Specialist Medical Engineer

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	25 Tachwedd 2025
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:	08 Rhagfyr 2025
Lleoliad:	Preston, PR2 9HT
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9438-25-0574

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Communicate and develop relationships with a range of organisations and technical and clinical staff on adverse incidents, investigations and day to day issues. Explain the possible configurations of users computer / microprocessor based equipment and configure it to operate appropriately and safely for their areas/tasks. Develop relationships with medical equipment manufacturers and suppliers so as to obtain best value and quality with the supply of products and services Liaise with external contractors to request repairs and repair quotations Communicate efficiently with, and offer advice on medical equipment to, clinical and technical staff at all levels within the Trust. Advice may include purchase, use, training, replacement, research etc. Prioritise and negotiate with other Health Care Professionals in obtaining access to medical equipment for maintenance. Developing oneself and others within the Trust Train junior Medical Engineers and take responsibility for their work when they are working under the post holders direction. When appropriate, train clinical staff across the Trust in the function, operation and day-to-day maintenance of medical equipment. Attend technical training courses when required and in line with the Job Description. This may include hardware, software, clinical, management or mandatory training. Brief clinical staff across the Trust in the function, operation and day-to-day maintenance of medical equipment. Support colleagues by providing them with technical information and training on devices where appropriate and passing on information gained from technical and clinical courses where required Undertake CPD to update own technical knowledge of specialized equipment and update knowledge in respect of the Clinical use of such equipment. Health and Safety Be aware of, and contribute to, Health, Safety and Security of self and others. Act independently, safely, promptly and efficiently in all situations with patients, colleagues and contractors. Take appropriate precautions to ensure safety when working with heavy loads. Follow departmental guidelines to ensure safety when working on open live electrical equipment, equipment with high pressures, high voltage capacitors, dangerous mechanical parts, dangerous RF / microwave fields, powerful light / laser outputs, dangerous radiation levels or hazardous chemicals and on equipment in the patient environment. Undertake all duties with due regard to infection control risks Seek to minimise patient risk in all circumstances Service Improvement Organise the provision of loan equipment from service providers on occasions when repairs cannot be achieved within a desired time scale, or in incident situations, to enable patient services to be maintained. Contribute to and participate in regular meetings with Medical Engineering Management to improve departmental performance. When appropriate undertake project work Be involved in the creation and updating of written procedures for the performance and functional verification of medical devices. Quality Work unsupervised to Professional Standards in compliance with Department of Health guidelines, relevant standards set by Regulatory Bodies and Departmental Procedures. Use technical expertise and clinical experience to identify potentially hazardous symptoms and faults and act to ensure safety. In conjunction with senior staff, report novel fault conditions to the manufacturers and the MHRA. Collate details of notifiable incidents, quarantine equipment and accessories, submit written reports to the MHRA and liaise with the MHRA, manufacturers and Hospital Staff in any subsequent investigation. Be responsible for the quality of your work. Referring to department work procedures and to published guidance. Highlight and bring to the attention of the Manager any deficiencies found in the quality of your own or others work in order that this may be rectified at the earliest opportunity. Analyse the impact of equipment maintenance on service provision and work to minimise detrimental effects. Follow Departmental procedures and seek advice when unsure on these. Equality and Diversity Be familiar with and follow the Trusts reporting procedure for sickness, annual leave and flexi-time. Act in ways that value diversity and encourage equality both within the department and in the wider Trust and working relationships with companies. Systems vehicles and equipment Carry out the regular maintenance, calibration, function checking and electrical safety testing of a wide range of medical equipment ensuring it is safe and complies with the manufacturers specification. Prioritise planned preventative maintenance and medical equipment breakdown requests with departmental colleagues to ensure that scheduled maintenance is up to date and repairs are made as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Acceptance test / commission new equipment ensuring that it is as ordered, is electrically safe, meets manufacturers specifications and MHRA guidelines and is appropriately CE marked. Function and electrically safety test equipment upon its return from external repair and before its release to users. Act independently, promptly and efficiently in response to emergency and unpredictable situations. Take part in rotas when required and attend to urgent repairs immediately, undertaking, distributing to colleagues and following up repair work as required and returning completed equipment to users. Where necessary, use skills, knowledge and understanding of the clinical applications of medical devices to assist the user with potentially faulty equipment that may still be attached to the patient. Take part in the departmental out-of-hours on-call rota covering all medical devices in the Trust including imaging, anaesthetic machines, ventilators, ECG Monitoring Systems and Foetal Monitoring Systems. Where appropriate, act on telephone advice provided by specialist engineers and in turn provide online advice to other on-call engineers. Take appropriate actions to ensure patient data, clinical information or event histories are preserved/backed up before maintenance or repair where possible Assess the seriousness and implications of reported problems and respond appropriately to the urgency of the users request. Ensure that the users receive a high quality, prompt and efficient service and are kept informed of the progress of on-going and outstanding work. Apply specialised fault finding techniques to diagnose complex problems including those beyond the scope of manufacturers supplied information and make repairs down to component level using expertise, precision engineering techniques and fine control of tools and small components. Take responsibility for all tools and specialised test equipment within the post holders care and assist in ensuring workshop facilities are kept clear and well ordered. Act as Lead engineer in one or more Specialist areas of Medical Engineering. These areas of expertise will be reviewed at regular intervals to meet the needs of staff development and the service in order to provide a comprehensive, high quality, cost-effective service and to ensure continuity during absence of colleagues Appraise loan equipment provided for evaluation and advise user during trials of appropriateness for purpose and future maintainability. Maintain a level of competency in all devices to ensure medical engineering knowledge and skills are maintained and cover for other engineers is in place. Apply knowledge of IT and cyber security in the securing of patient data and the trust IT networks. Understand the particular IT hardware and software issues that arise with medical equipment and discuss at joint meetings with IT colleagues Procurement and commissioning Raise orders for spare parts, the dispatch of repairs and engineer call-out dealing with subsequent financial queries regarding price verification and delivery of goods and services Ensure that stocks of any components and spare parts used, do not fall below agreed levels. Liaise with, supervise and work alongside external service contractors Information processing Take appropriate precautions to ensure that clinical information / event history on computer based systems has been backed-up before maintenance is carried out.