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Clinical Engineer Team Lead - Wheelchair Service | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	19 March 2024
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum, Pro Rata
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	18 April 2024
Location:	Manchester, M22 4NY
Company:	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	6045593/349-CSS-6045593

Summary

Manchester wheelchair service is a multidisciplinary team of Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Rehabilitation Engineers, technicians, and therapy assistant. We deliver care to those requiring posture and mobility equipment across Manchester and Trafford.

The service currently provides input to approximately 10,000 patients of all ages with a permanent mobility requirement, providing a wide range of wheelchairs from that of an active user to those with severe postural needs. Day to day service delivery is by clinic attendance or community visits which will require, at times, loan working.

The wheelchair team aim to assess and prescribe appropriate equipment in a timely manner and to work closely with our multiagency partners including, social services, education authority and wider NHS teams.

Manchester offers complex special-seating assessments and provision of equipment to a high number of patients across all ages . This enables us to support those with complex and asymmetrical body shapes to mobilise. This is most effective in conjunction with effective 24-hour postural management programmes.

Manchester wheelchair service thrive on providing high quality care and require a team player who will rise to the challenge of working in a dynamic and evolving service and above all have a passion for supporting patients with complex needs.

The post holder will lead and develop the engineering team within the Wheelchair Service to ensure an efficient, high-quality service. The post holder will take a lead role in the complex assessment, prescription and provision of mobility equipment including bespoke items and modifications. To lead on changes to service delivery and processes to ensure recommendations within Medical Devices Regulations, ISO Standards and MHRA alerts are adhered to and will lead on the monitoring of approved repairer contracts. The post holder will support day to day service delivery and provide line management, supervision and support to junior members of staff.

See the posts job description attached to this advert for further details of main duties and responsibilities.

This post is based at The Specialised Ability Centre and will require at times lone working in the community.

We are an approachable team led by our senior therapist, working within the outpatient and community setting. We pride ourselves on our staff development and host a training and competency framework to ensure our staff continue to grow to ensure we are providing the best service for our patients.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!




This advert closes on Friday 19 Apr 2024

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