Medical Device Assistant
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Job summary
Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual looking for a new direction and challenge?
We are currently looking to employ a Medical Devices Assistant to help clean and maintain the various types of equipment used in our very busy theatre and operating department. The successful applicant will also provide an invaluable service supporting qualified professionals by providing high standards of equipment upkeep, ensuring it is not only kept safely but is stored neatly in preparation for use. On occasion the transfer of patients to and from theatres will be required.
If you are looking for:
*A rewarding, interesting yet challenging role
*A friendly working environment
And have the following attributes:
*Excellent communication skills and can deal with all types of people from all backgrounds and professions both internal and external to the hospital.
Main duties of the job
Duties include:
*Checking and maintaining medical gas cylinders
*Cleaning of equipment in accordance with infection control guidelines
*Monitoring for annual servicing of theatre equipment
*Movement of the theatre equipment to Clinical Engineering (CE)
*Reporting any equipment faults to CE
*Maintain records for specialist equipment
*Escorting patients to and from Theatres
Orientation and training given; however we would encourage you to visit Royal Papworth Hospital to discuss the opportunities on offer, meet some of the staff and look round our new state of the art theatre department.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Details
Date posted
20 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
175-2324-1-CA159
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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