Senior Medical Engineering Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities Operational Responsibilities.

Carries out acceptance testing, planned preventative maintenance, calibration, service and repair work to anaesthetic, electro-medical, renal, laboratory, x-ray and other specialist equipment. Working with minimum supervision to perform work of a non-routine nature, including complex skilled tasks of a medical engineering and electronics nature.

Organises servicing for specialist areas, including liaising with users, suppliers, plans quality audits/commissioning of new equipment.

Analyses & diagnoses faults in complex, multi-faceted medical equipment and completes repairs. Calibrates and maintains medical equipment and devices for use in patient care.

Ensures all duties are carried out in accordance with relevant Policies and Procedures and refers to manufacturers technical documentation (i.e. service manual, operating instructions, etc.) when testing and maintaining specialist equipment and devices.

Provides supervision, support, advice and training as required to other staff on issues relating to the operation and maintenance of medical equipment and devices. Deputises for Medical Engineering Manager in their absence (i.e. deals with enquiries, delegates fault reports and planned maintenance activities to Medical Engineering Technicians, etc.).

Collects, collates and records all maintenance activities and enter actions into the departments equipment service database to ensure accurate maintenance records are kept and a quality service is provided.

Orders supplies of specialist equipment, spare parts & accessories for medical equipment and devices.

Assess the risks and hazards to themselves and others (i.e. staff, patients and visitors) which occur when conducting the maintenance and repair of medical equipment and devices. Aware of his/her responsibilities in respect of the Health and Safety at Work Act and complies with the Trusts Health & Safety Policy.

Works overtime to carry out urgent or essential Planned Maintenance and Breakdown repair work as required. Where necessary, undertakes on-call duties as part of an on-call rota responsible for emergency repairs occurring out of normal working hours.

Attends in-house, NHS and manufacturers training establishments as required for the purpose of training on equipment and participates in the internal training of other members of staff.

Undertakes any other duties as required by the Medical Engineering Manager

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• B.eng in Engineering, HND, Foundation degree

Trained in anaesthetic/ ventilation maintenance

Essential

• Manufacturer courses

Experience

Essential

• Experience of maintaining Medical Devices in an Acute Healthcare environment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

James Paget Hospital

Lowestoft Road

Great Yarmouth

NR31 6LA

Employer's website

https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)