Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Biomedical Engineer to join the Medical Device Service at Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust. Based at Rochdale Infirmary, this is a Trust-wide role requiring work across multiple NCA sites and community services. You will be part of a multi-professional Medical Devices Team delivering engineering, governance, and training support across various care settings.

Applicants should hold a minimum HNC in electronics or a clinical engineering qualification, with experience maintaining hospital medical equipment and a willingness to develop across a wide range of specialities. Candidates with limited experience may be appointed at a lower band (Band 4) with a structured development plan to progress to Band 5.

Please see the link below to support your application:

https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/search-and-apply/recruitment-process/applying-ai

A full UK driving licence is mandatory. Non-UK licences must be exchangeable under UK rules: https://www.gov.uk/exchange-nongb-driving-licence/y. Do not apply if you do not meet this requirement.

Previous applicants within the last 3 months need not apply.

Main duties of the job

A brief overview of what your day to day duties will include are listed below:

• Carrying out routine maintenance on a wide range of medical equipment.
• Investigating and repairing medical equipment reported as faulty.
• Updating evidence of work done on an equipment database.
• Driving to community sites to collect, deliver, service and repair medical equipment.
• Assisting with the commissioning of new medical equipment. This includes testing and configuring of new medical equipment before it
• is released for clinical use.
• Supporting users of medical equipment to make the best use of these assets. This will include providing specialist advice to users in
• their clinical use and application.
• Assisting in the management of risk associated with medical devices; this will include involvement in training, investigations, testing and
• repair of medical equipment and acting as the interface between users and other outside agencies / suppliers.
• Working in a team supporting each other in order to achieve the common goal of providing a high-quality service that is agile and flexible and best serves the need of our service users.
• Supporting senior engineers to carry out investigations on medical equipment and devices which are reported as being subject to an
• adverse incident or when supplier recall notifications require action.
• Working with external suppliers of medical equipment.
• Working within the organisations policies and local procedures.
• Regularly updating your Knowledge / Skills.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.