Clinical Engineer

Job summary

The Clinical Engineering Department provides a Medical Equipment Management service for the Kingston Hospital. NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will form part of a team maintaining medical equipment across the trust and is required to work within the requirements of the Department of Health regulations, Care Quality Commission Standards, Trust employment policies and the Trust policy for the management of medical devices to a high standard of safety and accountability.

The post holder liaises and works closely with other Healthcare Professionals, manufacturers, representatives, engineers and other technical staff to provide applications advice, device evaluation, acceptance testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, calibration and maintenance of a diverse range of diagnostic, therapeutic and point of care testing equipment, ensuring it functions correctly, is within calibration limits and safe for patient and staff use.

The post holder may be required to participate in the emergency on-call rota when required.

The post requires the post holder to have an knowledge and skills in the Electrical/Electronic engineering disciplines, a comprehensive knowledge of physiological measurements and the in depth knowledge and skills to specialise in the clinical/technical services that require greater support and instruction in the application and management of complex Medical devices.

For further details / informal visits please email: alexandra.torrealba @nhs.net....

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Engineering Department provides a Medical Equipment Management service for the Kingston Hospital. NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will form part of a team maintaining medical equipment across the trust and is required to work within the requirements of the Department of Health regulations, Care Quality Commission Standards, Trust employment policies and the Trust policy for the management of medical devices to a high standard of safety and accountability.

The post holder liaises and works closely with other Healthcare Professionals, manufacturers, representatives, engineers and other technical staff to provide applications advice, device evaluation, acceptance testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, calibration and maintenance of a diverse range of diagnostic, therapeutic and point of care testing equipment, ensuring it functions correctly, is within calibration limits and safe for patient and staff use.

The post holder may be required to participate in the emergency on-call rota when required.

The post requires the post holder to have an knowledge and skills in the Electrical/Electronic engineering disciplines, a comprehensive knowledge of physiological measurements and the in depth knowledge and skills to specialise in the clinical/technical services that require greater support and instruction in the application and management of complex Medical devices.

For further details / informal visitsplease email: sally.brackenridge @nhs.net....

About us

Trust Values

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:

-Caring- Design and deliver care around each individual patient's needs and wants.-Safe- Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first-Responsible- All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation-Value Each Other- Value each other's contribution-Inspiring- We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients

Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Galsworthy Road

Kingston upon Thames

KT2 7QB

Employer's website

https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Galsworthy Road

Kingston upon Thames

KT2 7QB

Employer's website

https://kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

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