Job summary
The Clinical Engineering Team is part of the Medical Physics Department within Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
We provide whole life equipment management services for the range of medical equipment in use across the Trust and also in external organisations who procure our services.
We have 35 members of staff based in workshops at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital sites.
An exciting permanent opportunity has arisen to join a team of professionals providing technical support across Hull University Teaching Hospitals based at Castle Hill Hospital.
The post is required to provide expert medical equipment support, carrying out servicing and repair of a wide range of medical equipment in a dynamic Biomedical Engineering team. Working on a broad spectrum of equipment but working towards specialising in Anaesthetics or Adult Critical Care Ventilation delivery.
Main duties of the job
If you are :-
Already a highly experienced technologist, with more than 2 years' experience, confident to work independently providing excellent technical support to a wide range of medical equipment with experience of calibration and repair.
Set high standards, are safety conscious and always ensure services are provided to enhance and improve patient care.
You are comfortable working in a team with or without supervision.
The successful candidate will have a key role within the team to ensure that work is carried out in a safe and effective manner, thus ensuring that work schedules are completed on time and in line with the planned preventative maintenance required on the Trust's and Non Trust medical equipment.
This is a demanding and challenging role requiring frequent but varied physical effort. The post involves regular communication with the nursing staff who request and return devices and with company representatives from suppliers who loan devices to the Trust.
The posts will be based at Castle Hill Hospital and offers an opportunity to work as part of a highly experienced team. We value our staff and the expertise and professionalism they bring to our work. As part of your career development we will assess and monitor your training needs and ensure that you undertake appropriate training.
Informal visits are highly recommended so please do not hesitate to contact us for further details about this post or to arrange an informal visit.
About us
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust strongly encourages new starters to have the Covid-19 vaccine. However, it is not a mandatory requirement to work for us.
HUTH has two main sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £500 million. The Trust employs around 11,000 staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.
The Trust's secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.
HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HNC
- State registration as a Clinical Technologist
Desirable
- Degree in Clinical Technology
Knowledge
Essential
- An Understanding of electronic and medical instrumentation
- Knowledge of electrical safety within a patient enviroment
- Understanding of medical equipment safety issues
- Computer literate
- Working knowledge of databses and data recording systems
Training
Essential
- Have undergone recognised training as a Clinical Technologist
Desirable
- Maintenance of patient connected medical equipment
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years technlogy training to satisfy state registration
- Minimum of 2 years of extended responsibility and specialist training on critical medical electronic/electro-mechanical equipment
- Expierence of dealing with customers
Desirable
- Maintenance of patient connected medical equipment
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate verbally,over the telephone and in writing
Desirable
- Demonstrate empathy when dealing with customers
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Aptitude for team working
- Ability to organise own work load
- Ability to work without supervision
- Ability to carry out both routine and non-routine tasks and provide records of work completed
- Professional interest in development and advancing skills and knowledge
Desirable
- Ability to take the lead and demonstarte leadership skills
Micscellaneous
Essential
- Aptitude to travel to other Hospitals and Healthcare providers
Desirable
- Car driver with full licence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HNC
- State registration as a Clinical Technologist
Desirable
- Degree in Clinical Technology
Knowledge
Essential
- An Understanding of electronic and medical instrumentation
- Knowledge of electrical safety within a patient enviroment
- Understanding of medical equipment safety issues
- Computer literate
- Working knowledge of databses and data recording systems
Training
Essential
- Have undergone recognised training as a Clinical Technologist
Desirable
- Maintenance of patient connected medical equipment
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years technlogy training to satisfy state registration
- Minimum of 2 years of extended responsibility and specialist training on critical medical electronic/electro-mechanical equipment
- Expierence of dealing with customers
Desirable
- Maintenance of patient connected medical equipment
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate verbally,over the telephone and in writing
Desirable
- Demonstrate empathy when dealing with customers
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Aptitude for team working
- Ability to organise own work load
- Ability to work without supervision
- Ability to carry out both routine and non-routine tasks and provide records of work completed
- Professional interest in development and advancing skills and knowledge
Desirable
- Ability to take the lead and demonstarte leadership skills
Micscellaneous
Essential
- Aptitude to travel to other Hospitals and Healthcare providers
Desirable
- Car driver with full licence
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
