Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation Engineer
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (As per MS)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-NN-7215099-A&C-Y
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Mary's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £46,419 - £55,046 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Rehabilitation Engineer
Band 6
Job overview
A vacancy has arisen for a Band 6 Rehabilitation Engineer, working with the Wheelchair Service based at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton. The service cover aspects of the provision of posture and wheeled mobility equipment and special seating to meet the complex needs of people with disabilities, living across 5 boroughs in SW London.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will assess people with disabilities, both in a multidisciplinary team and independently, providing technical expertise and prescription to ensure the provision of manual and powered wheelchairs, special seating and associated equipment. They will also be required to develop their knowledge of the manufacturing process, along with practical skills in order to design and manufacture seating systems and modifications. Clients may have complex mobility and postural needs, requiring technically challenging solutions, and a key role of the RE is to provide technical expertise to other wheelchair service colleagues in the review, adaptation, modification, prescription and delivery of both standard and bespoke equipment. There is a requirement for significant travel as the majority of the clinical work is carried out in client’s homes, and other clinical sites, throughout South West London. Applicant must hold a full UK drivers licence and will be required to use their own car for visits.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Degree in an appropriate engineering discipline (eg mechanical or electronic engineering, or Rehabilitation Engineering or Clinical Science) (2)
- • Membership of, or eligibility of membership of, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (2)
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Practical engineering experience (min 2 years)
- • Experience of risk assessment and risk management
Desirable criteria
- • Working in healthcare environment in an engineering capacity
- • Working with wheelchairs and seating systems
Skills
Essential criteria
- Independent decision making and ability to work unsupervised using own initiative
- Ability to use basic hand engineering tools and equipment
Desirable criteria
- Ability to produce 2D and 3D technical drawings
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of Anatomy and physiology and basic biomechanics.
Desirable criteria
- Wheelchair and seating product knowledge
- Awareness of disability and its impact on posture
Other
Essential criteria
- Car owner and driver
- Problem solving ability
- Experience of working with a team
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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
- Rhiannon Mycock
- Job title
- Rehabilitation Engineering Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02084876084
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