services
- Working with children, young people and adults with complex disabilities
- Knowledge of manufacturing using a range of techniques or materials
Desirable criteria
- Provision of a range of specialist assistive technology (e.g postural management equipment, daily living equipment, EAT)
- Providing leadership within the team and supporting senior management as appropriate
- Working within and developing quality systems
- Ability to assess for, cast, design, manufacture, assemble and deliver custom countered seating
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly, efficiently and effectively to organise and prioritise own work and those of other members of staff
- To convey complex information to staff of other disciplines and users/cares in a manner in which it is understood.
- Knowledge and experience of using risk management in all aspects of work
- Teaching / training skills
Desirable criteria
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) &/or Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM), 3d printing, scanning knowledge
- Knowledge and understanding of quality management systems
other
Essential criteria
- Clean driving licence as an element of this job may involve off site working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Swann
- Job title
- RES Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01825 722112
- Additional information
01825 722112 ext 7797
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