Job summary
The Medical Device Engineer will work with clinical and operational services to provide support of clinical staff in the use of medical equipment, aiding Workstream Lead and the EBME Manager is ensuring that medical devices used in the Trust are compatible with the Cerner Millennium EHR. The use of comprehensive IT is a large part of this post as is participating in the running and monitoring of the medical equipment library, working in accordance with Quality Management Systems. Organise & update service, operation and instruction manuals for equipment as well as ensure, in collaboration with IT, that medical devices are connected to the network. The post holder will also comply with the following requirements:
- Topositively contribute to theEHRProgramme management team.
- To encourage a positive and collaborative culture within theEHR Programme team that aligns with the values oftheTrust(s).
- To carry out all responsibilitiesthat reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialised services for preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection and repair to a wide range of complex and patient critical medical equipment.
- Undertake advanced fault finding on specialist medical equipment including anaesthetics.
- Carry out repair, calibration, quality control, safety and acceptance testing.
- Ensure equipment performs to the manufactures specification and Cerner Millennium paramaters.
- Liaise with staff and management to gain a clear understanding of the nature of the equipment failure.
- Use technical and clinical experience to identify potential hazardous symptoms and faults.
- To provide specialist training to the team appropriately.
- To lead on incidents investigations, patients and devices.
- Communicates technical equipment-related information to staff, colleagues,
- Suppliers/ persuades/ negotiates with suppliers.
About us
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Topositively contribute to theEHRProgramme management team.
- To carry out all responsibilitiesthat reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.
- Responsible for completing Cerner design documentation e.g. Data Collection Workbooks (DCWs) to a high degree of accuracy
- To provide input to workstream plans and responsible for carrying out allocated tasks within allocated workstream. Provide input to and update of RAID logs, highlight reports and stakeholder plan.
- Engage and liaise between the clinical and operational services work streams, various IT Teams and the system suppliers Cerner and 3rd Party at the allocated Trust site
- To provide inputs into overall EHR Change Management Strategy, Clinical Safety Report and ensure workstream plans are aligned to the strategy.
- To work closely with Infrastructure leads to identify all end user devices including biomedical devices as per the Future State workflows
- To report and escalate issues around requirements and functionality delivery, as appropriate, to the EHR Workstream Lead
- Work closely with the Training Team to develop Lesson Plans, validation and train the trainer sessions. Support end user Training programme and be responsible for ensuring Training thresholds for their specific module/service area are met
- Support Full Dress Rehearsal and Go-Live Cutover planning and ensure that their respective Module/Service area is ready for
- Lead on the updates to Standard Operating Procedure documentation and work with Trust staff to ensure Trust policies and procedures are updated where relevant
- Continually identify areas of opportunity for improvement in system and work with appropriate teams to implement system improvements
- Must have ability to prioritise work in a fast-changing environment and complete tasks to a high degree of accuracy
- The management of change requests from conception to deployment, ensuring that the complete change management life cycle is followed
- The post holder will carry out specialist servicing, repair, calibration, scheduled preventative maintenance, safety and acceptance testing on a wide range of patient connected medical equipment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Topositively contribute to theEHRProgramme management team.
- To carry out all responsibilitiesthat reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.
- Responsible for completing Cerner design documentation e.g. Data Collection Workbooks (DCWs) to a high degree of accuracy
- To provide input to workstream plans and responsible for carrying out allocated tasks within allocated workstream. Provide input to and update of RAID logs, highlight reports and stakeholder plan.
- Engage and liaise between the clinical and operational services work streams, various IT Teams and the system suppliers Cerner and 3rd Party at the allocated Trust site
- To provide inputs into overall EHR Change Management Strategy, Clinical Safety Report and ensure workstream plans are aligned to the strategy.
- To work closely with Infrastructure leads to identify all end user devices including biomedical devices as per the Future State workflows
- To report and escalate issues around requirements and functionality delivery, as appropriate, to the EHR Workstream Lead
- Work closely with the Training Team to develop Lesson Plans, validation and train the trainer sessions. Support end user Training programme and be responsible for ensuring Training thresholds for their specific module/service area are met
- Support Full Dress Rehearsal and Go-Live Cutover planning and ensure that their respective Module/Service area is ready for
- Lead on the updates to Standard Operating Procedure documentation and work with Trust staff to ensure Trust policies and procedures are updated where relevant
- Continually identify areas of opportunity for improvement in system and work with appropriate teams to implement system improvements
- Must have ability to prioritise work in a fast-changing environment and complete tasks to a high degree of accuracy
- The management of change requests from conception to deployment, ensuring that the complete change management life cycle is followed
- The post holder will carry out specialist servicing, repair, calibration, scheduled preventative maintenance, safety and acceptance testing on a wide range of patient connected medical equipment.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Degree or equivalent professional and specialist knowledge and experience
- Practical experience of using a range of test & measuring equipment and of applying electronic engineering workshop practices and techniques
- Experience of providing front line customer service
- Knowledge and understanding of the risks to patients and staff arising from the use of a range of medical equipment, especially high risk devices
- Electronic engineering skills including the use of test & measuring equipment, handling and assembly of components and boards, fault finding and diagnosis, use of technical manuals and circuit diagrams
- Mechanical engineering skills including use of test and measuring equipment, assembly and bonding of components, use of technical manuals and drawings
- Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust
- Good organisational, prioritisation and time management skills - to manage own work area and work load
- Excellent customer relations and interpersonal skills. Able to negotiate with clinical staff on issues relating to maintenance of specific medical equipment and the operation of the equipment
Desirable
- Experience of rolling out new medical equipment
Essential
Essential
- Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Desirable
- Ability to use MS Windows and Office (Excel, Word, Outlook etc); to manage files and set up documents and spreadsheets
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Degree or equivalent professional and specialist knowledge and experience
- Practical experience of using a range of test & measuring equipment and of applying electronic engineering workshop practices and techniques
- Experience of providing front line customer service
- Knowledge and understanding of the risks to patients and staff arising from the use of a range of medical equipment, especially high risk devices
- Electronic engineering skills including the use of test & measuring equipment, handling and assembly of components and boards, fault finding and diagnosis, use of technical manuals and circuit diagrams
- Mechanical engineering skills including use of test and measuring equipment, assembly and bonding of components, use of technical manuals and drawings
- Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust
- Good organisational, prioritisation and time management skills - to manage own work area and work load
- Excellent customer relations and interpersonal skills. Able to negotiate with clinical staff on issues relating to maintenance of specific medical equipment and the operation of the equipment
Desirable
- Experience of rolling out new medical equipment
Essential
Essential
- Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Desirable
- Ability to use MS Windows and Office (Excel, Word, Outlook etc); to manage files and set up documents and spreadsheets
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).
