Clinical Technologist
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, N19 5NF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9220-24-0370 |
Summary
Job Description Title: Clinical Technologist Band: 6 Hours of Duty: 37.5 hours per week Annual Leave: 27 days per annum 29 days after 5 years NHS service 33 days after 10 years NHS service Department: Medical Physics Department Accountable to: Director of Surgery and Cancer ICSU Director of Operations Surgery and Cancer ICSU Head of Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering Chief Technician Main duties: All Clinical Technologists must be able to: Adhere to all Trust and department policies and procedures. They will be subject to periodic internal audits. Undertake suppliers and other external training providers courses to enable competency to be established in the support of a wide range of medical devices. They will undertake departmental training events and gain further experience by working on occasions, under the supervision of senior staff. They will be expected to participate in a scheme of continuing professional development that is recognised by and registered with an appropriate professional body. The post holder will experience an annual appraisal. They will contribute to the supervision of newly appointed staff. They will have General and specific responsibilities, defined in terms of product type or location Develop skills to use a wide range of test and measurement equipment, some of which are specific to the healthcare sector, to enable faults to be diagnosed and corrected on complex equipment, to module or component level. To develop skills and knowledge of junior colleagues to enable them to work on new medical devices initially under supervision and once competency is signed off, to work unsupervised. On occasions they will be involved in patient incident investigations; this may involve access to sensitive patient related data for analysis and interpretation. The daily work will involve the inspection and interaction with delicate, high value medical devices. The correct function and availability for use of these devices have a direct effect on patient care. They will be responsible for establishing effective communication with the customer and suppliers; this will include advising the customer of any foreseen delay in the return of equipment to service. On occasions this will involve presenting technical information to senior nursing and clinical staff. It may require the use of e-mail and the telephone. The post holder will be responsible for communicating with senior nursing and clinical staff in defining, recording and controlling configurations relating to medical devices. All medical physics technologist will log on the departments dedicated CMMS at start of day and log off at the end of their work day. Will be responsible for updating the details on the computerised equipment management system relating to any work that has been allocated to them. They will maintain accurate, legible and retrievable electronic/written records (job reports) relating to the work that they have undertaken. They will complete requisitions to initiate the procurement of spares and external services for which a requirement has been identified. This is then sent for approval to the Head of Medical Physics. The post holder will be responsible for the generation of work instructions and maintenance checklists, as directed by the Head of Medical Physics. They will be responsible for the safe retrieval of medical devices from the clinical environment to a suitable location where technical activity can be conducted, followed by their subsequent timely return upon completion of service. Will be required to attend and contribute to the bi-monthly departmental meetings, where issues relating to service delivery, customer satisfaction. Will be aware that prior to handling any medical device decontamination of medical equipment is important for their safety and others. Will ensure that any kind of practice that does adhere to department or corporate trust policy is brought to the attention of the medical physics senior technologist or Head of Medical Physics. The post holder will be required to work or carry out activities out of his/her remit occasionally, this may be supervised or unsupervised in consultation with Head of Medical Physics.