Main area: Medical engineering technician
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 sessions per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref: 302-24-6644322E
Employer: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Wigan
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/11/2024 23:59
Senior Medical Engineering Technician
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Senior Medical Engineering Technician within our busy Medical electronics department to help us develop and extend the range of services we currently provide.
With your Electronic engineering & manufacturers specialised courses or equivalent work experience, you will ideally have some prior experience of working in a hospital medical engineering maintenance environment.
The successful candidates will be required to work across our main sites i.e. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Hospitals and at other specialist sites such as the Boston House and the Thomas Linacre Centre in Wigan.
This is a full-time post working 37.5 hours per week.
*Applicants who have already received feedback that they are unsuitable for the position need not apply - unless they have taken steps to strengthen their application to demonstrate and evidence how you meet the essential criteria since that decision.*
Main duties of the job
Your duties will include working with and supporting the Team Leader in providing a cost-efficient repair and maintenance service on medical equipment within the Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for all remedial repairs, Planned Preventative Maintenance, and calibration of a wide range of medical devices. This will include Anesthesia Machines, Ultrasounds, ventilators, patient monitors, etc. In addition, the acceptance testing and configuration of newly delivered medical devices.
The position will be part of the department's monthly rotating rota, wherein he or she will participate in daily rounds to attend to reported malfunctions and troubleshoot various types of medical equipment, ranging from complex to basic models.
The post holder will possess extensive medical equipment training and electronic engineering background, capable of managing their own workload and planning their work independently.
He/she will demonstrate an understanding of and have the ability to develop further the technical aspects of the post.
The individual must be flexible, continuously develop technical knowledge and skills, and work as part of a team, liaising with colleagues and providing training as needed.
The post holder will work towards the highest possible standards of patient care.
Working for our organisation
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be a person with a broad range of training and experience on complex, multi-faceted medical equipment and have a background in electronic/electrical engineering that is able to plan and organise their own work using their own initiative and experience to manage his/her own work. The successful applicant will demonstrate an understanding of and have the ability to develop further the technical aspects of the post. The successful applicant will need to be committed to flexibility and pursue continuing development of their technical knowledge and develop new skills whilst undertaking their duties as part of a team, including liaising with colleagues and other staff members and providing training and instruction to medical and nursing staff when appropriate. The post holder will work towards the highest possible standards of patient care.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Completed an approved training programme to a minimum of HND in Electronic engineering & manufacturers specialised courses or significant equivalent work experience
* Evidence of continuous professional and personal development (CPD)
* IOSH (Institute of Safety and Health) Certificate
* ECDL, European Computer Driving Licence
* Be a member of a professional association to Incorporated level
* The Register of Clinical Technologists (the RCT)
Experience
* Evidence of extensive equipment maintenance experience
* Specialist equipment training on complex multi-parameter medical equipment
* Evidence of experience gained working in a relevant health care environment
* Will ideally have some prior experience of working in a hospital medical engineering maintenance environment
* Evidence of experience of maintaining a wide range of medical devices
Skills
* Ability to work with other professions
* Must be able to work independently using own initiative
* Versatile and receptive to training initiatives and change
* Have good dexterity with an eye for detail
* Knowledge and understanding of relevant medical equipment maintenance policies
* Be computer literate in the use of Microsoft operating systems and applications and knowledge of databases
Knowledge
* Fully conversant with electrical safety testing techniques
* Working knowledge of physiological measurement techniques and terminology
* Knowledge of good equipment management practice
* Interested in pursuing technical developments relevant to medical devices
Additional
* Ability to travel independently between all Trust sites
* Concentrated attention for “micro” work
* Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.
The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.
We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.
Guidance on Completing Your Application
Applications are scored against the person specification; therefore, we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Name: Febin Sebastian
Job title: Trust Medical Equipment Manager
Email address: febin.sebastian@wwl.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01942773521
For further information please contact Febin Sebastian 01942773521.
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: Buckingham Row
Brick Kiln Lane
Wigan
WN1 1XX
Telephone: 07786529393
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