Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Senior EME Engineer

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Job summary

DEPARTMENT Electronic Medical Equipment (EME).

JOB TITLE Senior EME Engineer

REMUNERATION

PACKAGE £45,929.00- £52,559.00 per annum plus Higher Cost Area Supplement up to 5% of basic salary (subject to a minimum of

£1252.00, and a maximum payment of £2,379.00 ), Performance Bonus, Contributory Pension Scheme and 25 rising to 30 days holiday per year (plus 8 days public holidays)

HOURS 37.5 (flexible working arrangement available)

Healthcare Partners Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the central resource of professional engineering knowledge and skills within the hospital. Our services are used to support clinical services, research and development both within the Trust and also alongside external academic and clinical partners.

At Grade 7 we are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and flexible senior engineer to join a dynamic team of engineers providing a comprehensive repair, maintenance and service to a range of healthcare providers across the Surrey and Hampshire area. The ideal candidate will have previous EBME experience.

Main duties of the job

A minimum of an HNC/D in electronics / electrical engineering or equivalent technical qualification and experience is required.

You will have/develop skills in the following areas: quality control measurements, fault finding, repairs and planned maintenance of a wide range of medical devices.

The NHS is moving to 7-day working so flexibility of working patterns is expected within HPL.

If you are ready for a new challenge and would like to discuss the role further, then please contact Ben Caldicott,Bencaldicott@nhs.net, 01483 464179.

About us

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Details

Date posted

17 July 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£45,929 to £52,559 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9384-ZC-HPLB7

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

  • Maintain Medical Devices & Systems to the highest levels of performance, quality and integrity aligned to HPL requirements

Participate in Planned Maintenance Programme (PPM) across the EME portfolio, delivering the programme of PPM services.

Responsibility for delivery of EME service provision.

Bring a broad technical understanding and specialism supporting the wider EME team

Provide on-call out of hours service cover to customer base.

JOB SUMMARY

To be responsible for the servicing and maintenance of a range of Medical equipment throughout RSCH and with external clients that HPL are contacted to support.

Provide input to the development and maintenance of a long-term strategy and road map for Medical Devices, including replacement of older legacy devices with current and future technologies

The role calls for someone from an Electronics / Instrumentation Engineering background, and as such the post holder will require knowledge across the range of technologies and services that fall under the responsibility of this post.

The role will frequently require the post holder to engage with infrastructure and business projects and the adoption of new technologies in line with business requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

  • Maintain Medical Devices & Systems to the highest levels of performance, quality and integrity aligned to HPL requirements

Participate in Planned Maintenance Programme (PPM) across the EME portfolio, delivering the programme of PPM services.

Responsibility for delivery of EME service provision.

Bring a broad technical understanding and specialism supporting the wider EME team

Provide on-call out of hours service cover to customer base.

JOB SUMMARY

To be responsible for the servicing and maintenance of a range of Medical equipment throughout RSCH and with external clients that HPL are contacted to support.

Provide input to the development and maintenance of a long-term strategy and road map for Medical Devices, including replacement of older legacy devices with current and future technologies

The role calls for someone from an Electronics / Instrumentation Engineering background, and as such the post holder will require knowledge across the range of technologies and services that fall under the responsibility of this post.

The role will frequently require the post holder to engage with infrastructure and business projects and the adoption of new technologies in line with business requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level education (equivalent professional qualifications such as HNC/HND plus relevant experience of operating at this level), plus extensive
  • experience in medical equipment
  • Registration as Clinical Technologist or Scientist

Experience

Essential

  • Able to support the development of the long term strategic plan for the delivery and ongoing support
  • of the trusts Medical Devices. Recommending future products and services as these become relevant.
  • Experience of monitoring service providers, and able to negotiate and manage contracts to deliver best
  • value for the trust
  • Experience of use of Microsoft Office applications
  • e.g. Word, excel, outlook etc
  • Experience of working in the patient environment
  • Experience of repair & maintenance of highly complex Medical Devices and systems.
  • Extensive experience holding senior technical roles,
  • preferably in NHS hospital environments
  • Experienceofimplementationofpoliciesand procedures, in an ISO 9001 environment.

Desirable

  • Experience with asset management and change control Processes
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level education (equivalent professional qualifications such as HNC/HND plus relevant experience of operating at this level), plus extensive
  • experience in medical equipment
  • Registration as Clinical Technologist or Scientist

Experience

Essential

  • Able to support the development of the long term strategic plan for the delivery and ongoing support
  • of the trusts Medical Devices. Recommending future products and services as these become relevant.
  • Experience of monitoring service providers, and able to negotiate and manage contracts to deliver best
  • value for the trust
  • Experience of use of Microsoft Office applications
  • e.g. Word, excel, outlook etc
  • Experience of working in the patient environment
  • Experience of repair & maintenance of highly complex Medical Devices and systems.
  • Extensive experience holding senior technical roles,
  • preferably in NHS hospital environments
  • Experienceofimplementationofpoliciesand procedures, in an ISO 9001 environment.

Desirable

  • Experience with asset management and change control Processes

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Resourcing Officer

Zoe Chilvers

zoe.chilvers@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

17 July 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£45,929 to £52,559 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9384-ZC-HPLB7

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX


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