Lead Rehab Engineer

As Rehabilitation Engineering Team Manager and Clinical Lead, you will lead the day-to-day delivery of the Rehabilitation Engineering service, providing specialist technical and clinical expertise while supporting the development and wellbeing of the team. You will provide senior expertise in complex assessment, equipment adaptation, commissioning and technical risk management, working closely with clinical colleagues to ensure engineering solutions meet individual patient needs.

Working in conjunction with the Clinical Lead Wheelchair Therapist, you will help provide cohesive leadership across the clinical and engineering elements of the service. The roles will bring together complementary professional expertise to support effective multidisciplinary decision-making, quality improvement and service development. You will also work closely with managers, suppliers and partner organisations, helping to maintain effective relationships and high standards of service delivery.

• Provide leadership and day-to-day management of the specialist Rehabilitation Engineering team.
• Provide highly specialist technical and clinical expertise in complex equipment assessment, adaptation and commissioning.
• Provide expert advice on complex equipment needs and support solutions that are technically robust, clinically appropriate and focused on individual patient requirements.
• Work cohesively and in close partnership with the Clinical Lead Wheelchair Therapist, bringing together complementary engineering and therapy expertise.
• Support effective multidisciplinary working and decision-making across the Wheelchair and Specialist Seating Service.
• Lead and support staff development and wellbeing within the Rehabilitation Engineering & Mobile Engineering (Repair Service) team.
• Maintain high standards of quality, safety and governance and provide senior expertise in technical risk management.
• Work collaboratively with clinical colleagues, managers, suppliers and partner organisations.
• Contribute to service development, supporting improvements in the quality, safety and responsiveness of the service.
• Promote an inclusive, collaborative approach and consistently high standards of professional practice.

This collaborative approach will support multidisciplinary working, shared problem-solving and the development of safe, clinically appropriate and technically robust solutions for patients.

This is an opportunity to combine specialist engineering expertise, team leadership and service development within a highly specialist area. You will have the opportunity to lead and support a specialist Rehabilitation Engineering team while working closely with clinical colleagues and contributing to the ongoing development of the service. The original advert identifies leadership, complex assessment, engineering expertise, governance and service development as central elements of the opportunity.

The role offers an opportunity to influence both day-to-day service delivery and longer-term development while working collaboratively across professional disciplines.

If you are an experienced Rehabilitation Engineer or medical engineering professional looking for an opportunity to combine specialist technical expertise with clinical leadership, team management and service development.

We are looking for someone who values collaborative working and can work alongside the Clinical Lead Wheelchair Therapist and wider multidisciplinary team to continue developing a safe, responsive and person-centred Wheelchair and Specialist Seating Service.

30-hour-per-week post, with flexibility to agree the working pattern across Monday to Friday to meet both service and individual needs.

• Be an experienced Rehabilitation Engineer or medical engineering professional with substantial specialist knowledge.
• Demonstrate strong technical judgement and the ability to provide expert advice in relation to complex equipment needs.
• Have experience of leading people or services.
• Be able to communicate complex technical and clinical information clearly and effectively.
• Be confident managing changing priorities in a specialist service environment.
• Be able to build strong, collaborative relationships across engineering and clinical disciplines.
• Be committed to working collaboratively with the Clinical Lead Wheelchair Therapist and wider multidisciplinary team.
• Promote high standards of safety, quality and inclusive practice.
• Be enthusiastic about…