Clinical Engineering Technologist - Royal Brompton Hospital

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The Clinical Support Technologist team within the Clinical Engineering Department, operate primarily in the Adult and Paediatric Intensive Care Units, and interact closely with medical, nursing and other technical staff, often assisting directly with patient interventions. Primary roles include setting up and checking equipment, such as ventilators and dialysis machines prior to use, and also providing advice, support and assistance in the use of medical equipment and systems throughout the hospital, such as Nitric Oxide therapy and networked patient monitoring. Some current technology is complex and a level of technical understanding beyond its basic clinical application is often required. The Clinical Support Technologists endeavour to ensure that users of such equipment have detailed technical advice and support when needed. Clinical Support Technologists are required to respond to novel situations using intuition and initiative, to make decisions and take the required action based on sound knowledge, training and experience.

Main duties of the job

This is a band 5 post to work as a Clinical Engineering Technologist. Following 1-2 years of training and development the candidate may have an opportunity to progress on to a specialist post at a band 6 level. This may be suitable for new graduates or those who wish to develop their career in Clinical Technology and Medical Equipment Management.

You should be:

Qualified to at least degree level in a technical or scientific subject
A skilled communicator able to deal with internal/external, technical and clinical staff
Highly motivated and able to work safely under pressure

It will be an advantage to have:

Experience of working in a hospital or other technical or engineering experience
Experience of a wide range of medical equipment

For more information, please contact Tigist Yohannes on 0207 351 2782

About us

Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals group is the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We are a partnership of two specialist hospitals which are known throughout the world for our expertise, standard of care and research success.

Date posted

15 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£34,089 to £41,498 a year per annum inc. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-LIS8369

Job locations

Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person spec documents for full details of the role requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person spec documents for full details of the role requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Science or Engineering Degree or Equivalent

Skills

Essential

Good analytical reasoning abilities

Experience

Essential

Good Communication Skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Science or Engineering Degree or Equivalent

Skills

Essential

Good analytical reasoning abilities

Experience

Essential

Good Communication Skills

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).

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