Senior Renal Technologist

Job description

Job responsibilities

THE CHURCHILL

RENAL DIRECTORATE

JOB DESCRIPTION

POST: Senior Renal Technologist

GRADE: Band 7

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Renal Directorate Manager

ANSWERABLE TO: Renal Technical Manager

PROFILE OF THE RENAL DIRECTORATE

The Renal Directorate consists of three Clinical Delivery Units (CDUs) that are centrally managed by the Directorate Manager in conjunction with the Renal Directorate Chair. The Renal Directorate includes the Renal Medicine CDU, Transplant CDU and Urology CDU all based on the Churchill Hospital site. The Renal Medicine and Renal Transplant CDUs provide a specialist service for the surrounding counties, with satellite units in Milton Keynes, High Wycombe, Aylesbury, Banbury and Swindon and home dialysis patients. The Transplant CDU provides Kidney transplantation for six counties and includes the Transplant Immunology Laboratory. The Urology CDU extends its service to the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

To assist the technical manager as required and participate with other technical staff in providing an efficient and effective technical service for the renal directorate

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Assist the technical manager in daily managerial and administrative tasks within the technical department

1. Co-ordinate with the technical manager in organising daily work schedules for technical staff

1. Assist the technical manager in budgetary control

1. Responsible for the technical department in the absence of the technical manager

1. Procurement of spares and ancillary equipment for the department

1. Provide preventative maintenance and repair of highly specialised equipment for the treatment of chronic and acute renal failure located in the Oxford Radcliffe Trust, Co-providers Units and patients homes

7. Provide preventative maintenance and repair of specialised central haemodialysis water purification plant in the Oxford Radcliffe Trust and Co-provider Units

8. Provide preventative maintenance and repair of specialised portable haemodialysis water purification equipment in intensive care and high dependency units and patients homes

9. Installation and removal of haemodialysis and portable haemodialysis water purification equipment for short term use in Intensive Care and High Dependency Units within the Trust

1. Installation and removal of haemodialysis and portable haemodialysis water purification equipment in patient homes

1. Provide technical support and advice to clinical staff, patients and their carers for all haemodialysis equipment

1. Provide an out of hours on-call service for technical support and advice for Oxford Haemodialysis Unit, Co-provider Units and home patients

1. Provide a routine sterilisation program for specialised central haemodialysis water purification plant in the Oxford Haemodialysis Unit and Co-provider Units without disruption of routine haemodialysis treatment

1. Provide on-site testing of all water purification equipment and arrange remote analysis by accredited laboratories of the purified water samples to ensure the treated water conforms to national haemodialysis standards

1. Determine and instigate preventative action where deteriorating water quality is observed

1. Record all work carried out onto individual paper records and backup on a electronic database

1. Evaluation of new therapies as part of the multidisciplinary team

1. Developing new ideas to improve treatment provided to haemodialysis patients

1. Participation in supervision and training and guidance of other staff as necessary in workshop practice

1. Participation in training of patients, clinical staff in functions and basic fault finding of haemodialysis equipment

1. Provide technical assessment and advice on new dialysis and related equipment prior to purchase

1. Writing of operating procedures and working instructions for dialysis staff and patients.

1. To be conversant with manufacturers designs and to use equipment including

i. Micro electronics, computers, pneumatics, hydraulics and water purifying systems

ii. Workshops machine tools

iii. Electronic measuring equipment, specialised calibration equipment

Person Specification

previous experience

Essential

• 3 years experience

Desirable

• 3 years

Renal technical knowledge

Essential

• Renal technical knowledge

Desirable

• degree level education

Technical knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the fundamentals of renal dialysis

Desirable

• 3 years experience

Leadership

Essential

• Demonstrate example of leadership skills

Desirable

• 1 year

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Renal Technical Department

Old road

Oxford

OX3 7LE

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)