Professional Lead in Rehabilitation Engineering

Overview

In this senior role, you will provide clinical and strategic leadership across Functional Electrical Stimulation, Gait Analysis, and Rehabilitation Engineering services. You will balance hands-on clinical work with team leadership to deliver patient-centred, high-quality services in line with national standards. You will shape rehabilitation engineering practice, drive innovation, and lead a multidisciplinary workforce to meet complex mobility needs. This position offers meaningful impact by aligning service development with clinical excellence and safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery, quality, and development of clinical technical services while maintaining a substantial personal caseload as lead Clinical Scientist
• Work autonomously and with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective, patient-centred services meeting national guidance and quality standards
• Oversee Functional Electrical Stimulation, Gait Analysis, and Rehabilitation Engineering services (wheelchairs, orthotics, prosthetics, clinical measurement)
• Assess patients, interpret specialist measurements, and recommend interventions and equipment
• Provide expert advice on assistive technology, equipment modification, risk management, and medical device safety
• Monitor service demand, waiting lists, resources, and performance; plan activities to meet clinical priorities
• Develop policies, procedures, and services in line with national standards and ISO 9001 quality management system
• Manage, support and develop healthcare science staff, trainees and apprentices, including workload allocation, appraisal, and competency
• Contribute to research, innovation, education and professional activity at local and national level

Key requirements

• HCPC registration as Clinical Scientist
• Technology-based degree or equivalent
• MSc in Clinical Engineering-related subject
• Experience of patient assessment, assistive technology service delivery, wheelchairs and seating, gait analysis, and Functional Electrical Stimulation
• Ability to lead staff, work with patients and families, use specialist software and equipment
• Willingness to travel to clinics and patient homes across sites

• strong communication skills
• leadership and people management
• sound judgement
• Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)
• Gait analysis
• Rehabilitation engineering

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