Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Medical Equipment Management Department as Senior Assistant Healthcare Scientist - Medical Engineering
This will assist in the provision of reusable medical device management services, including:
- Planned Maintenance & repair of a limited range of less-complex medical devices
- Condemnation of medical devices
- Contribute to the delivery of the Trust-wide Resuscitation/Sepsis Schemes
- Complete the MEMD Induction and on-going Medical Device specific competency programme
This post will support our planned maintenance activities out on the wards and clinics across the Trust's main sites.
This role requires flexibility of alternative occasional weekend working to cover for colleagues who work to support Library device turnarounds
Main duties of the job
You must be enthusiastic and able to absorb a good level of knowledge and gain a broad experience in regards to maintenance of medical equipment.You will contribute to the Clinical/Technical services of MEMD including planned maintenance, supporting repair and acceptance and condemnation. You will require an appropriate Level 3 qualification
You will have the opportunity of progression of the appropriate MEMD competence profile and will need to attend manufacturers training courses for less-complex medical devices.
The Department provides a comprehensive medical equipment management service for the Trust. This includes Respiratory clinic-based servicing of community-deployed sleep therapy/CPAP devices
The successful applicant will work to the Department's Quality System, which is registered via the British Standards Institution to ISO 9001:2015.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide clinical technical services including acceptance testing, planned preventive maintenance (PPM), servicing, inspection and repair to a range of simpler medical devices , incorporating the following responsibilities:
- Regularly, undertake planned maintenance general fault-finding, to diagnose problems on simpler medical devices.
- Regularly, contribute to the condemnation of medical devices, ensuring their safe disposal.
- Acceptance test medical equipment and devices where appropriate, covering loan and newly delivered medical devices.
- Participate in the processing and refurbishing of the Resuscitation and Sepsis Schemes
In undertaking the above duties, the post holder is responsible for:
- Ensuring the contamination safety status is established and devices are clean prior to maintenance
- Checking that devices perform to manufacturers specificationCarrying out electrical and functional safety checks
- Work carried out will comply with MEMD quality standards and guidelines
- Keeping scientific and technical records of work performed, ensuring job status is known at all times
- Liaising with manufacturers to obtain information
- Requests for material using the MEMD purchasing procedure
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide clinical technical services including acceptance testing, planned preventive maintenance (PPM), servicing, inspection and repair to a range of simpler medical devices , incorporating the following responsibilities:
- Regularly, undertake planned maintenance general fault-finding, to diagnose problems on simpler medical devices.
- Regularly, contribute to the condemnation of medical devices, ensuring their safe disposal.
- Acceptance test medical equipment and devices where appropriate, covering loan and newly delivered medical devices.
- Participate in the processing and refurbishing of the Resuscitation and Sepsis Schemes
In undertaking the above duties, the post holder is responsible for:
- Ensuring the contamination safety status is established and devices are clean prior to maintenance
- Checking that devices perform to manufacturers specificationCarrying out electrical and functional safety checks
- Work carried out will comply with MEMD quality standards and guidelines
- Keeping scientific and technical records of work performed, ensuring job status is known at all times
- Liaising with manufacturers to obtain information
- Requests for material using the MEMD purchasing procedure
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- The post holder must possess good communication and interpersonal skills to effectively liaise with ward and departmental staff, with a good delivery of spoken English
- Basic computer & standard keyboard skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Health Decontamination NVQ3 or equivalent
- The post holder requires basic literacy and numeracy skills
Desirable
- English or Mathematics at GCSE or equivalent
Further Training
Essential
- The ability to assimilate instructions and work to Standard Operating Procedures.
- Basic testing and "expert user" maintenance of a range of non-complex medical devices
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in an healthcare environment where interaction with medical devices and a wide variety of staff is necessary
- Significant experience of working in a store or other moving & handling environment
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Ability to lift and handle equipment with the correct aids. To include moving beds and smaller items of medical equipment.
- May be required to work at Newark on occasions
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- The post holder must possess good communication and interpersonal skills to effectively liaise with ward and departmental staff, with a good delivery of spoken English
- Basic computer & standard keyboard skills
Qualifications
Essential
- Health Decontamination NVQ3 or equivalent
- The post holder requires basic literacy and numeracy skills
Desirable
- English or Mathematics at GCSE or equivalent
Further Training
Essential
- The ability to assimilate instructions and work to Standard Operating Procedures.
- Basic testing and "expert user" maintenance of a range of non-complex medical devices
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in an healthcare environment where interaction with medical devices and a wide variety of staff is necessary
- Significant experience of working in a store or other moving & handling environment
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Ability to lift and handle equipment with the correct aids. To include moving beds and smaller items of medical equipment.
- May be required to work at Newark on occasions
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.
