Job summary
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Will be a member of a multi disciplined medical engineering team and will work without supervision on a wide range of complex medical equipment.There will be particular responsibility for highly complex systems including patient monitoring units, diagnostic ultrasound, anaesthetic machines, life support ventilators, medical lasers, infusion devices, baby incubators and defibrillators. These equipments will at times, be connected to patients. Most of the work will be none routine and the ability to prioritise and respond to emergency requests is essential.
Main duties of the job
1) To carry out acceptance testing including functional and quality assurance tests.
2) To work on medical equipment that requires highly developed techniques, expertise and accurate control of precision tools and small components.
3) To plan and organise maintenance tasks related to their duties and prioritise responses to emergency breakdown requests.
4) To participate in the department's emergency on-call rota.
5) To negotiate with other healthcare professionals and patients in the community to obtain access to medical equipment in order to perform planned maintenance and/or repairs at mutually convenient times.
6) To act as a Lead Specialist in their area of expertise, gathering complex information and disseminating relevant information.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HNC/HND or Degree qualified in Electronics, Instrumentation or Medical Engineering.
Desirable
- Apprenticeship in a suitable engineering discipline
- Registered with the Engineering Council of GB.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of electronic or instrumentation systems to component level.
- Ability to diagnose faults to component level on a range of complex medical devices.
- Calibration techniques using specialised test equipment.
- Knowledge of a range of software packages as outlined in the job description.
Desirable
- Ability to work to a quality standard such as ISO 9000:2000
- Ability to converse with healthcare professionals on physiology and anatomy appropriate to medical device technology.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HNC/HND or Degree qualified in Electronics, Instrumentation or Medical Engineering.
Desirable
- Apprenticeship in a suitable engineering discipline
- Registered with the Engineering Council of GB.
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of electronic or instrumentation systems to component level.
- Ability to diagnose faults to component level on a range of complex medical devices.
- Calibration techniques using specialised test equipment.
- Knowledge of a range of software packages as outlined in the job description.
Desirable
- Ability to work to a quality standard such as ISO 9000:2000
- Ability to converse with healthcare professionals on physiology and anatomy appropriate to medical device technology.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
