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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Equipment Library Manager is responsible for the operational management and technical service provision of the medical equipment library. This will include:
1. Managing the delivery of the equipment library service throughout the Trust, including developing and maintaining tracking systems and out-of-hours deliveries.
2. Planning and coordinating the equipment library preventative maintenance and repair workload, including the appointment of specialist contractors, where appropriate.
3. Accountability for the specification, configuration and delivery of planned maintenance of medical equipment.
4. Commissioning new equipment, including acceptance testing as defined in the Departmental Quality Manual.
5. Operating the Department's procedures with respect to decommissioning and disposal of equipment.
6. Ensuring that all equipment in the library is appropriately decontaminated in accordance with Trust policy.
7. Regularly updating the equipment library database for tracking the loans of equipment.
8. Development and implementation of Operational policies and procedures relating to the work of the medical equipment library.
9. Being pro-active in the development of the library service, suggesting and implementing changes to the service.
10. Managing health and safety aspects of the library, including undertaking risk assessments and recording adverse device incidents.
11. Providing highly specialised clinical technical services Trust-wide.
12. As a senior staff member, actively contributing to the running of the Clinical Engineering Department.
13. Substituting for the clinical engineers in absence for annual leave/study leave.
14. Ensuring the risks associated with the service are identified and minimised.
15. Supervising two equipment library operatives/assistants at both sites.
Expected to cover West Middlesex site when necessary.
Person specification
5 years experience
Essential criteria
* 5 years experience in a similar role.
Important
* The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
* Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
* If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
* In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
* During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
* Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
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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
* Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 712.3KB)
* Functional form (PDF, 390.8KB)
* Guidance for applicants (PDF, 85.4KB)
* Policy Statement (PDF, 144.5KB)
* Staff Benefits and Wellbeing (PDF, 196.5KB)
* Recruitment Pack (PDF, 2.8MB)
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