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 recent and relevant experience of working as an unsupervised Medical Engineer in 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 access to own transport is an advantage but not essential.
A skills test is a mandatory requirement of the interview process.
Consideration will be given to appointing under Annex 21 of Agenda for Change for those with less experience.
Main duties of the job
As a member of a multi-disciplined team of engineers, you will be required to work without supervision. Duties will include:
1. The maintenance, repair and management of complex medical equipment including life support, patient monitoring, patient therapy, diagnostic, ventilatory and anaesthetic equipment, which at times will be patient connected.
2. Working with stakeholders to deliver a responsive, safe and effective patient centered-service.
3. Liaising with and providing advice and support to users of medical equipment.
4. Requisitioning spares and materials, accepting deliveries of materials and equipment.
5. Undertaking a supervisory role for junior members of the team.
6. Participating in the on-call rota, given appropriate training and experience.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To display a high personal standard in respect of self discipline and attitude to work, in view of both the nature of equipment on which you may be working and the requirement to liaise with other healthcare professionals, clients and external organisations.
2. To carry out evaluation, commissioning, acceptance testing, repair, maintenance and calibration on a wide range of medical equipment, including life support equipment used within the medical field, most of which will be complex and non-routine.
3. To regularly work on equipment, which may be 'patient connected' in areas including ITU, Coronary Care, theatres and Emergency Care areas as well as being able to work across the whole range of specialties and disciplines. Some of this equipment may be connected via medical information networks and/or driven by computer based software systems.
4. To frequently work on complex equipment that requires concentration and precision engineering techniques, expertise and fine control of precision tools and small components.
5. There is a regular requirement to maintain and repair equipment that is subject to contamination by hazardous substances and bodily fluids. To also work on equipment whilst it is exposed to mains electrical supplies, high gas pressures or other lethal electric hazards.
6. To exercise due care and diligence whilst working on such equipment as stated above and other potentially harmful equipment used in patient treatment, such as lasers, defibrillators, diathermies and r.f. therapy equipment.
7. To work in intensive care areas where there will be occasional exposure to patients in a critical condition or where distressed family members are present.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description and persons specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree or equivalent in Engineering or Science or Registered Clinical Technologist at graduate level.
Experience
Essential
* Recent and relevant practical experience in the maintenance and repair of a wide range of complex medical equipment.
Desirable
* Experience in quality assurance procedures and records management.
Knowledge
Essential
* Demonstrable level of knowledge necessary to maintain and repair a wide range of complex medical equipment.
* A clear understanding of the mandatory and regulatory aspects of medical device management.
Desirable
* Evidence of recent and relevant internal or cascade technical training.
* Specialist device training courses.
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Aintree University Hospital
Lower Lane
Liverpool
L9 7AL
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
287-CEF-459-24
#J-18808-Ljbffr