Job summary
Join Our Multi-Disciplinary Team - A Unique Opportunity Awaits!
Are you passionate about technology and healthcare? This is your chance to become part of a dynamic team where your enthusiasm and willingness to learn will be valued and nurtured.
We're looking for someone who is eager to gain broad experience in themaintenance of medical equipment, with a strong foundation in electronics and a commitment to professional development.
What You'll Be Doing:
You'll play a key role in supporting theClinical/Technical services of MEMD, including:
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Planned maintenance of medical devices
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Assisting with repairs, acceptance testing, and equipment condemnation
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Servicing community-deployedsleep therapy/CPAP devicesin respiratory clinics
What You'll Need:
What You'll Gain:
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Progression through theMEMD competence profile
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Attendance atmanufacturer training coursesfor complex medical devices
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Experience working within aBSI ISO 9001:2015 registered Quality System
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialised clinical technical services for planned preventive maintenance (PPM), servicing, inspection and repair to a wide range of complex and patient-critical medical devices and systems.
- Undertake advanced fault-finding. Apply suitable fault-finding techniques to diagnose problems.
- 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. This involves evaluating medical devices to ensure compliance to the prevailing NHS England recommendations.
- Contribute to the introduction of recently accepted devices into clinical service.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the attached full job description and person specification in the additional documents section.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Person Specification
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Working towards registration as a Clinical Technologist
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of medical device management principles
- Communication/interpersonal skills, commensurate with effective team working and liaison with clinical and professional colleagues
- A range knowledge and skills in using computer technology both for general use and in medical device applications
- Advance engineering and workshop skills
- Knowledge of the clinical application of medical devices
- Contribute, initially, under guidance, to the Clinical Engineering services of MEMD including acceptance testing repair, planned maintenance, and condemnation
- Working towards independent practitioner status, they must acquire the knowledge and skills required for registration as a Clinical Technologist.
Qualifications
Essential
- BEng in electronics or equivalent. Candidates with a lower qualification may be taken on via Annex 21 in a training role to reach this minimum level.
- Knowledge at equivalent standard gained through relevant experience/training
Further Training
Essential
- Will have attended a range of manufacturer's technical training courses
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 2 years experience of planned maintenance and repairs to a wide range of electrical/electronic/mechanical devices
Desirable
- Experience working within Healthcare Environment
Person Specification
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- Working towards registration as a Clinical Technologist
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness and understanding of medical device management principles
- Communication/interpersonal skills, commensurate with effective team working and liaison with clinical and professional colleagues
- A range knowledge and skills in using computer technology both for general use and in medical device applications
- Advance engineering and workshop skills
- Knowledge of the clinical application of medical devices
- Contribute, initially, under guidance, to the Clinical Engineering services of MEMD including acceptance testing repair, planned maintenance, and condemnation
- Working towards independent practitioner status, they must acquire the knowledge and skills required for registration as a Clinical Technologist.
Qualifications
Essential
- BEng in electronics or equivalent. Candidates with a lower qualification may be taken on via Annex 21 in a training role to reach this minimum level.
- Knowledge at equivalent standard gained through relevant experience/training
Further Training
Essential
- Will have attended a range of manufacturer's technical training courses
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 2 years experience of planned maintenance and repairs to a wide range of electrical/electronic/mechanical devices
Desirable
- Experience working within Healthcare Environment
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
