Specialist Mechanical Engineering Technician
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We are looking to appoint an experienced Specialist Mechanical Engineering Technician who is, enthusiastic, motivated, has a proactive approach and who will enjoy the challenges of delivering a high-quality service.
The Clinical Engineering Department maintains over 54,000 medical devices.
The Specialist Medical Engineering Technician undertakes an integral role within the team by ensuring that mechanical medical equipment is regularly maintained, serviced, and is repaired if required.
The role is based at Royal Papworth Hospital on Cambridge Biomedical Campus and is a full time 37.5hrs per week, worked over 4 days covering 07:00 to 17:00. A 5-week rota is used which ensures a day off rolls throughout the weeks as the cycle progresses.
Main duties of the job
This role is to provide specialist mechanical skills and knowledge to support the trusts mechanical clinical assets.
This would including planned servicing, repairing, calibration and general maintenance of a wide range of medical equipment in line with manufacturers guidelines and legal guidelines. Equipment maintained would include but not be limited to ECMO consoles, heart and lung bypass units and patient weighing and height measuring equipment.
Good organisational and administration skills are required with the ability to use and be confident and competent with the Microsoft Office range of software. Along with accurate data entry to the trust medical equipment management database (ECRI AIMS)
This role is a senior role within the team so the ability to self-manage one's time and workload is essential as is providing support and guidance and line management to team members.
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.
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Date posted
26 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Compressed hours
Reference number
175-2425-1-FI695
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
https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)
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