Job summary
Clinical Engineering is a multidisciplinary field that encompasses the planning, development, and implementation of medical devices across the Trust to help support our patients. It integrates engineering concepts, medical knowledge, regulatory compliance, and user-centred design principles to ensure the seamless functioning of complex medical systems. This approach bridges the gap between technical innovation and patient-centric care, leading to the creation of advanced devices that address healthcare challenges and improve patient outcomes.
As healthcare technology continues to evolve, the role of Medical Device Integration becomes even more crucial. The field's holistic approach--uniting engineering ingenuity, medical expertise, and regulatory compliance--has the power to revolutionize patient care, diagnostics, patient data and medical devices safety.
The Trust is looking for a leader who can manage the service, bring innovation in to the department and help transform services.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for ensuring the maintenance contract management of all of the Trust's medical equipment to include high and low risk devices with a wide scope, including Thermometry, Radiology, Patient Monitoring at all of the Trust sites.
To manage the Clinical Engineering service, external equipment contractors and support clinical teams to ensure contractual compliance and assurance to the Trust. The Post holder will ensure that the Trust receives the maximum benefit from its financial resources.
Responsible for providing and maintaining a comprehensive electro- biomedical equipment management service across the Trust, ensuring that medical and laboratory equipment is appropriately maintained within allocated budgets.
Lead on the process for the forward planning and appropriate allocation of capital and revenue funding for the replacement of Trust medical equipment.
Responsible for providing support to the Trust Procurement Department when procuring medical equipment to ensure appropriate vetting, standardization and trialling best service / solutions possible. To provide equipment technical and professional advice to support strategic planning of service provision and reconfiguration.
Responsible for managing the process of procuring medical and laboratory equipment by purchasing, leasing or via equipment contracts, ensuring the Trust obtains best value.
About us
We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you'll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we've achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant Pledge and have a commitment to the Armed Forces Community.
If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all our staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 and are vaccinated annually against Flu, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Managerial responsibilities:
Take the lead expert role in providing professional Clinical Engineering services across the Trust, ensuring an appropriate and effective service is maintained.
Provide detailed specialist advice on all Clinical Engineering and medical device matters.
Manage the performance of the Clinical Engineering Department, managed equipment service contractors and other contractual bodies, ensuring contractual compliance and efficient use of funds on behalf of the post holders budget areas and to support other divisional budgets.
Responsible and accountable for multiple budgets for the delegated financial codes assigned to this department. This includes the budgets for Rolling Replacement equipment, and all service contracts throughout Darent Valley Hospital, Queen Marys Hospital, Gravesham Community Hospital and Erith Hospital. Budget holder to lead on business planning across the portfolio within the scope of responsibility.
Develop, monitor and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) relating to the provision of equipment management.
Formulate long term strategic plans based on divisional business planning and capital activity to include revenue impact assessments for business cases and lifecycle replacement profiling.
Where appropriate manage external maintenance contracts for medical equipment, ensuring contractors comply with all relevant site health and safety procedures and controls.
Lead the development of Trust policy on medical device management and provide expert advice to those implementing the policies locally.
Lead on the process of procuring equipment in an efficient and effective way, ensuring the most appropriate source of funding (purchase, lease,) To support procurement of commissioning support services and the strategic decisions regarding the sourcing of appropriate commissioning support.
Provide specialist advice to managers on the technical performance of equipment and identify the most appropriate solutions for the required specifications.
Lead on the medium and long term planning of equipment replacement, setting of capital budget allocations and ensuring that the Trust obtains maximum value for money.
Responsible for costing of equipment requests and placing orders for departments in order to achieve best value and ensure that standardisation of equipment is maintained.
Please see attached job description for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Managerial responsibilities:
Take the lead expert role in providing professional Clinical Engineering services across the Trust, ensuring an appropriate and effective service is maintained.
Provide detailed specialist advice on all Clinical Engineering and medical device matters.
Manage the performance of the Clinical Engineering Department, managed equipment service contractors and other contractual bodies, ensuring contractual compliance and efficient use of funds on behalf of the post holders budget areas and to support other divisional budgets.
Responsible and accountable for multiple budgets for the delegated financial codes assigned to this department. This includes the budgets for Rolling Replacement equipment, and all service contracts throughout Darent Valley Hospital, Queen Marys Hospital, Gravesham Community Hospital and Erith Hospital. Budget holder to lead on business planning across the portfolio within the scope of responsibility.
Develop, monitor and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) relating to the provision of equipment management.
Formulate long term strategic plans based on divisional business planning and capital activity to include revenue impact assessments for business cases and lifecycle replacement profiling.
Where appropriate manage external maintenance contracts for medical equipment, ensuring contractors comply with all relevant site health and safety procedures and controls.
Lead the development of Trust policy on medical device management and provide expert advice to those implementing the policies locally.
Lead on the process of procuring equipment in an efficient and effective way, ensuring the most appropriate source of funding (purchase, lease,) To support procurement of commissioning support services and the strategic decisions regarding the sourcing of appropriate commissioning support.
Provide specialist advice to managers on the technical performance of equipment and identify the most appropriate solutions for the required specifications.
Lead on the medium and long term planning of equipment replacement, setting of capital budget allocations and ensuring that the Trust obtains maximum value for money.
Responsible for costing of equipment requests and placing orders for departments in order to achieve best value and ensure that standardisation of equipment is maintained.
Please see attached job description for more information.
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience, plus additional knowledge and/or specialist training to postgraduate Masters Level.
- Recognised management qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Project Management or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Membership of relevant professional institution
- Recognised health and safety training
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
- Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to motivate others not necessarily reporting directly to role.
- Excellent financial skills including budget management.
- Excellent project management skills.
- IT skills including manipulation, presentation and reporting of complex data.
- Excellent communication skills & negotiating skills.
- Ability to operate comfortably at the most senior levels of the organisation, including executive board members.
- Knowledge of the below: MHRA guidance and ability to act on this; Extensive knowledge of DB2006 (05) Managing Medical Devices; Knowledge and application of IEC 62353:2014; PAQ Department of Health & Social Care procedure; Master Indemnity and Insurance procedure
- Thorough understanding of Health and Safety legislation and implications.
- Understanding the Private Finance Initiative, specifically contractual and commercial of hard and soft services/facilities management service arrangements
- Able to make decisions autonomously when required on difficult issues.
- Excellent planning and organisation skills
- Able to negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues.
- Able to understand a broad range of complex information quickly, develop a range of options and make decisions on contentious issues where opinions differ/no obvious solution
Desirable
- Understanding of procurement in the NHS
- Knowledge and experience of public sector procurement procedures.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of managing and maintaining a broad range of medical devices and/or similar assets within an acute hospital environment, with a minimum of 3 years of achievement at senior management level.
- Demonstrable experience of procuring equipment for an organization at a senior level, including capital works.
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on procuring medical equipment, difficult and controversial issues and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Able to carry out procurements for highly detailed, high value contracts that require analysis, comparison and assessment.
- Experience of managing ISO9001 quality system accreditation.
- Extensive and demonstrable experience of managing partnerships/SLA
- Good presentation skills; able to present complex concepts and information about projects, initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Able to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Able to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Knowledge of 3rd party indemnity insurance.
Desirable
- Experience of working in NHS or Public sector.
Person Specification
Education and Training
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience, plus additional knowledge and/or specialist training to postgraduate Masters Level.
- Recognised management qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Project Management or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Membership of relevant professional institution
- Recognised health and safety training
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience
- Highly developed leadership skills with the ability to motivate others not necessarily reporting directly to role.
- Excellent financial skills including budget management.
- Excellent project management skills.
- IT skills including manipulation, presentation and reporting of complex data.
- Excellent communication skills & negotiating skills.
- Ability to operate comfortably at the most senior levels of the organisation, including executive board members.
- Knowledge of the below: MHRA guidance and ability to act on this; Extensive knowledge of DB2006 (05) Managing Medical Devices; Knowledge and application of IEC 62353:2014; PAQ Department of Health & Social Care procedure; Master Indemnity and Insurance procedure
- Thorough understanding of Health and Safety legislation and implications.
- Understanding the Private Finance Initiative, specifically contractual and commercial of hard and soft services/facilities management service arrangements
- Able to make decisions autonomously when required on difficult issues.
- Excellent planning and organisation skills
- Able to negotiate on difficult and very complex and detailed issues.
- Able to understand a broad range of complex information quickly, develop a range of options and make decisions on contentious issues where opinions differ/no obvious solution
Desirable
- Understanding of procurement in the NHS
- Knowledge and experience of public sector procurement procedures.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of managing and maintaining a broad range of medical devices and/or similar assets within an acute hospital environment, with a minimum of 3 years of achievement at senior management level.
- Demonstrable experience of procuring equipment for an organization at a senior level, including capital works.
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on procuring medical equipment, difficult and controversial issues and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Able to carry out procurements for highly detailed, high value contracts that require analysis, comparison and assessment.
- Experience of managing ISO9001 quality system accreditation.
- Extensive and demonstrable experience of managing partnerships/SLA
- Good presentation skills; able to present complex concepts and information about projects, initiatives and services to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Able to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
- Able to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Knowledge of 3rd party indemnity insurance.
Desirable
- Experience of working in NHS or Public sector.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
