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Medical Devices Safety and Quality Officer | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Awst 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £50,952 - £57,349 p.a. pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 11 Medi 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Cambridge, CB2 0QQ |
| Cwmni: | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6551011/180-B-244229 |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 8A Medical Devices Safety and Quality Officer to join thededicated management team within our Clinical Engineering Department.
This is a senior post working as part of the Clinical Engineering management team with a leading role in the evaluation and investigation of safety alerts and adverse incidents involving medical devices.
The Clinical Engineering department is a highly-quality technical and scientific service in the field of Medical Device management providing medical device management services in terms of procurement, repair, calibration and maintenance to a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic medical equipment in the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It is the responsibility of Clinical Engineering to ensure equipment operates effectively and safely with a minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer software and medical gas systems. The department works to ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 quality standards and is responsible for the management in excess of 60,000 medical devices used across the hospital and in the community throughout East Anglia.
You will work closely with the Technical Services Manager to lead on the evaluation and investigation of safety alerts and adverse incidents involving medical devices, and the reporting and management of them. You will also have a central role in ensuring quality, safety, conformity assurance, best practice and continual improvement of Clinical Engineering services, supported by a competency management and training framework for the development of technical staff.
The MDSQO’s key role is to promote reporting and learning and safe use of medical devices across their organisation and be the main expert resource in this practice area. In addition to improving the quality of reporting, the MDSQO will serve as an essential link between the identification and implementation of (local and national) medical device safety initiatives and the daily operations to improve the safe use of medical devices.
You are responsible for providing leadership to Clinical Engineering and the Medical Device Management Group staff and advice to the Trust on matters relating to device safety, user competence and patient experience.
The Quality Officer’s aim is to ensure that the product or service Clinical Engineering provides is fit for purpose, is consistent and meets both external and internal requirements. This includes legal compliance and customer expectations.
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
The Quality Officer will monitor and advise on the performance of the quality management system, produce data and report on performance, measuring against set standards.
You will have a good working knowledge of IT systems and associated software packages as well as healthcare IT systems. Experience of medical terminology is desirable but not essential.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 26th August 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 9th September 2024
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
This advert closes on Monday 26 Aug 2024