Prosthetic Technician

Job summary

Do you have experience in a manufacturing or workshop environment - have you worked in production, or as an assembly operative, then you may have the skills we are looking for. If you do and are willing to embrace the opportunity to learn more, then we are keen to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will be providing technical skills and support to ensure the highest quality prosthetic equipment is delivered to patients, through close liaison with the Consultant and his multi-disciplinary team.

Once experienced you will undertake a mechanical repair service with patients, with access to clinical support.

You will be using tooling and machinery to understand the concepts of all common types of prosthetic hardware devices, their construction and assembly, including their function, limitations, maintenance and repair procedures, in accordance with manufacturer technical specifications.

And be fabricating all types of prosthetic sockets to the manufacturer technical specifications.

About us

We are a Consultant led multi-disciplinary team, supporting patients and their loaned specialist equipment. The team provides prosthetic systems for patients with long term complex physical disabilities across the region.

If you are looking to relocate to Kent then KMPT may be able to offer support with this.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

You will be working with the technical team and be offering technical skills to manufacture, repair and maintain prosthetic equipment, both within the workshop and in time, within patient facing technical clinics.

We will offer full training to increase your knowledge of prosthetic componentry.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Qualifcations and length of working experience

Desirable

Working experience in/within similar role

Governance

Essential

Knowledge of H&S, M&H, COSHH, PPE, Risk

Desirable

Application of Health and Safety in the workplace

Equipment

Essential

Use of hand tools and light machinery

Desirable

Use of IT and technology

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