Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Engineering Technician within our Orthotic Research and Locomotor Assessment Unit.
The role involves training an engineering technician to provide rehabilitation engineering and medical device support services both at the hospital, in the community and beyond. The postholder will play a key role in the design, manufacture, monitoring and maintenance of orthotic devices and other assistive technologies that are used to enhance the treatment of severely disabled patients and will involve contact with patients, including children who have moderate to severe mobility disabilities.
The post-holder will already hold BTEC National Certificate/Diploma or City & Guilds in an engineering subject or through their application demonstrates an equivalent combination of training and experience within mechanical engineering. It would also be desirable to have an aptitude for electronics/computing. Such a background will provide the basis for a programme of personal development once in post to gain the wider expertise necessary to fulfil the role.
We are seeking a highly compassionate individual who will work sensitively and effectively with patients with disabling conditions, as part of a multi-professional team.
This advert may close early in the event of sufficient applications being received, applicants are encouraged to apply early.
Main duties of the job
Assist the Senior Engineering Technician (and other Rehab Engineering staff) in the build, supply and maintenance of patient devices, to customary levels of engineering precision. Assist with general tasks around the workshop, such as maintenance, tidying and stock level monitoring.
Assist the Movement Analysis team with routine tasks, such as video recording patient activity and safely transferring those recordings to relevant storage media.
Assist the Patient Pathway Co-ordinator in the general administration of patient devices, such as parcelling and sending devices to patients and checking devices have arrived from suppliers.
Under current Home Office Immigration Rules, this role does not meet the UK Visas and Immigration criteria and the position is not therefore eligible for skilled worker sponsorship. Applications from candidates that require skilled worker sponsorship will NOT be shortlisted.
About us
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust (RJAH)is one of the leading orthopaedic hospitals in the country, with some of the highest levels of staff and patient satisfaction, as well as a strong reputation for research and innovation.
We have a range of fantastic staff benefits on offer to everyone who joins RJAH and you'll have access to outstanding professional development opportunities and state-of-the-art facilities - including our recently-opened £6 million Headley Court Veterans' Orthopaedic Centre (the first unit of its kind in the UK).The hospital is located on a site outside Oswestry in Oswestry, just off the A5. The nearest train station is in Gobowen, approximately two miles from the hospital. The station is part of the Chester to Birmingham line.We are based in North Shropshire, close to the border with North and Mid Wales. It is one of the most attractive parts of the country, with a rich historic culture and excellent transport links. It offers outstanding opportunities for anyone who enjoys an outdoor lifestyle or is looking to raise a family.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
1. Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team that includes orthopaedic consultants, physiotherapists, orthotists, engineers, administrative staff and other professional disciplines.
2. Have direct contact with patients, including children, with severe mobility disabilities and accompanying communication and learning difficulties. Some patients will have little or no verbal communication skills. Parents and carers may be having difficulty coming to terms with their childs conditions, physical abilities or prognosis.
3. Set up, adjust and customise equipment and showing due regard to patient safety and ease of use.
4. Record patient use of assistive technologies using video cameras and store images securely on the ORLAU server.
5. Maintain records of work undertaken for inclusion in patient notes and to comply with the ORLAU Quality Management System to ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and other management requirements.
6. Plan own work schedule to ensure that equipment for patient supply is prepared beforehand in a timely manner in accordance with the clinical diary.
Technical Responsibilities
7. Undertake a wide range of manufacturing tasks to customary levels of engineering precision. These include machining (turning and milling), fitting, welding (mainly TIG) and fabrication and will require competence in working with such materials as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, foam materials, wood, leather and other fabrics, paints and adhesives.
8. Manufacture, assemble, adjust, modify, service and maintain highly specialist equipment for use by patients with physical disabilities.
9. Assist with the receipt, repair and dispatch of externally manufactured assistive technology devices (eg from the Department of Orthotics Manufacturing or external suppliers)
10. Maintain high engineering standards and appropriate levels of precision in order to ensure quality of product.
11. Execute programmes of servicing and preventative maintenance of workshop tools and plant. Identify and manage necessary repair work (in-house or sub-contract) to workshop plant and equipment. Calibrate precision workshop measuring instruments (e.g. micrometers).
Research and Development
12. Contribute to ORLAUs research and development activities by participating in group discussions, suggesting new developments in patient equipment and manufacturing components for prototype designs under the supervision of senior colleagues.
Management/Organisational Responsibilities
13. Organise own workload, with support from senior colleagues, to ensure completion dates agreed with patients and staff are met.
14. Monitor levels of stock items such as medical device consumables, raw materials, tooling and other goods and request purchase by others as necessary in a timely manner
Education and Training
15. Participate in training courses to build skills, as specified by the senior engineering staff and technicians.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
1. Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team that includes orthopaedic consultants, physiotherapists, orthotists, engineers, administrative staff and other professional disciplines.
2. Have direct contact with patients, including children, with severe mobility disabilities and accompanying communication and learning difficulties. Some patients will have little or no verbal communication skills. Parents and carers may be having difficulty coming to terms with their childs conditions, physical abilities or prognosis.
3. Set up, adjust and customise equipment and showing due regard to patient safety and ease of use.
4. Record patient use of assistive technologies using video cameras and store images securely on the ORLAU server.
5. Maintain records of work undertaken for inclusion in patient notes and to comply with the ORLAU Quality Management System to ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and other management requirements.
6. Plan own work schedule to ensure that equipment for patient supply is prepared beforehand in a timely manner in accordance with the clinical diary.
Technical Responsibilities
7. Undertake a wide range of manufacturing tasks to customary levels of engineering precision. These include machining (turning and milling), fitting, welding (mainly TIG) and fabrication and will require competence in working with such materials as ferrous and non-ferrous metals, plastics, foam materials, wood, leather and other fabrics, paints and adhesives.
8. Manufacture, assemble, adjust, modify, service and maintain highly specialist equipment for use by patients with physical disabilities.
9. Assist with the receipt, repair and dispatch of externally manufactured assistive technology devices (eg from the Department of Orthotics Manufacturing or external suppliers)
10. Maintain high engineering standards and appropriate levels of precision in order to ensure quality of product.
11. Execute programmes of servicing and preventative maintenance of workshop tools and plant. Identify and manage necessary repair work (in-house or sub-contract) to workshop plant and equipment. Calibrate precision workshop measuring instruments (e.g. micrometers).
Research and Development
12. Contribute to ORLAUs research and development activities by participating in group discussions, suggesting new developments in patient equipment and manufacturing components for prototype designs under the supervision of senior colleagues.
Management/Organisational Responsibilities
13. Organise own workload, with support from senior colleagues, to ensure completion dates agreed with patients and staff are met.
14. Monitor levels of stock items such as medical device consumables, raw materials, tooling and other goods and request purchase by others as necessary in a timely manner
Education and Training
15. Participate in training courses to build skills, as specified by the senior engineering staff and technicians.
Person Specification
Qualifications/training
Essential
- BTEC National Certificate/Diploma or City & Guilds Certification in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent combination of training and experience in Mechanical Engineering.
Desirable
- Aptitude for electronics/computing
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and/or vulnerable adults
Skills and competences
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications/training
Essential
- BTEC National Certificate/Diploma or City & Guilds Certification in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent combination of training and experience in Mechanical Engineering.
Desirable
- Aptitude for electronics/computing
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and/or vulnerable adults
Skills and competences
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHSFT
Oswestry
SY10 7AG
Employer's website
https://www.rjah.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
