To undertake maintenance of medical equipment following and meeting defined quality procedures accredited to ISO9001: 2015. The required work will involve in-depth fault finding to board/ component level utilising test equipment and hand tools as appropriate. To perform all necessary work within the department and to be flexible when demands upon the department requires a fast response to emergency situations. Certain activities will require handling and lifting of medical and other devices utilising the appropriate handling equipment as provided. The post requires that a good knowledge and skills exist covering maintenance and repair of portable mechanical/ electrical electronic equipment. This will include the responsibility for formulating work instructions, prioritising work load and ordering any necessary spare parts. The post will involve activity throughout the Trust including out in the community. Where work is undertaken in clinical areas, and especially when attending to equipment connected directly or indirectly to patients, it is expected that a courteous and sensitive manner is maintained at all times. The post holder will be expected to work with compressed medical gas and associated regulating devices, observing safety procedures at all times. To undertake electrical safety tests and visual inspections of medical devices following the latest guidelines principally on the Warwick Hospital site but also on occasions, at other locations across Warwickshire. Appropriate test equipment will be provided. To generate and maintain records relating to equipment that is commissioned, serviced or condemned. This will include inputting service report records into the departmental database for equipment history and financial purposes. To carry out acceptance testing of equipment to establish its compliance with statutory, safety and departmental requirements. To propose and be prepared to support, changes to departmental working practices and to assist the EBME Manager in the preparation of reports and feedback following equipment commissioning, service, evaluation or failure. To identify any associated risks relating to the use of medical devices and to carry out necessary corrective actions resulting from manufactures / regulatory bodies field safety notices. To ensure efficient utilisation of spare parts and to monitor stock control raising purchase order requisitions as necessary. To liaise directly with medical, nursing and other staff, providing advice on the state of repair of medical and associated IT equipment. To ensure at all times that work is performed in accordance with health and safety legislation, statutory requirements and other regulations that are applicable to the department function. To undertake any other tasks as required by the EBME Manager in accordance with the grade and nature of the post. The post holder will be a member of a mobile team and as such may be required to undertake his/her duties anywhere within the district as and when the need arises. A department van is provided for this purpose for which a current driving license is required.