Medical Equipment Technician (Commercial)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Perform a range of technical duties, guided by procedures involving autonomous work on both general and complex medical equipment in the clinical (external organisations) and workshop environment to ensure the optimum effectiveness, reliability, availability and safety of medical devices which may involve travelling across sites.
• To commission, calibrate, deploy and maintain a wide range of complex medical devices e.g. Infusion Devices, Patient Monitoring, Defibrillators, etc.
• Investigate and test medical devices, analysing the results to diagnose faults or problems on complex medical devices. Demonstrating equipment operation and techniques to individual clinical users where this is a solution to a problem.
• Communication of investigation results to users, colleagues and suppliers, sharing knowledge and experience.
• Using primarily computerised systems, make accurate equipment maintenance history records and other information supporting audit, quality and performance monitoring.
• Ensure all duties are delivered in an efficient, safe, professional and organised way according to Section policies, procedures and Health and Safety documentation.
• Ensure all medical devices are ready for deployment from the Medical Equipment Library and respond in an empathetic and proficient manner for faults relating to patient connected equipment.
• Using knowledge and experience of clinical procedures involving medical devices, liaise with clinical and technical staff to ensure medical devices are deployed and used safely and where appropriate contribute to the training of technical, medical and nursing staff and patients in the proper care and effective use of medical devices.
• Liaise with medical device suppliers to obtain technical and commercial information in relation to equipment maintenance and evaluation.
• First line support of instrumentation interfaces to specialist clinical computer systems, liaising with IT to resolve problems as necessary.
• Monitor stocks and initiate orders to ensure the timely and adequate procurement of medical device parts and accessories to maintain devices in a serviceable condition.
• In consultation with Medical Equipment Team Leader, comment and contribute to planned maintenance schedules and section procedures to develop the service in an effective and efficient manner.
• Participate in departmental meetings to ensure continued development of the department and its effective use of a quality system (ISO9001:2015)
• Liaise with users and other team members to prioritise and plan own workload to ensure optimum efficiency in responding appropriately to urgent requests. Complete and review equipment and job audits to ensure quality and performance targets are met.
• Work activities may involve the exposure to unpleasant conditions e.g. body fluids and distressing situations in clinical environments.
• Supervise, monitor and train Junior MEMS staff, providing quality checks and mentorship for those staff.
• Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities and encourage and support staff development and training.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Medical equipment servicing
• Degree Level Electronics / appropriate experience

Desirable

• Knowledge of Microsoft application software

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Working knowledge in electronic servicing
• Working knowledge in Medical equipment servicing
• Proven knowledge of Medical Equipment Safety IEC 601
• Knowledge of specialist test equipment.
• Fault find to component level
• Ability to work with technical manuals and schematic diagrams
• Ability to work within the confines of a quality system
• Experience of Equipment management information systems and databases

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential

• Ability to plan and prioritise workload to ensure maximum efficiency

PHYSICAL SKILLS

Essential

• Ability to perform tests requiring high level of manual dexterity
• Driving Licence

Annex 21

Essential

• Practical experience or relevant qualifications

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southend

Southend on Sea

SS0 0RY

Employer's website

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