Scan 4 Safety Equipment Officer

Job summary

• First line contact and departmental link with Clinical Engineering and associated parties
• To undertake the acquisition of Capital Equipment and the preparation of business cases for rolling equipment replacement programs.
• Emphasis will be on the control of the Capital Asset Register and upkeep of Equipment within the Selected area.
• To be a first line contact for all multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals with queries regarding medical equipment.
• To be the first point of contact for all Equipment Company Representatives entering the relevant department.
• To coordinate hiring, repair and control of equipment and materials passing through the department.
• To utilize GS1 codes to allow all equipment to be traced through a full asset management when the system is implemented.
• The post holder should preferably have a sound knowledge of Peri-operative environments and Medical/Surgical Environment and have worked within a clinical setting.
• The post holder will work in conjunction with the Unit Directors for the relevant area/s alongside Team Leaders and their own line managers within Procurement and Materials management.
• The post holder may be required to attend and participate in the theatre Equipment and procurement meetings as/when required.
• To attend and participate in departmental Clinical Effectiveness group.

Main duties of the job

• Have responsibility for hiring, repair and control of medical equipment used within the department(s).
• Process orders and organize quotations for all capital equipment needs.
• Liaise with Clinical Engineering to ensure the Departmental Capital Asset Register is populated.
• Work with Clinical Engineering to decommission equipment ensuring de-population of asset register.
• Work with the Departmental Management team in support of Equipment Replacement Program needing to be capitalized.
• Support trials of equipment to ensure evaluation documentation is completed. Feedback will involve discussions with all clinical grades of staff.
• First line contact for organizing and delivering in-service training on new and existing equipment for all disciplines of staff.
• To prioritize and act upon medical alerts ensuring effective communication to relevant members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Liaise with Departmental Equipment lead responsible for Quality & Safety ensuring adequate risk management.
• Contribute to upkeep of risk register, to enable identification of equipment at risk. The evidence will form the basis of business cases, to acquire capital replacement funding.
• Create and maintain databases to input data relating to maintenance and servicing of equipment.
• Contribute to relevant Trust savings initiatives and green Agendas inline with objectives to deliver patient value for Money services.
• Contribute to any Audits including accreditation & CQC Inspections

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.