Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Medical Engineer - Royal Site
Band 6
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our team in providing a medical equipment management, maintenance, repair and support service for the Trust and other healthcare providers in the area.
You will be a skilled and self-motivated engineer, educated to HNC level in a suitable engineering subject, with proven experience of working as an unsupervised Medical Engineer within an NHS Trust . You will be able to demonstrate the desire to continue your professional development through internal and external training courses.
You will be highly professional, well organised and capable of multi-tasking and working under pressure.
Some knowledge of quality management would be an advantage, as we work to a registered quality assurance system (BS EN ISO 9001:2015)
You will be expected to work on a number of sites, so a driving licence is an advantage but not essential.
A skills test is a mandatory requirement of the Interview process. Please DO NOT apply if you cannot facilitate this requirement.
Consideration will be given to appointing under Annex 21 of Agenda for Change should you lack sufficient experience.
Main duties of the job
Main duties include the repair, calibration, planned maintenance, commissioning and disposal of a wide range of medical equipment.
Working with stakeholders to deliver a responsive, safe and effective patient-centred service.
Liaising with and providing advice and support to users of medical equipment .
Requisitioning spares and materials, accepting deliveries of materials and equipment.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent in Engineering or Science oror Registered Clinical Technologist at graduate level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent and relevant practical experience in the maintenance and repair of a wide range of complex medical equipment
- Evidence of working alone and on own initiative
Desirable criteria
- Experience in quality assurance procedures and records management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable level of knowledge necessary to maintain and repair a wide range of complex electronic medical equipment
- Understanding hazards and taking adequate precautions
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of satisfactory completion of appropriate specialised training courses.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate technical information across professional boundaries
- Able to communicate difficult concepts with clarity
- Effective interpersonal & communication skills, including report writing & document presentation
- Able to prioritise own work, meeting deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Able to use word processing, spreadsheet and email applications
- Computer software & hardware fault-finding skills
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ken Gregson
- Job title
- Medical Engineering Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 706 3085
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