Radiotherapy Technology Equipment Manager (XR08)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Professional & Managerial:

- The jobholder manages and coordinate all technical activity on radiotherapy equipment throughout the equipment lifecycle through site preparation, delivery, installation, commissioning, clinical use, decommissioning and disposal.

- The jobholders develops, leads and manages a comprehensive system to provide medical equipment management services across a wide range of complex equipment and, working with other managers and team leaders organises RTS staff to deliver this service.

- The jobholder is responsible for the line management of engineering technical teams including the recruitment and selection of staff.

- The jobholder works with relevant hospital departments, managed equipment service providers and other external organisations to develop and maintain a range of service contracts providing technical services to the radiotherapy equipment.

- The jobholder is operationally responsible for the technical aspects of all radiotherapy equipment, associated resources and services, spare parts, test equipment and accommodation.

- The jobholder directs and overseas the project management of the complex technical programmes required to enable clinical use of new radiotherapy equipment and systems. These projects involve coordinating activity of building sub-contractors, hospital estates staff, equipment manufacturers, RTS technical teams, clinical scientists and radiotherapy managers and they cover site preparation, equipment delivery, installation, technical acceptance, commissioning, and clinical preparation.

- The jobholder ensures all technical activity complies with applicable standards, guidelines, policies, and legislation.

- The jobholder administers the radiotherapy equipment maintenance delegated portions of relevant budgets.

Medical Equipment Management:

- The jobholder is operationally responsible for equipment technical activity including installation work, the diagnosis, repair and resolution of problems, planned maintenance, equipment modification and equipment upgrades.

- Where technical activity is assessed to be very complex or high risk the jobholder will adopt the lead role in equipment maintenance activity on highly complex radiation therapy equipment and associated medical equipment. Such work involves diagnosis, repair and resolution of problems or equipment modification, followed by technical verification and clinical validation activity including equipment quality assurance and calibration activity.

- The jobholder maximises equipment uptime through monitoring of operational performance and the development and implementation of major proactive and reactive maintenance work.

- The jobholder liaises with RTS technical teams, equipment manufacturers, managed equipment service providers and other external contractors to ensure activity is coordinated with radiotherapy managers, clinical scientists, radiographers, other equipment users.

- The jobholder organises the provision of direct technical support providing expert advice and guidance to radiotherapy managers, key trainers, and users of the technology.

- The jobholder contributes to major radiotherapy equipment projects by providing expert technical services to a team of multidisciplinary professionals including building project managers, architects, equipment manufacturers and building contractors.

- The jobholder ensures radiotherapy equipment and associated resources are correctly specified, constructed, installed and maintained.

- The jobholder ensures all radiotherapy technical activity complies with the quality management system and the associated quality policy, the quality manual, related procedures and work instructions.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive medical equipment management experience.
• Extensive electro-medical engineering experience applying electromechanical principles to patient-critical equipment.

Qualifications

Essential

• A degree in clinical technology (engineering) or an equivalent scientific or engineering degree and extensive, relevant experience backed up with formal training.
• Registration as a Clinical Scientist, Clinical Technologist, Healthcare Science Practitioner, or equivalent
• Specialist advanced training in the operation and maintenance of radiotherapy technology such as linear accelerators, CT simulators, and MR simulators.
• Specialised radiotherapy equipment manufacturer specific training courses and qualifications at an advanced level
• Training and practical experience in quality systems such as ISO 9001 and ISO 13485

Desirable

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or Incorporated Engineer (IEng)

Skills & behaviours

Essential

• Extensive practical experience in engineering practices and fault finding techniques. Extensive independent practice applying electronic technology to complex medical devices
• Leadership (empowering, motivating & developing others), interpersonal skills, analytical skills (judgement, objective setting), organisational awareness and dynamism (self-confidence/decisiveness)
• Complex problem solving and initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)