Your main responsibility is to support the commissioning, maintenance, service (internal and external) and general operations of the Torbay medical physics department and also contribute to the effective provision of medical physics services within our Trust and to external users as required.
You will contribute towards initiating, writing, reviewing, developing and implementing medical devices procedures, ensuring compliance with statutory legislation, and national guidelines.
Responsible to support the trusts medical devices management system, facilitate routine maintenance & support of the system to ensure that Medical Physics delivers a high-quality of service.
Main duties of the job
* Work within a self-managed team model of work to support others and contribute towards a sustainably and cost effective medical devices management service. Able to demonstrate a positive approach to new challenges, encouraging others to do the same.
* Contribute with solutions to medical devices support and medical physics management problems and demonstrate a positive approach to new challenges, encouraging others to do the same.
* Provide medical devices technical support to meet the needs of the health, social and care sectors, both private and public funded.
* Be honest and learn from mistakes. Help to create a 'no blame' culture where people feel able to share and learn from experiences, together.
* Work as part of a team, demonstrating effective communication.
* Work collaboratively with internal and external colleagues/stakeholders at all levels.
* Enhance patient safety by ensuring that the medical devices are supported, maintained and repaired in line with procedures or manufacturers guidance.
* Make decisions which are best for the service, seeking permission when working outside guidelines or boundaries of procedures, policy, best practice, legislation or regulations.
About us
The Medical Physics Department continuously evolves to ensure it provides expert advice and compliance framework to contribute towards a 'safe and well led' organisation by demonstrating it manages medical devices to the growing number of statutory requirements and increasing wide-ranging guidance from professional bodies.
Job responsibilities
* When new areas of work are considered by the medical physics services, be prepared to investigate fully the requirements necessary for the department to provide a high standard of service, this could entail a pilot project or feasibility study.
* Contribute to the services routine schedule service scheme (planned preventative maintenance PPM) as required.
Analytical and judgement
* Evaluate and prepare technical documentation to facilitate provision of Acceptance Testing & onward performance testing. This would include interpretation of technical data & specifications with other previously recorded results collected by other individuals or organisations as well as personally generated test results.
* Investigate and produce written reports with regard to equipment identified in an adverse incident and advise the Clinical Risk Manager, Clinical Governance representative and/or MHRA of the outcomes.
* Interpret complex data information to inform decisions.
* Ensure accurate analysis of management information and its presentation to staff and colleagues.
Responsibility and accountability
* As a member of the Medical Physics team to be a role model in terms of acceptable behaviour & moral standards.
* Promote a positive environment to other services of the benefits of the trusts medical devices management system and its services.
* Attend training courses, specialist technical medical device courses and conferences to extend the knowledge and personal development of the post holder and thereby enable the department to provide a better service.
* Provide support for the Trusts Medical Devices Management System through its Medical Physics representative and carry out routine data management tasks.
* The post holder is responsible for own professional actions.
* Exercise a degree of personal professional autonomy and make critical judgements to satisfy the expectations and demands of supporting medical devices within their competency levels.
* Work autonomously and make decisions in line with procedures and code of practice, seeking permission when working near boundary areas of procedures, policies and codes of practice.
Policy and service responsibility
* As a member of the service contribute to the reviews of service policies, procedures & guidelines.
* Contribute to disseminating Trust policies, procedures and information as required but with particular regard to medical devices management, procurement, education and training.
* Interpret manufacturers guidance with supporting medical devices, understands and follows national guidelines and codes of practice.
Information technology and administrative duties
* Review, design, develop and construct reports as well as modifying existing reports to meet the specific and specialist needs to accurately reflect on performance, measures and all elements of contract management for medical devices from the medical devices management system.
* Contribute to recording evidence, data and results in the trusts medical devices management system regarding technical support activities.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Professional knowledge acquired through BTEC HND or equivalent in electronics or equivalent subject.
* Working towards registration as a Clinical Technologist (RCT) or other professional registration scheme within technology.
* Knowledge of all areas of medical or laboratory equipment maintenance, management & technical support.
* Understanding of computer hardware.
* Highly skilled, knowledgeable and significant experience in working with designing, implementation and delivery of medical/laboratory device procedures, device performance/calibration procedures and producing technical evaluation reports.
* Has an investigative mind, and is prepared to challenge and able to work autonomously.
* Analyse complex information, interpret and/or present in a clear, comprehensive format for multi-discipline large group audiences.
* Project management skills with the ability to use own initiative and work under pressure.
Employer details
Employer name
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Torbay Hospital
Lowes Bridge
Torquay
TQ2 7AA
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