The Medical Device Service supports users of medical equipment across all of our hospital sites within the Northern Care Alliance.
Main duties:
You will have a key role in supporting the mechanical team's responsibility for the manufacture, maintenance, repair, and sub-contractor management of medical equipment. This will include first-line support to users of medical equipment to optimize systems uptime to gain maximum use of medical equipment.
Ideally, you will possess a minimum of HNC in mechanical engineering and have relevant experience since qualifying in the field of Mechanical Engineering. Knowledge in the application and repair of a wide range of mechanical equipment used in a hospital and community is essential, although some specific training will be provided.
Training and opportunities to develop will be offered at a band 5 for an appropriate candidate who does not meet all the essential criteria.
Please note that, for this post, you will be required to have obtained a full UK Driving Licence.
Main duties of the job:
The post holder will provide specialist mechanical knowledge for the implementation and delivery of a long-term operational plan for cost-effective and efficient management and deployment of safe medical devices across the care organizations. They will be working towards achieving compliance levels for medical device repair and maintenance, including downtime, and ensuring that systems are available to enable clinical teams to have insight into progress with maintenance and repair of their devices.
The ideal candidate will have experience in design, using CAD ideally, and to produce products using mechanical workshop machinery such as milling machines, lathes, grinders, drills, and other mechanical fabrication tools.
About us:
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.
Job description:
Job 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. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk.
Person Specification:
Qualifications:
Essential:
* HNC (level 4/5 BTEC) minimum in Mechanical Engineering
Registration:
Desirable:
* Register for clinical technologists (RCT)
Knowledge, Skills, Training, and Experience:
Essential:
* Extensive experience in a field of electromechanical maintenance and repair
* Experience in fabrication, milling, and turning.
* Experience in electrical safety testing and knowledge of electrical systems and fault-finding techniques
* Knowledge in the application and use of a wide range of engineering equipment.
* Knowledge of CAD
* Experience of bespoke design of electro/mechanical products
Desirable:
* Wide range of supplier approved training on the servicing and repair of Electro biomedical equipment
* Experience of working in an ISO9001 engineering environment
* Knowledge and experience of current legislation recommendations for the management of medical equipment
Other:
Essential:
* Full/Clean UK Driving License
Employer details:
Employer name:
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust
Stott Lane
Salford
M6 8HD
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