Lead Scientist for Rehab Eng & Clinical Measurement (XR10)
| Posting date: | 13 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £76,965.00 to £88,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £76965.00 - £88682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 December 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS9 7TF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9298-ONC-0586 |
Summary
The role is that of clinical lead with highly-specialist scientific and technical knowledge to ensure the quality of the outputs from the rehabilitation engineering and clinical measurement services. The clinical lead ensures services are delivered to appropriate standards in order to support patient care. There is a strong innovation and improvement aspect to the role as well as service delivery. The staff management aspect of the role involves healthcare scientist staff (clinical technologists and clinical scientists). The role also involves responsibility for trainees (STP and Medical Engineering apprentices) when they are working in the area. The service scopes are as follows: Functional Electrical Stimulation about 80 new referrals per year plus over 200 follow ups. Gait analysis 60 referrals per year, plus 60 follow ups. Wheelchairs over 1000 clinical episodes per year Scientific and technical advice (based on data analysis, reporting) is also provided on an ongoing basis to the Trusts externally provided prosthetics and orthotics service (over 9,000 patients seem per year) and the renal dialysis service for service assurance, monitoring and improvement activity (148 dialysis stations in used over multiple shifts daily). The post holder has ongoing responsibility for the medical devices issued to a cohort of about 180 patient who use the Functional Electrical Stimulators in the community and about 100 medical devices in storage or being adapted within the service. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY Patient Care Clinical lead, who is able to provide all aspects of the highly specialist gait analysis service including: - Gait measurements from patients, - Physical examination of patients, - Set up and calibration of measuring equipment, - Analysis of complex gait data which requires advanced analytical skill to ensure data quality. - Interpretation of gait data requires high levels of theoretical knowledge on clinical conditions and options for intervention. - Presentation of results to multidisciplinary teams, - Justification of intervention recommendations, based on data. - Preparation of clinical reports Clinical lead, who is able to provide all aspects of the highly specialist FES service including: Patient histories and physical examination, Set up and review of FES equipment for individual needs, Assessment of efficacy and safety of equipment for individuals. Training patients in the use of equipment Leads CEs scientific support for other specialist clinical services. These services include body composition monitoring undertaken as part of renal dialysis. Leads scientific and technical support for the Trusts wheelchairs and seating, orthotics and prosthetics services. The support includes set up of equipment, risk assessment, incident investigations, device evaluations. Monitors and responds to demand from clinical referrals and other requests for support. Professional Works seamlessly with clinical leaders from other healthcare professions to deliver clinical service in rehabilitation and scientific / technical support for clinical services. Monitors service output indicators such as waiting times, patient feedback and takes responsibility for performance. Works to improve service delivery, by monitoring relevant policies and standards; proposing, developing and implementing changes to policy within services when required. Ensures any changes are recognised and adapted to by MDT colleagues and service users. Monitors clinical and scientific practice regionally and nationally and technological innovations to ensure our service is adopting and leading best practice. Able to cover relevant aspects of Head of Clinical Engineering role when required, including attendance at Senior Management Group meetings. Education: Provides specialist training and assessment of practice for staff and trainees from a healthcare background for competency in the field. Also teaches practitioners and students from healthcare science, medicine, therapy and engineering background, covering advanced specialist knowledge in rehabilitation engineering and clinical measurement. Ensure professional practice and skills are met by trainees such as apprentices and STP trainees. Information and Data Ensures that clinical notes and patient data are recorded and stored by self and all other staff within service in line with service standards. Ensures data on/from medical devices within own service areas is stored in line with Trust standards. Quality, Professional and Occupational Standards Ensures work done in the service is undertaken based on underlying professional and occupational policy and standards (for example, Clinical scientist standards of proficiency, register of clinical technologists Code of Professional Conduct). Local policies include, for example, health and safety, recruitment practice, supporting performance, professional registration. Collaborates with other CE and MP&E managers to ensure effective integration of all aspects of the service. Examples of areas of collaboration include medical devices safety, research and innovation, training of staff, organisational assurances. Ensures gait analysis service maintains Clinical Movement Analysis Society (CMAS) accreditation, by meeting their standards. Ensures work done in the service is undertaken within the framework of the Medical Physics and Engineering Quality Management System and works with the Medical Physics and Engineering quality manager to maintain ISO9001:2015 registration, by ensuring the requirements of the quality management system are met. Ensures there is regular internal and external audit of own services. Staffing Responsibilities Leads staff working in rehabilitation engineering/clinical measurement team to optimise service delivery as described below. Ensures work is distributed within team in line with different roles. Monitors professional standards for staff and ensures training framework is in place for staff to have knowledge to meet service demands. Ensures effective team working. Delegates work, reviews and supports progress. Ensures effective teamwork is in place in all areas of the service. Ensures long term workforce plan together with staff recruitment plan is in place and progressing. Ensures environment and working practices are compliant with health and safety for staff working within service. Financial and Physical Resources Responsibilities Clinical Engineering budget holder for a Medical Physics and Engineering Cost Centre(s). Responsible for authorising spend, including on medical equipment, on own Cost Centre budgets. Identifies and communicates service needs at budget setting and through business planning. Works with finance colleagues when there are cost pressures in the service, Has responsibility for the safety and security of medical device assets in own services, whilst they are in the Trust and when they are issued to patients for use in the community. Planning and Organisation Plans clinical service activities and clinical workload, to ensure the services run smoothly. Ensures there is sufficient resources available for the clinical activity eg staff, equipment, administrative support, space. Planning may require adjustment to routine practice for example, ad hoc urgent appointments. Undertake longer term planning for service continuity (for example, covering staffing, changes in available technologies and techniques, financial framework). This includes identifying areas for improvement. Ensures plans are reviewed, and there are actions for implementation. Makes decisions and recommendations on individual patient matters in situations involving complexity (for example weighing up options which all involve risks). There may be unknown factors affecting risks at a time when a judgement is needed. Research and Innovation (R&I) Duties Identifies the need for research and innovation activity in rehabilitation engineering and clinical measurement based on gaps in clinical knowledge, potential extensions to clinical practice and advanced technologies. Works with stakeholders to develop proposals, coordinates research studies and participates in the activity as required. Coordination includes: review of research findings, dissemination, and adoption of results into clinical practice as required. It also includes presentation of findings at national and international conferences.