Job summary
We
have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated person to be
become part of our mechanical engineering team in Radiotherapy Technology
Services (RTS).
Working
collaboratively with clinical and scientific staff, you will be supporting
the clinical radiotherapy service to treat patients though the safe and
effective repair and maintenance of medical equipment including 12 Elekta
VersaHD linacs, 3 Philips Brilliance Big Bore CT Simulators, a Flexitron
remote afterloading unit, Gamma Knife ICON, and newly installed MR simulator.
In
addition to this wide variety of equipment, your creativity and experience in
managing medical devices will serve you well as you join our multidisciplinary
project teams in the design and development of novel medical and non-medical
devices to solve the unique challenges faced in delivering high quality care
in radiotherapy and beyond.
We
welcome interested applicants to contact us for a departmental visit and more
information on this role.
Main duties of the job
The
main duties of the role include:
Leading and participating in the
diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of radiotherapy pre-treatment and
treatment delivery systems.
Leading and participating in
multidisciplinary project teams to develop ideas and provide technical advice
in the creation and implementation of novel designs to improve the safety and
efficacy of patient treatment.
Creating accurate and detailed
engineering drawings.
Using manufacturing and machining
processes to realise designs.
Developing and updating processes
that are relevant to own areas of expertise.
Actively participating in the
training of medical engineering apprentices and trainees in mechanical
engineering and medical equipment management skills.
Maintaining accurate, detailed and
timely records relating to design and development work as well as day to day
medical equipment maintenance and fault resolution of radiotherapy equipment.
About us
Radiotherapy
Technology Services (RTS) is a group within the Radiotherapy Physics section
of the Department of Medical Physics and Engineering at the Leeds Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust. RTS staff
collaborate with clinical and scientific users of radiotherapy equipment to
provide equipment management and related technical services.
The
four teams in RTS; Clinical Computing, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering
and Technical Services, collaborate to carry out activity in multidisciplinary
workgroups.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital
trusts in the UK. We are committed to delivering the highest quality and
safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our staff helped to
define the values and behaviours that we should work to so that we can
achieve this vision. This has become known as The Leeds Way, and forms the
foundation of our culture, our ethos and how we work every day.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
Medical Equipment Management
- Participate in the management of
medical devices including installation, planned maintenance, calibration,
diagnosis, repair, modification and upgrade of radiotherapy equipment.
- Provide direct technical support
and advice to radiotherapy managers, key trainers, and users of the technology.
- Participate in an on-call system
that provides equipment management services outside of normal working hours.
- Be aware of the safety and
reliability aspects of any medical device they may be involved with and take
appropriate action to deal with any discrepancies.
- Carry out risk analysis and risk
management as part of medical device management and design and development.
Clinical and Scientific Support
- Lead and participate in internal
project work providing specialist technical support to the modification and
manufacturing of medical devices and associated accessories.
- Provide technical services to
formal clinical research and development activity based on best industry
practices.
- Produce custom made specialist
treatment appliances and manufacture other medical and none medical devices.
Management of Information
- Respect patient confidentiality at
all times.
- Keep accurate and timely records of
work completed.
- Communicate complex technical
information to a range of staff groups within the radiotherapy department and
external equipment manufacturers, contractors and other personnel.
Professional & Managerial
- Within their own area of expertise,
supervise, mentor, teach, and train members of staff from within and outside of
the group including medical engineering apprentices, trainee clinical
technologists, clinical scientists and other users of radiotherapy technology.
- Produce and update procedures that
are relevant to their own area of expertise to maintain the RTS ISO 9001:2015
quality management system.
- Carry out and organise internal
resource management including work equipment maintenance and store area management.
- Ensure that Trust policies and safe
working practices are followed by themselves and any personnel who may come
under their control.
Successful candidates will have
professional registration as a clinical technologist, healthcare scientist or
healthcare science practitioner.
Applications are also invited from
unregistered technicians who may be appointed to a lower grade until relevant
qualifications, experience and registration have been achieved, typically
through the IPEM clinical technologist training scheme.
Please see the attached Job
Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed
information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
Medical Equipment Management
- Participate in the management of
medical devices including installation, planned maintenance, calibration,
diagnosis, repair, modification and upgrade of radiotherapy equipment.
- Provide direct technical support
and advice to radiotherapy managers, key trainers, and users of the technology.
- Participate in an on-call system
that provides equipment management services outside of normal working hours.
- Be aware of the safety and
reliability aspects of any medical device they may be involved with and take
appropriate action to deal with any discrepancies.
- Carry out risk analysis and risk
management as part of medical device management and design and development.
Clinical and Scientific Support
- Lead and participate in internal
project work providing specialist technical support to the modification and
manufacturing of medical devices and associated accessories.
- Provide technical services to
formal clinical research and development activity based on best industry
practices.
- Produce custom made specialist
treatment appliances and manufacture other medical and none medical devices.
Management of Information
- Respect patient confidentiality at
all times.
- Keep accurate and timely records of
work completed.
- Communicate complex technical
information to a range of staff groups within the radiotherapy department and
external equipment manufacturers, contractors and other personnel.
Professional & Managerial
- Within their own area of expertise,
supervise, mentor, teach, and train members of staff from within and outside of
the group including medical engineering apprentices, trainee clinical
technologists, clinical scientists and other users of radiotherapy technology.
- Produce and update procedures that
are relevant to their own area of expertise to maintain the RTS ISO 9001:2015
quality management system.
- Carry out and organise internal
resource management including work equipment maintenance and store area management.
- Ensure that Trust policies and safe
working practices are followed by themselves and any personnel who may come
under their control.
Successful candidates will have
professional registration as a clinical technologist, healthcare scientist or
healthcare science practitioner.
Applications are also invited from
unregistered technicians who may be appointed to a lower grade until relevant
qualifications, experience and registration have been achieved, typically
through the IPEM clinical technologist training scheme.
Please see the attached Job
Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed
information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Design & development skills
- Practical skills in additive and subtractive manufacturing processes
- Able to communicate complex information to other professional groups (including manufacturers).
- Computer skills including computer aided design (CAD), database administration, spread sheet design, and other office applications.
Desirable
- Ability to read, create, and understand complex engineering drawings
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Engineering, Healthcare Science, Clinical Technology (Engineering), or equivalent.
- Registration as a Clinical Technologist or requisite qualifications to meet eligibility criteria to register as a Clinical Technologist with the RCT following suitable training.
- Specialist training in the operation & maintenance of radiotherapy technology including linear accelerators and CT scanners.
Desirable
- Specialised radiotherapy equipment manufacturer specific training courses.
Practical Skills or Additional Requirements
Essential
- Highly developed physical accuracy and hand eye coordination.
- Ability to medium/heavy objects including the safe use of lifting equipment to accurately locate very heavy objects.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in preventative maintenance, fault finding, repair & calibration techniques as applied to medical devices.
- Post graduate experience in device design, development and implementation as per Medical Device Regulations.
- Understanding of safe working practices.
- Experience of assessing the risks associated with medical equipment failure.
- Experience of quality assurance and using quality management principles in the management of equipment.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the radiotherapy treatment planning and treatment delivery processes.
- Work with medical radiation equipment.
- Experience in using equipment management databases.
Person Specification
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Design & development skills
- Practical skills in additive and subtractive manufacturing processes
- Able to communicate complex information to other professional groups (including manufacturers).
- Computer skills including computer aided design (CAD), database administration, spread sheet design, and other office applications.
Desirable
- Ability to read, create, and understand complex engineering drawings
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Engineering, Healthcare Science, Clinical Technology (Engineering), or equivalent.
- Registration as a Clinical Technologist or requisite qualifications to meet eligibility criteria to register as a Clinical Technologist with the RCT following suitable training.
- Specialist training in the operation & maintenance of radiotherapy technology including linear accelerators and CT scanners.
Desirable
- Specialised radiotherapy equipment manufacturer specific training courses.
Practical Skills or Additional Requirements
Essential
- Highly developed physical accuracy and hand eye coordination.
- Ability to medium/heavy objects including the safe use of lifting equipment to accurately locate very heavy objects.
Experience
Essential
- Experience in preventative maintenance, fault finding, repair & calibration techniques as applied to medical devices.
- Post graduate experience in device design, development and implementation as per Medical Device Regulations.
- Understanding of safe working practices.
- Experience of assessing the risks associated with medical equipment failure.
- Experience of quality assurance and using quality management principles in the management of equipment.
Desirable
- Knowledge and understanding of the radiotherapy treatment planning and treatment delivery processes.
- Work with medical radiation equipment.
- Experience in using equipment management databases.
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.
