Head of Clinical Engineering and Sterile Services | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £70,417 - £81,138 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 5AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6177473/361-COR-6177473 |
Summary
We are recruiting for aHead of Clinical Engineering and Sterile Serviceswho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will be responsible for the management and strategic development of services to the Trust and external customers and will provide leadership in the specialised field of healthcare technology management and sterile services.
You will give strategic direction, lead research and innovation, develop new knowledge, services, policies, protocols and procedures in response to changes in clinical service needs and legislation to improve patient care. The service provides scientific and engineering support for medical device management, design, development and modification, patient safety and risk management and delivers user training to clinical staff and has input into research projects and clinical trials.
Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Be responsible for strategic and business planning for Clinical Engineering and Sterile Services, with a focus on sustainability.
Recruit, train and develop staff to achieve an appropriate skill-mix for meeting current and future service demand.
Ensure maximum benefit from medical technology whilst minimising risks.
Create an environment in which all staff in the departments have opportunities to influence development and planning by ensuring open and effective working.
Develop and maintain effective working partnerships with clinical staff and managers in other divisions, corporate services and external service.
Identify resource needs for clinical and service developments , leading on bids for funding for staffing, equipment and projects.
Review service provision and produce a service strategy.
Provide leadership for Medical Device User Training and ensure training records meet CQC requirements.
Prioritise service work in accordance with departmental and Trust requirements.
Formulate and adjust plans and strategies for delivering and developing services in response to emerging clinical, political, scientific, technical and business requirements.
Ensure staff are appraised and managed effectively and that individual training and development plans are in place.
Follow Trust procedures and policies including disciplinary and grievance procedures, complaints against staff and staff recruitment policies.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024