Main area Respiratory Medical Technology Grade Band 6 (Possibly Annex 21)
Contract Permanent: Possibly Annex 21
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday Plus On-call Duties)
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Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site St Thomas' Hospital
Town London
Salary £44,806 - £53,134 p.a inc HCA
Salary period Yearly
Closing 28/04/2025 23:59
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
We require an experienced and dedicated Senior Medical Technologist specialising in respiratory equipment to join our dynamic team at the Lane Fox Unit. In this critical role, you will be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and technical support of life-support equipment. You will be required to work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the highest standards of patient care, contributing directly to the well-being of patients in both hospital and community settings.
Successful applicants to the full senior position will have to demonstrate relevant work experience. They will have to have a degree in a relevant science subject (or equivalent experience) and have a major interest in respiratory technology.
Trainee applicants are welcomed from recent graduates in a Physiological science background. If necessary, training will be provided under Annex 21 with progression to the senior band 6 position after training.
If anyone is offered a training contract, you will be paid a training salary as a percentage of the top of Band 6.
Up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum, more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
* To undertake routine servicing and maintenance of respiratory / ventilation equipment in both the Hospital and Community including satellite units. UK Full Driving Licence essential.
* To ensure that repaired equipment is mechanically and electrically operational and safe by checking in accordance with Unit/ Department test procedures and policies.
* To record defects in any equipment and report defects and repairs to appropriate officers and to ensure that unsatisfactory equipment is withdrawn from service.
* To apply specified procedures when dealing with equipment which has been contaminated.
* To maintain test and calibration equipment.
* To participate in an On-Call Rota.
Person specification
Experience
* Servicing, Repairing, Maintenance of Electro/mechanical Equipment
* Research Involvement
* Working in a hospital / Clinical Environment
* Home Mechanical Ventilation
* Training MDT's
Knowledge/Qualifications
* Degree – Electronics, Engineering, or relevant subject or experience in electronic Equipment Servicing
* MSc – Electronics, Engineering or relevant subject or experience in electronic equipment servicing.
* Manufacturers Training Courses
* Experience in Medical Equipment Servicing
Skills
* Troubleshooting Problem Solving Circuit Diagrams
* Teaching / Training
* To work in small team
* Organisational / prioritise workload
Physical requirements
* Full UK Driving License
* Travelling to Patients Home
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Rakesh Shukla Job title Head of Technical Services Email address rakesh.shukla@gstt.nhs.uk Telephone number 02071883437
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Rakesh Shukla
Job title: Head Of Technical Services
Email address: rakesh.shukla@gstt.nhs.uk
Name: Mike Mackie
Job title: Chief Medical Technologist
Email address: mike.mackie@gstt.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02071883437
Name: Nick Weston
Job Title: Chief Medical Technologist
Email Address: nick.weston@gstt.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02071883437
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