Band 4 Wheelchair Service Assistant Practioner

Job summary

Birmingham Wheelchair Service is part of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The service is based out of the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, however runs clinics and home visits across the whole of Birmingham. The team is made up of a service manager, administrators, therapy lead, rehabilitation engineers, allied health professionals, assistant practitioners and technicians. Wheelchairs are provided to a range of children and adults ranging from standard wheelchairs to bespoke customised seating in order to improve the patient's quality of life and independence.

Birmingham Wheelchair Service is looking for a full time substantive band 4 clinical assistant practioner within the service. If you are enthusiastic,passionate and are looking to increase your skills and knowledge of wheelchairs then this role would be ideal for you.

The successful candidate must be highly motivated, with relevant experience of working with people with disabilities meeting the essential criteria as laid out in the job description.

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will actively undertake delegated elements of assessment and equipment handover, including making adjustments of wheelchair equipment and accessories, as required, to meet the patients clinical needs.

The post holder will work collaboratively with therapists and multi-disciplinary staff such as Rehabilitation Engineers to ensure the needs of clients is met within the clinical area.

The post holder will deliver training and teaching to ensure safe and effective use of equipment as we all assessing and fitting equipment/accessories and cushions within their scope of practice.

The post holder needs to be able to independently transfer around the city, carrying a variety of equipment safely in order to support the patient in the most appropriate setting.

About us

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

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