Job responsibilities
1. JOB DETAILS
Job Title: Medical Engineering Technician, Clinical
Engineering
Reports to: Team Leader
Band: Band 4
Department: Medical Physics & Engineering
Location St James Hospital/Leeds General Infirmary
AfC Job No: 1373b
2. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The
Medical Physics & Engineering is responsible for the management of an
extensive range of highly specialist medical equipment and related services throughout
the Trust, community and private healthcare.
These services are delivered by teams of technical officers and the
incumbent is a member of one of these teams, responsible to its Team Leader.
The technician will be expected to work closely and effectively with other
technical and the clinical staff in the clinical areas for which the team is
responsible, to ensure delivery of a high quality service. The post may be
based at either St Jamess or the LGI. The medical equipment may include
patient monitoring and life support equipment, surgical systems, anaesthesia
systems, hospital beds, hoists, infusion devices, ultrasound, x-ray, renal,
radiotherapy and medical laboratory equipment.
The
post holder works typically in a team, jointly responsible for the repair and
maintenance of approximately 8,000 items of medical devices. All work is supervised in the areas of
servicing, repair, calibration, storage and handling of expensive / complex
medical equipment (values range between £1000 to £100,000 each).
3. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
Carries out supervised service,
repair, safety checking, and calibration of diagnostic and therapeutic
equipment for use in patient care
Uses fault finding skills and
judgement to diagnose faults in complex equipment for clinical use.
Regularly carries out acceptance
testing on new medical equipment.
Provides basic support for
specialist items such as intensive care and operating theatre equipment.
Work is guided by departmental
procedures, quality manual documents and national recommendations. Comments on changes to operational policies
that may impact on own area.
Travels to other hospitals, health
centres and patients homes if necessary for the execution of work.
Responsible for maintaining the
equipment inventory database by recording own work and own measurements on
medical equipment.
Attends breakdown calls and
undertakes preventative maintenance / calibration tasks as directed to meet
clinical need, accessibility.
Evaluates new equipment as part of
equipment purchasing strategy.
Carries out authorised
modifications to medical equipment.
Supports the construction of
clinical devices as appropriate and under the direction of the Head of
Clinical Engineering or designated deputy.
4.
THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Additionally,
the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:
Aware of the requirement for
timeliness, safety, reliability and quality in all work carried out and
ensures that high standard is maintained.
Operates and adheres to the
Departmental Quality Management system.
The Trust has a statutory duty to
involve patients and public in evaluating and planning services. All staff have a responsibility to listen
to the views of patients and to contribute to service improvements based on
patient feedback.
The jobholder should respect
patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information
unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.
5. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE
TRUSTS (WYAAT)
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of
Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across
West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible
care for our patients.
By
bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West
Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving
forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT
is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care
Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The
Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and
wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.
6. INFECTION CONTROL
The
jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal
Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after
contact with patients and their environment.
7. HEALTH AND SAFETY / RISK MANAGEMENT
All
staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and
improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service
users. This includes complying at all
times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health
and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed security and safer
working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident
Reporting system
8. EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
The
jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure
equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the
individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient
or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender,
ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
9. TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The
jobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for
his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional
Development remains a priority. The
jobholder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role.
10. COMMUNICATION & WORKING
RELATIONSHIPS
Communicates with team members and
other Clinical Engineering colleagues.
Develop effective working
relationships with clinical staff in the areas for which the team is
responsible.
Discusses complex equipment faults
and technical issues with equipment manufacturers and suppliers, conveys
technical information to non-technical staff e.g. nurse.
Provides routine advice, basic user
training and instruction on equipment both within the Trust and within
community and private care areas.
11. SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS
i) PHYSICAL EFFORT:
Daily requirement for manual
dexterity, accurate hand-eye co-ordination and use of precision tools /
instruments in the repair delicate medical equipment.
Move equipment weighing up to 15Kg,
typically two or more times a week.
Move equipment weighing 2 to 5 Kg
several times a day.
Occasional requirement to move
heavy equipment from wall mountings for service / repair.
ii) MENTAL EFFORT:
Daily need to concentrate on fine
detail during fault finding typically for periods of between 1 and 2 hours.
Travels to other hospitals, health
centres and patients homes if necessary for the execution of work
iii)
EMOTIONAL EFFORT:
Working on patient connected
equipment in areas such as accident and emergency and at ICU bedside often
with distressed relatives present (typically 2-3 times per month).
iv)
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Daily exposure to noise, solvents,
dust, bodily excretions and blood.
Daily work on powered electronic
systems, often live and in awkward positions.
Work on high-pressure gas
systems/hydraulic system.
