Radiation Engineer Radiotherapy, WRH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Duties:

The Technical Services team provide equipment management and technical support to both clinical and non-clinical users of all equipment associated with radiotherapy treatment. The key aspects of this role are to:

Provide technical support to technical activities performed on clinical radiotherapy equipment and associated auxiliary items

Work flexibly and according to documented (ISO9001:2015) processes to ensure effective and safe machine performance with a minimum of clinical downtime

Respond promptly to machine faults that disrupt the clinical service

Provide Technical Services support for clinical computing equipment and associated systems used within the Oncology Centre

Provide Technical Services support to clinical and scientific research & development across radiotherapy, including the design and manufacture of bespoke clinical devices used in treatment

General duties

Professional & Managerial

The Jobholder will:

Support the smooth running of the service, including responding to queries and requests from other staff groups

Assist the Technical Services manager in their role to manage and coordinate all technical activity carried out on a broad range of complex radiotherapy equipment throughout the equipments lifecycle

Fully engage with multi-disciplinary teams of staff on internal project work.

Adopt the role of trainer or assessor as appropriate for specified equipment, providing technical training that may include giving presentations and organising structured in-house training sessions for other members of staff, including those outside of the radiotherapy physics team

Support engineering and other trainees as required, including assisting in the planning and provision of their formal training needs

Carry out internal resource management tasks that will facilitate the effective running of Technical Services. Such tasks may include equipment maintenance on highly specialised medical devices, stock and store area management, controlled documentation management and controlled software management.

Adopt a flexible attitude to changes in working arrangements and address technical emergencies as well as providing services across an extended working day

Participate in the departments on-call system

Personal

The Jobholder will:

Adopt a positive and supportive approach to the role and those you encounter within it, in line with the Trusts 4Ward values. Ensure your actions are centred on the needs of patients, colleagues and the service

Work flexibly where required, showing initiative and a willingness to learn, suggesting solutions and supporting team working

Undertake training events relevant to the role, including at off-site locations if necessary. This may require expansion of your existing skill base to cover the developing requirements of the Technical Services role

Undertake mandatory training on required timescales

Act as a role model at all times, championing the Trusts 4ward behaviours and continuously striving to improve the relationship between teams

Maintain a professional appearance in line with the Trust dress code

Clinical

The jobholder will:

Maintain a basic understanding of the clinical radiotherapy workflow and how the work of Technical Services affects, and is affected by, clinical concerns.

Understand the needs of patients within the radiotherapy pathway

Make efforts to optimise the work of Technical Services to minimise disruption to patients and the clinical service

Technical

The jobholder will:

Maintain advanced knowledge of radiotherapy technology including linear accelerators, CT scanners and any other radiotherapy treatment delivery system as appropriate

Maintain a detailed understanding of the principles and practice of medical equipment management, fault finding, preventative maintenance and calibration

Maintain knowledge of engineering products, materials and components as relevant to the service

Ensure understanding of and adherence to safe working practices, including knowledge of relevant legislation (including but not limited to IRR and IRMER)

Maintain advanced operation and maintenance skills on highly complex radiotherapy technology, undertaking advanced fault finding techniques on highly complex and very high capital medical devices (to include linear accelerators, Ortho-Voltage units etc)

Maintain highly developed, advanced operation and repair skills for extremely complex radiotherapy equipment, including associated service tools

Maintain highly developed electronic clinical engineering skills, including for the design and development of prototypes and high quality bespoke medical devices

Understand advanced technical documentation, being able to create required technical documentation when appropriate

Perform system maintenance and development for the clinical computing applications under Technical Services scope of responsibility

Maintain computer skills required to perform the role. For example manipulation and development of databases and spreadsheet and other Office applications.

Be able to perform relevant risk assessments, mitigating risk where possible and ensuring the safety of themselves and colleagues

Medical Equipment Management

The Jobholder will:

Understand local procedures and work instructions relating to the work of the Technical Services team

Understand the Quality Management System (QMS), risk management and design & development procedures e.g. ISO9000, ISO13485, ISO 14971

Have knowledge of medical device manufacturing procedures and regulations

Support major 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.

Provide direct technical support including 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

Clinical & Scientific Support

The Jobholder will:

Support the departments research & development activity

Participate in internal project work, providing specialist technical and regulatory compliance support to the modification and manufacturing of medical devices, associated software and associated accessories.

Maintain a good knowledge of the principles of external beam radiotherapy

Quality Assurance

The Jobholder will:

Support the maintenance and development of the departments ISO 9001:2015 quality management system (QMS).

Participate in the departments internal audit programme, as both auditor and auditee, in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001.

Carry out quality system administrative tasks such as calibration or inspection, test & measuring equipment calibration, performing supplier assessments, monitoring client feedback, internal auditing, recording & reviewing service failures and performing corrective & preventive actions.

Management of Information

The Jobholder will:

Accurately record all relevant information and ensure these records are maintained in accordance with the requirements of the Trust and departmental procedures. Often these records will be maintained in electronic format.

Communicate complex technical information to staff across the wider radiotherapy team, including the condition and performance of linear accelerators and other major pieces of medical equipment that come under Technical Services control.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Trust staff including those involved with radiotherapy treatment and other relevant professional groups.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Extensive and detailed knowledge of QC, PPM, fault finding and repairs on highly complex electrical / electronic equipment

Desirable

• Completed 1st and 2nd line manufacturer training on linear accelerators
• Effective teaching and research / development skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Electronic Engineering BEng Hons or HNC in Electrical/Electronic engineering plus significant equivalent post qualification experience
• Continuous further, relevant, formal post-qualification inservice training

Desirable

• Eligible for Membership of the Register of Clinical Technologists (Radiation Engineering)

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience of fault finding and repair of highly complex electrical/electronic equipment
• Able to work independently and able to use own judgment to perform efficiently and competently in the area of expertise.

Desirable

• Extensive and detailed knowledge of linear accelerator QC, PPM, fault finding and repairs.
• Significant Electronic design and repair of highly specialist bespoke medical devices within radiotherapy physics.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

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