Specialist Medical Engineer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 12 Awst 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £38,682.00 i £46,580.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 26 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Walsall, WS2 9PS |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9407-25-0272 |
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To be managerially and technically responsible to the EBME Section Head for all ongoing managerial, administrative and professional matters. To be professionally accountable for matters that affects the calibration, servicing and maintenance of medical electronic equipment to the EBME Section Head. To take responsibility for, prioritise and manage own workload in accordance with departmental procedures, policies objectives and shared priorities. To carry out the range of duties associated with the other Band 6 positions. When appropriate supervise junior staff apprentices and trainees, taking responsibility for their work. To manage the condition and performance of equipment and other resources within the post holders areas of responsibility, escalating, where appropriate, issues to the Section Head or Head of EBME. To participate in the full range of work undertaken by the EBME Team, including support on an agreed basis to all Trust areas, which may include Community and external contractual obligations, being responsible on a day-to-day basis for each aspect of the work to the EBME Section Head. Responsible for performing the planned maintenance and non-routine repairs of a wide range of medical equipment used in direct patient treatment and monitoring. Possess the skills and dexterity required to maintain and repair a range of highly complex and delicate equipment using precision tools and intricate test equipment to and exceeding the current medical equipment standards. Exercise autonomous judgement in determining the cause and rectifying faults in medical devices with highly complex and inter-related systems (e.g. electronic, computer and mechanical systems). Enter details onto the Trust asset register database. Liaising with manufacturers to obtain information and reporting fault conditions. To carry out procedures which will be complex and to share in the broad work of the EBME Team. This work will require constructive relationships with clinical users to be established and maintained, and a high degree of teamwork. To achieve and maintain a level of expertise which, combined with substantial personal initiative, will enable procedures to be completed without supervision. To carry out commissioning, repair and preventative maintenance of complex medical equipment for which the Department carries responsibility, and to ensure that the highest possible standards of safety and of technical work are achieved and maintained. Remove, decommission, and arrange for the appropriate and safe disposal of all types of obsolete or irreparable medical equipment. In association with the EBME Section Head, advise users on the need for replacement or renovation of equipment. Liaise with manufacturers to obtain resources to provide the most cost-effective repair of equipment. To participate in laid down work schedules and to assist in maintenance of records of equipment maintenance, repairs, hazards, etc. which may be relevant to the technical support service, including the implementation of new and revised protocols and standards, such as the Trust Medical Devices Policy, Managing Medical Devices, Clinical Governance, CQC, Standards for Better Health and other applicable standards and policies. To ensure, in co-operation with the EBME Section Head that at all times as agreed a technologist is available to clinical users within an agreed maximum time, following an initial call. To co-operate closely with all Medical Engineering staff with regard to electronic and mechanical aspects of safety, on-going maintenance and development of medical equipment. To contribute towards the development of computer-based systems used within the EBME Department. To conform to the systems, processes and procedures within the EBME Department, and assisting the department to achieve its target of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management. Provide work based supervision, technical advice and training to new, less experienced or locum staff as well as supervising the work of external contractors or manufacturers agents while on Trust property, as necessary. To contribute as required towards the training of other staff, and to co-operate with medical, nursing and other staff. To be available for travel to other hospitals as required. To demonstrate a flexible approach to the needs of the EBME Department. To conform to safe working practices, and departmental policies and procedures. To undertake any other duties which may be required by the Head of Clinical Engineering, Head of EBME or other Operational Managers, and which are appropriate to the post.