Job overview

As part of the multi-disciplinary specialist team, you’ll work with the Therapists to develop new vocational rehabilitation projects and support the rehabilitation of our patients who present with a range of injuries and conditions. As the Therapy Workshop Manager, you will be the subject matter expert (SME) in fabricating and maintaining items in wood, metal, plastic and glass as required by the rehabilitation service or the wider Leadership and Management.

This is a unique and rewarding role within the NHS that provides the opportunity to use skills developed within the trade industries but also work alongside patients supporting the delivery of vocational rehabilitation and wider leadership management.

At Wessex Rehab, we go beyond standard outpatient Physiotherapy rehabilitation. Within the spacious facility you’ll find a large gym and private treatment areas, as well as our more unusual therapy spaces including a bouldering wall, industrial workshop, and hydrotherapy pool. Patients referred to our facility have often suffered significant; life changing physical injuries and have undergone advanced and interesting surgical reconstruction.

Please follow the link for a Virtual Tour of Wessex Rehab: https://youtu.be/ynkAv5kljV8

Main duties of the job

Work as the lead workshop technician and manager of the Industrial Workshop at Wessex Rehab, Salisbury District Hospital, within an outstanding outpatient rehabilitation facility.

Work directly with patients on a 1:1 or group basis as part of their rehabilitation journey, offering instruction, supervision and support to them to allow completion of appropriate activities in the industrial workshop.

Oversee daily, weekly and annual maintenance of plant and machinery in the Industrial Workshop, and ensure all records are maintained in a clear, concise and accurate manner, accessible and available at all times for audit and review. Oversee all requests and orders for maintenance or fabrication of items that are placed at the Industrial Workshop, taking responsibility for invoicing for work completed.

Work closely with the Health and Safety team to ensure the Industrial Workshop at Wessex Rehab sustains the highest standards of work place safety, records and mitigates all risks.  

Directly supervise the band 5 workshop technician, ensuring the required leadership, direction, work-day planning and technical oversight is provided. Manage resource levels in the workshop to ensure adequate staffing at all times, including managing annual leave requests and sickness absence. 

Work with volunteers who give their time to the Trust and our patients, ensuring that they are allocated appropriate and useful tasks to undertake in line with their role and experience.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here were driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Dont just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk.