Job summary
The Clinical Engineering Department is primarily concerned with providing evaluation and selection, acceptance checks, repair, calibration, and maintenance to a wide range of medical devices and equipment across University Hospitals Sussex NHS trust. The aim is to ensure equipment operates effectively and safely with a minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer software and medical gas systems.
Clinical areas include all general wards, Intensive Care, Special Care Baby Unit, all Theatre modalities, Cardiology, Renal Unit and Equipment Library.
The post holder will carry out servicing, repair, calibration, scheduled preventative maintenance, safety and acceptance testing on a wide range of patient connected medical equipment. The post holder is required to work to high standards of safety and accountability.
The post holder liaises with clinical and other technical staff to identify faults and repair equipment, including working in clinical areas and working with manufacturers, as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
Provide technical services for preventative maintenance, servicing, calibration, inspection, and repair to a wide range of complex and patient-connected medical equipment. Including life support and life saving devices under all conditions of urgency.
Communicate with clinical users to gain a clear understanding of the nature of problems with equipment. Assess the seriousness and implications of the problem and respond appropriately to the urgency of the user request.
Undertake fault-finding. Apply suitable fault-finding techniques to diagnose problems, including those beyond the scope of manufacturer supplied information. Report unusual fault conditions to manufacturers. Exercise judgement to determine the causes of faults in devices with multiple complex and inter-related systems (e.g., electronic, computer and mechanical systems), which may be due to user error, equipment failure or environmental issues (e.g., temperature, humidity, radio frequency).
Rectify equipment faults. Undertake repairs on complex electrical/electronic and mechanical devices to circuit component level if necessary
About us
At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness & experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our candidate information pack & wellbeing programme,for staff which is extensive & designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching & training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop.We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application & the start of your journey with UHSx.
Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be required manage all work that they are given or are required to plan. This will be carried out using the post holders own discretion, following existing departmental/NHS policies and procedures. The post holder will work individually or as part of a multi-disciplinary team, using a full range of facilities to gather information (For example: Medical Equipment database, external manufacturers, MHRA, NPSA) in order to work within and around competing service demands. It will be expected for the post holder to actively promote and influence any service improvements that may be necessary to the department or to help with other colleagues activities.
Check that equipment performs to manufacturers specification.
Carry out calibration, quality control, safety, and acceptance testing.
Carry out electrical and functional safety checks.
Organise and manage planned maintenance schedules as required
Using technical and clinical experience, identify potentially hazardous symptoms and faults when in clinical areas or in talking to clinical staff.
Liaise with clinical and other technical staff to carry out planned preventative maintenance. Schedules adjusted in response to clinical needs as appropriate.
Advise on equipment specification, evaluation, and selection.
Monitor stocks of appropriate components and spares, reordering where necessary to keep an adequate stock.
Act on reception of safety notices and hazard bulletins as well as liaising with relevant government organisations or external agencies, to report device related incidents. (e.g., MHRA, National Patient Safety Agency)
Ensure accurate record keeping is always maintained. This will apply to all work carried out, for the entire history of each job or project. The post holder will frequently be required to use the equipment management computer database to record this data. Also, it will be necessary to extract data from the database on occasion, for reporting/feedback or other analytical purposes.
Liaise with manufacturers to obtain technical and clinical information. Provide feedback on equipment performance to Clinical Engineering Manager, team colleagues, clinical staff, and external organisations as appropriate.
Take responsibility for all tools and equipment within the post holders care. Ensure workshop facilities are kept clear and well-ordered and that all workshop test equipment is maintained to acceptable standards. Where workshop equipment is passed to others to use, make sure they are authorised to use it in a safe and effective manner.
Provide technical advice to clinical and other staff groups as required.
Provide technical expertise and assistance to other team members within the Facilities and Estates Division.
Ensure that all work requests via telephone or direct contact are suitably recorded where required onto the system.
Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be required manage all work that they are given or are required to plan. This will be carried out using the post holders own discretion, following existing departmental/NHS policies and procedures. The post holder will work individually or as part of a multi-disciplinary team, using a full range of facilities to gather information (For example: Medical Equipment database, external manufacturers, MHRA, NPSA) in order to work within and around competing service demands. It will be expected for the post holder to actively promote and influence any service improvements that may be necessary to the department or to help with other colleagues activities.
Check that equipment performs to manufacturers specification.
Carry out calibration, quality control, safety, and acceptance testing.
Carry out electrical and functional safety checks.
Organise and manage planned maintenance schedules as required
Using technical and clinical experience, identify potentially hazardous symptoms and faults when in clinical areas or in talking to clinical staff.
Liaise with clinical and other technical staff to carry out planned preventative maintenance. Schedules adjusted in response to clinical needs as appropriate.
Advise on equipment specification, evaluation, and selection.
Monitor stocks of appropriate components and spares, reordering where necessary to keep an adequate stock.
Act on reception of safety notices and hazard bulletins as well as liaising with relevant government organisations or external agencies, to report device related incidents. (e.g., MHRA, National Patient Safety Agency)
Ensure accurate record keeping is always maintained. This will apply to all work carried out, for the entire history of each job or project. The post holder will frequently be required to use the equipment management computer database to record this data. Also, it will be necessary to extract data from the database on occasion, for reporting/feedback or other analytical purposes.
Liaise with manufacturers to obtain technical and clinical information. Provide feedback on equipment performance to Clinical Engineering Manager, team colleagues, clinical staff, and external organisations as appropriate.
Take responsibility for all tools and equipment within the post holders care. Ensure workshop facilities are kept clear and well-ordered and that all workshop test equipment is maintained to acceptable standards. Where workshop equipment is passed to others to use, make sure they are authorised to use it in a safe and effective manner.
Provide technical advice to clinical and other staff groups as required.
Provide technical expertise and assistance to other team members within the Facilities and Estates Division.
Ensure that all work requests via telephone or direct contact are suitably recorded where required onto the system.
Please note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules, which set specific salary and skill thresholds. As such, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants will therefore need to already have the right to work in the UK to be considered. We include this information at the outset to provide clarity and avoid unnecessary inconvenience for applicants.
Person Specification
Knnowledge and skills
Essential
- Achieved correct academic grades or equivalence
- Proven knowledge of medical electronics, electro-mechanical systems, computing, and medical device support
Desirable
- Attendance on training courses for the maintenance and repair of a wide range of medical devices
- Foundation Degree in Medical Technologies or equivalent
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
Person Specification
Knnowledge and skills
Essential
- Achieved correct academic grades or equivalence
- Proven knowledge of medical electronics, electro-mechanical systems, computing, and medical device support
Desirable
- Attendance on training courses for the maintenance and repair of a wide range of medical devices
- Foundation Degree in Medical Technologies or equivalent
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
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.
