Medical Devices Manager

Job summary

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust are looking to recruit a highly motivated, experienced and dynamic Service Manager to lead and be responsible for the provision of an effective and efficient technical service which meets the demands of the Trust and operates within Trust guidelines and budgetary restraints to drive forward the delivery of services, maximising both value for money and service strategies.

This is a senior role within the organisation and the post holder will ensure effective implementation and management of policies and procedures in relation to Medical Devices including HR/Staff Management, Capital Planning, Health & Safety and Risk Management ensuring compliance with device standards.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Associate Director of Estates, Fleet and Facilities, the post holder is accountable for the direct delivery of Clinical Technical Services. They shall provide a modern Electro Bio-Medical Engineering (EBME) and Lifting and Handling Equipment with a clinical technical support service to the Trust, complying with statutory regulations, Care Quality Commission, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) - Managing Medical Devices, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) bulletins and current best practice making sure the service is showing continuous improvements in management strategies and service delivery.

The Medical Devices service is primarily concerned with providing repair, calibration and servicing of a wide range of highly complex medical, diagnostic and lifting and handling equipment throughout Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The clinical equipment covered by the Medical Devices Department incorporates components of electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer software and medical gases.

About us

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 5,800 staff, who together with over 1,100 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our values: Compassion, One Team, Integrity, Innovation, Empowerment, Resilience are at the heart of all we do.