Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date:
06/01/2025
Planned Interview
Date:
28/01/2025
We
have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our
team of specialist electronics engineers in Radiotherapy Technology Services
(RTS).
Working
collaboratively with clinical and scientific staff you will be supporting the
radiotherapy clinical service to treat patients through safe and effective
repair and maintenance of medical equipment including 12 Elekta VersaHD linacs,
3 Philips Brilliance Big Bore CT Simulators, a Flexitron remote afterloading
platform, Gamma Knife ICON, and MR simulator.
Alongside
the comprehensive fault resolution responsibilities, you will also have the
opportunity to participate in our linac replacement program, a six-year
initiative to refresh our fleet of linacs.
In
addition to this wide variety of equipment, your good communication skills, and
experience in managing medical devices will serve you well as you join our
multidisciplinary project teams in implementing new radiotherapy technology
solutions, such as our imminent Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT)
installation, as well as developing techniques and processes to support the
continuous improvement of oncology services for patient benefit.
We welcome interested applicants to contact us for a
departmental visit and more information on this role.
Main duties of the job
Duties
of the role can include:
-
Leading and participating in the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of
radiotherapy pre-treatment and treatment delivery systems.
-
Leading and participating in multidisciplinary project teams to provide
specialist technical support to enable the implementation of technical
solutions to complex radiotherapy problems.
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Developing and updating processes that are relevant to own area of expertise.
-
Actively participating in the training of medical engineering apprentices and
trainees in electronics, radiotherapy equipment knowledge and medical equipment
management skills.
- Maintaining accurate, detailed, and timely records
of own work for medical equipment maintenance and fault resolution of
radiotherapy equipment.
About us
Radiotherapy
Technology Services (RTS) is a group within the Radiotherapy Physics section of
the Department of Medical Physics and Engineering at the Leeds Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust. RTS staff
collaborate with clinical and scientific users of radiotherapy equipment to
provide equipment management and related technical services.
The
four teams in RTS; Clinical Computing, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering and
Technical Services, collaborate to carry out activity in multidisciplinary
workgroups.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital
trusts in the UK. We are committed to delivering the highest quality and safest
treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our staff helped to define the
values and behaviours that we should work to so that we can achieve this
vision. This has become known as The Leeds Way, and forms the foundation of our
culture, our ethos and how we work every day.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process
of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As
such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right
to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do
experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please
bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if
you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Successful
candidates will have professional registration as a clinical technologist,
healthcare scientist or healthcare science practitioner.
Applications
are also invited from unregistered technicians who may be appointed to a
lower grade until relevant qualifications, experience and registration have
been achieved, typically through the IPEM clinical technologist training
scheme.
PRINCIPAL
DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Medical
Equipment Management
-
Participate in the management of medical devices including installation,
planned maintenance, calibration, diagnosis, repair, modification, and
upgrade of radiotherapy equipment.
-
Provide direct technical support and advice to radiotherapy managers, key
trainers, and users of the technology.
-
Participate in an on-call system that provides equipment management services
outside of normal working hours.
-
Be aware of the safety and reliability aspects of any medical device they may
be involved with and take appropriate action to deal with any discrepancies.
-
Carry out risk analysis and risk management as part of medical device
management.
Management
of Information
-
Respect patient confidentiality at all times.
-
Keep accurate and timely records of work completed.
-
Communicate complex technical information to a range of staff groups within
the radiotherapy department and external equipment manufacturers, contractors
and other personnel.
Clinical
and Scientific Support
-
Provide technical services to formal clinical research and development
activity based on best industry practices.
Professional
& Managerial
-
Within their own area of expertise, supervise, mentor, teach, and train
members of staff from within and outside of the group including medical
engineering apprentices, trainee clinical technologists, clinical scientists
and other users of radiotherapy technology.
-
Produce and update procedures that are relevant to their own area of
expertise to maintain the RTS ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.
-
Carry out and organise internal resource management including work equipment
maintenance and store area management.
-
Ensure that Trust policies and safe working practices are followed by
themselves and any personnel who may come under their control.
Please
see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack
for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Successful
candidates will have professional registration as a clinical technologist,
healthcare scientist or healthcare science practitioner.
Applications
are also invited from unregistered technicians who may be appointed to a
lower grade until relevant qualifications, experience and registration have
been achieved, typically through the IPEM clinical technologist training
scheme.
PRINCIPAL
DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Medical
Equipment Management
-
Participate in the management of medical devices including installation,
planned maintenance, calibration, diagnosis, repair, modification, and
upgrade of radiotherapy equipment.
-
Provide direct technical support and advice to radiotherapy managers, key
trainers, and users of the technology.
-
Participate in an on-call system that provides equipment management services
outside of normal working hours.
-
Be aware of the safety and reliability aspects of any medical device they may
be involved with and take appropriate action to deal with any discrepancies.
-
Carry out risk analysis and risk management as part of medical device
management.
Management
of Information
-
Respect patient confidentiality at all times.
-
Keep accurate and timely records of work completed.
-
Communicate complex technical information to a range of staff groups within
the radiotherapy department and external equipment manufacturers, contractors
and other personnel.
Clinical
and Scientific Support
-
Provide technical services to formal clinical research and development
activity based on best industry practices.
Professional
& Managerial
-
Within their own area of expertise, supervise, mentor, teach, and train
members of staff from within and outside of the group including medical
engineering apprentices, trainee clinical technologists, clinical scientists
and other users of radiotherapy technology.
-
Produce and update procedures that are relevant to their own area of
expertise to maintain the RTS ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.
-
Carry out and organise internal resource management including work equipment
maintenance and store area management.
-
Ensure that Trust policies and safe working practices are followed by
themselves and any personnel who may come under their control.
Please
see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack
for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Give examples of your practical experience and skills in the maintenance, fault diagnosis, repair & calibration of complex equipment, ideally medical or of similar complexity from other industries.
- Please give examples of your understanding of safe working practices, particularly in clinical and/or engineering workshop environments.
Desirable
- Please give examples of your experience working with medical radiation equipment such as x-ray sets, CT scanners, linear accelerators, etc. in a technical/ engineering capacity.
- Please give examples of your experience working with networked or otherwise interconnected devices.
- Please give examples of your experience working in a healthcare environment
Other Criteria
Essential
- Please give examples of your proficiency in the use of work bench test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, etc.
- Please give examples of your ability to read and understand circuit diagrams for complex circuitry.
- Please give examples of your ability to use common engineering hand tools and soldering equipment.
- Please give examples of your ability to manually lift medium/heavy objects as well as safe use of lifting equipment to precisely locate very heavy (500kg), yet delicate, objects.
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree in Engineering, Healthcare Science, Clinical Technology (Engineering), or equivalent level of knowledge and qualifications.
- Professional registration as Clinical Technologist, (RCT or AHCS), or having qualifications to enable registration as a Clinical Technologist with RCT following a suitable training programme.
Desirable
- Attendance and successful completion of original equipment manufacturer provided radiotherapy equipment training courses.
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Please give examples of your ability to communicate complex technical information to other professional groups (including equipment manufacturers) and lay persons.
- Please give examples of your ability to follow technical instructions and workflows for complex equipment.
- Please give examples of your computer skills including database administration, spread sheet design, and other office applications.
- Please give examples of your demonstrable skills in using quality management principles to drive improvement.
Desirable
- Please give examples of your ability to assess the risks associated with medical equipment failure.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Give examples of your practical experience and skills in the maintenance, fault diagnosis, repair & calibration of complex equipment, ideally medical or of similar complexity from other industries.
- Please give examples of your understanding of safe working practices, particularly in clinical and/or engineering workshop environments.
Desirable
- Please give examples of your experience working with medical radiation equipment such as x-ray sets, CT scanners, linear accelerators, etc. in a technical/ engineering capacity.
- Please give examples of your experience working with networked or otherwise interconnected devices.
- Please give examples of your experience working in a healthcare environment
Other Criteria
Essential
- Please give examples of your proficiency in the use of work bench test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, etc.
- Please give examples of your ability to read and understand circuit diagrams for complex circuitry.
- Please give examples of your ability to use common engineering hand tools and soldering equipment.
- Please give examples of your ability to manually lift medium/heavy objects as well as safe use of lifting equipment to precisely locate very heavy (500kg), yet delicate, objects.
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant degree in Engineering, Healthcare Science, Clinical Technology (Engineering), or equivalent level of knowledge and qualifications.
- Professional registration as Clinical Technologist, (RCT or AHCS), or having qualifications to enable registration as a Clinical Technologist with RCT following a suitable training programme.
Desirable
- Attendance and successful completion of original equipment manufacturer provided radiotherapy equipment training courses.
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Please give examples of your ability to communicate complex technical information to other professional groups (including equipment manufacturers) and lay persons.
- Please give examples of your ability to follow technical instructions and workflows for complex equipment.
- Please give examples of your computer skills including database administration, spread sheet design, and other office applications.
- Please give examples of your demonstrable skills in using quality management principles to drive improvement.
Desirable
- Please give examples of your ability to assess the risks associated with medical equipment failure.
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.
