Job summary
You will be responsible for commissioning, maintenance, calibration and repair of a wide range of medical diagnostic and therapeutic devices, within the Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
You will also be responsible for the supervision of Workshop Staff and Contractors (in the E.M.E. Workshop Managers absence), and the implementation of Quality Assurance Procedures, as required.
Main duties of the job
Equipment covered comprises both Medical Devices and Laboratory Instrumentation, including electronic, electrical, mechanical, computer software and medical gas systems.
You will be directly responsible to the E.M.E. Workshop Manager and accountable to the E.M.E. Services Manager.
You will develop a close working relationship with other Departmental Managers, Clinical Staff within this and other NHS Trusts, Senior Managers in Private Health Care premises and specialist Contractors Staff
About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.
We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at standard level.
We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work hard to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and non-binary staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics. MTW also has active Disability, LGBT+ and Cultural Ethnic Minorities Networks to bring staff together and in act positive change!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at standard level.
We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work hard to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and non-binary staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics. MTW also has active Disability, LGBT+ and Cultural Ethnic Minorities Networks to bring staff together and in act positive change!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Higher National Certificate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (NVQ 6 or higher)
Desirable
- Registration as a Clinical Technologist
- Degree in Clinical Engineering
Experience
Essential
- Experience in applying workshop technology to patient-critical equipment and techniques in healthcare.
- Extensive practical experience in electronic and medical engineering workshop practices and techniques for at least 6 years post-qualification.
- Specialist training in the maintenance and repair of a range of medical devices and laboratory equipment
- Able to prioritise and manage own work.
- General knowledge of electronic workshop practice and computer systems.
- Advanced knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering.
- Specialised knowledge of medical electronics, electro-mechanical systems, computing and medical device support.
- Broad knowledge of medical device operation and management.
- Ability to assess the suitability and efficacy of a medical device in a given clinical environment.
- High level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure.
- Understanding of the principles of clinical risk assessment.
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines
Skills
Essential
- Able to use Excel, Word etc to set up documents and spreadsheets and extract information, use Asset Management database.
- Able to concentrate frequently when subject to unpredictable working patterns.
- Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries (e.g. fault finding in an emergency call out, to minimise misunderstanding and obtain the required information).
- Able to train groups of other professional staff
- Able to deliver teaching and training on complex equipment to other professional groups (e.g. train nurses in medical device use).
Desirable
- Previous experience in data communications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Higher National Certificate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. (NVQ 6 or higher)
Desirable
- Registration as a Clinical Technologist
- Degree in Clinical Engineering
Experience
Essential
- Experience in applying workshop technology to patient-critical equipment and techniques in healthcare.
- Extensive practical experience in electronic and medical engineering workshop practices and techniques for at least 6 years post-qualification.
- Specialist training in the maintenance and repair of a range of medical devices and laboratory equipment
- Able to prioritise and manage own work.
- General knowledge of electronic workshop practice and computer systems.
- Advanced knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering.
- Specialised knowledge of medical electronics, electro-mechanical systems, computing and medical device support.
- Broad knowledge of medical device operation and management.
- Ability to assess the suitability and efficacy of a medical device in a given clinical environment.
- High level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure.
- Understanding of the principles of clinical risk assessment.
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines
Skills
Essential
- Able to use Excel, Word etc to set up documents and spreadsheets and extract information, use Asset Management database.
- Able to concentrate frequently when subject to unpredictable working patterns.
- Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries (e.g. fault finding in an emergency call out, to minimise misunderstanding and obtain the required information).
- Able to train groups of other professional staff
- Able to deliver teaching and training on complex equipment to other professional groups (e.g. train nurses in medical device use).
Desirable
- Previous experience in data communications.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Address
Tunbridge Wells Hospital (Rota cover Maidstone Hospital)
Tunbridge Wells
TN2 4QJ
Employer's website
https://www.mtw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
