Job summary
Clinical Engineering (CE) provides services to ensure that the Trusts medical devices are operating effectively and safely with the minimum of downtime. Medical devices include all electrical, electronic, mechanical, and medical gas systems used to diagnose and treat patients.
The role is site based (at RPH), covering core service hours on a rota system and is responsible to the Head of Clinical Engineering.
Main duties of the job
*Preventative maintenance, servicing, repair, calibration and acceptance testing on a range of respiratory and ventilatory equipment within the community asset portfolio
*Written/verbal communication for both simple and complex medical device related information in such a way as to ensure the stakeholders full understanding and comprehension, and to minimise any barrier(s) in understanding
*Seek support of other more senior team members when required with work that falls outside of own expertise
*Accurate data input into the CE department equipment management system AIMS
*Work to and maintain a good knowledge of appropriate legislation(s), policies and procedures and quality standards
*Adhere to health and safety regulations
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- B Eng or equivalent proven practical experience relevant to role
- Maths
- English
Desirable
- Incorporated level Engineer or equivalent professional membership of relevant professional body
- Registration as clinical technologist.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive practical experience in Clinical Engineering workshop practices and techniques with clearly demonstrate able experience of medical equipment support in either the NHS, UK private sector or overseas medical equipment support sector
- Understanding of medical device operation and management
- Experience in applying workshop technology to patient equipment and techniques in healthcare
- High level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure
- Excellent verbal, communication and negotiation skills with the ability to articulate information accurately
- Demonstrate ability to organise, prioritise, communicate and work under pressure
- Able to work with all levels of information,
- Knowledge of health & safety and risk management
- Ability to concentrate even when interrupted or when subject to changing working patterns
- Able to deal with sensitive situations due to working in clinical areas
- Team player, able to work well with others and demonstrate commitment to department objectives.
Desirable
- Specialised knowledge of CPAP and non-invasive ventilator equipment used within the community asset portfolio
- Knowledge of quality systems
- Understanding of audit purposes
- Able to use MS 365, ECRI AIMS medical equipment database
- Ability to innovate.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- Must not be colour blind
- Hold a clean driver's licence
- Have a flexible working approach
- Have a professional appearance and behaviour
- Have a previous good attendance record.
- Understand, comply with and use departmental service procedures
- Qualify as approved Internal quality system auditor
- Able to record information accurately
- Participate in annual appraisal and agree a personal development plan
- Obtain membership of Voluntary Register of Clinical Technologists
- Identify shortfalls in own area of product expertise.
Desirable
- Competently maintain skills and training on devices under the remit of the community portfolio
- Contribute to departmental service procedures
- Participate in medical equipment related adverse incident investigations
- Produce as required reports of equipment evaluations
- Suggest, develop and implement approved service development initiatives within own area of expertise
- Maintain full CPD log
- Use electronic equipment management system to record work activity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- B Eng or equivalent proven practical experience relevant to role
- Maths
- English
Desirable
- Incorporated level Engineer or equivalent professional membership of relevant professional body
- Registration as clinical technologist.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive practical experience in Clinical Engineering workshop practices and techniques with clearly demonstrate able experience of medical equipment support in either the NHS, UK private sector or overseas medical equipment support sector
- Understanding of medical device operation and management
- Experience in applying workshop technology to patient equipment and techniques in healthcare
- High level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure
- Excellent verbal, communication and negotiation skills with the ability to articulate information accurately
- Demonstrate ability to organise, prioritise, communicate and work under pressure
- Able to work with all levels of information,
- Knowledge of health & safety and risk management
- Ability to concentrate even when interrupted or when subject to changing working patterns
- Able to deal with sensitive situations due to working in clinical areas
- Team player, able to work well with others and demonstrate commitment to department objectives.
Desirable
- Specialised knowledge of CPAP and non-invasive ventilator equipment used within the community asset portfolio
- Knowledge of quality systems
- Understanding of audit purposes
- Able to use MS 365, ECRI AIMS medical equipment database
- Ability to innovate.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
- Must not be colour blind
- Hold a clean driver's licence
- Have a flexible working approach
- Have a professional appearance and behaviour
- Have a previous good attendance record.
- Understand, comply with and use departmental service procedures
- Qualify as approved Internal quality system auditor
- Able to record information accurately
- Participate in annual appraisal and agree a personal development plan
- Obtain membership of Voluntary Register of Clinical Technologists
- Identify shortfalls in own area of product expertise.
Desirable
- Competently maintain skills and training on devices under the remit of the community portfolio
- Contribute to departmental service procedures
- Participate in medical equipment related adverse incident investigations
- Produce as required reports of equipment evaluations
- Suggest, develop and implement approved service development initiatives within own area of expertise
- Maintain full CPD log
- Use electronic equipment management system to record work activity.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
