Clinical Skills Technician
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,681.00 to £24,533.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £22681.00 - £24533.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 May 2024 |
| Location: | Worcester, WR2 6AJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | N0012-24-0018 |
Summary
1. In collaboration with other Clinical Skills Technicians, work as part of a team to prepare and maintain the simulation suites in accordance with teaching requirements. 2. Organise and co-ordinate the preparation of areas for the simulation sessions and clinical skills sessions, such as human patient simulators, and equipment handling. 3. Ensure that equipment is cleaned and stored in a tidy manner and that regular maintenance of specified equipment is carried out. 4. Manage stock levels including maintenance of a comprehensive stock and equipment database, as well as tracking servicing and repair of equipment. Monitor all servicing of equipment including responsibility for ensuring regular testing of equipment, in line with manufacturers guidance and compliance with relevant legal requirements. 5. Maintain tidiness and cleanliness of the Simulation and Clinical Skills Centres in accordance with Health & Safety requirements including monitoring risk assessments, COSHH requirements, and maintenance of all related records for audit purposes. 6. Assist in orientating students and academic staff to the simulation and clinical skills areas and the equipment. 7. Develop and facilitate drop-in sessions as part of the SPACE project to help students to practice their clinical skills. 8. Provide administrative support to both staff and students as per individual course requirements, including answering queries and responding to enquiries via email. 9. To assist in the recording and editing of simulated training activities on audio visual equipment. 10. Maintain effective scheduling of the teaching rooms in the Clinical Simulation and Skills Centres, in collaboration with the Clinical Skills Technician Team. 11. Work without direct supervision, exercise initiative, and take responsibility for projects. 12. Uphold the customer service standards in place within the Simulation and Clinical Skills Centres, assisting colleagues, students and external parties in a welcoming, polite, and timely manner and referring to colleagues where necessary. 13. Attend and participate in meetings, open days, development sessions and working groups as appropriate. 14. Contribute to development of the service including responsibility for reviewing processes, making recommendations for change and implementation as required. 15. Ability to work flexibly across a staggered shift pattern as required and as part of the team. Occasional weekend work is required. 16. Ability to drive between university campuses to provide technical support and transport equipment. 17. Maintain personal and professional development and participate in appropriate training activities. 18. To implement and carry out administrative activities and processes, as required by the role. 19. Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job; participate in appropriate training activities and encourage and support staff in their development and training. 20. Take steps to ensure and enhance personal health, safety, and well-being and that of other staff and students. 21. Carry out these duties in a manner that promotes equality of opportunity and supports diversity and inclusion and takes into account the University's commitment to environmentally sustainable ways of working.