Medical Equipment Technician

Job summary

We are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of the team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual.

We are a friendly team who take's pride in nurturing a friendly and supportive environment in which to work while ensuring we deliver a high quality service .

MEMS provides comprehensive medical equipment management services to Basildon, Southend and Mid Essex Hospitals. This includes Procurement, Acceptance, Maintenance and Service, co-ordinating clinical staff trainingand decommissioning and disposal.

The role has responsibility to ensure that equipment operates effectively and safely with the minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates complex electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer and medical gas based systems.

You will provide support to electrical and electronic related medical equipment, which includes the scheduled planned preventative maintenance (PPM), servicing, repair, calibration and acceptance testing on a wide range of medical equipment within the electrical, electronic and electro-mechanical field.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to perform a range of technical duties, guided by procedures involving autonomous work on both general and complex medical equipment in the clinical and workshop environment to ensure the optimum effectiveness, reliability, availability and safety of medical devices.

You will commission, calibrate, deploy and maintain a wide range of complex medical devices e.g. Infusion Devices, Patient Monitoring, Defibrillators, etc. Investigate and test medical devices, analysing the results to diagnose faults or problems on complex medical devices. Demonstrating equipment operation and techniques to individual clinical users where this is a solution to a problem.

Communication of investigation results to users, colleagues and suppliers, sharing knowledge and experience. Using primarily computerised systems, make accurate equipment maintenance history records and other information supporting audit, quality and performance monitoring.

Ensure all duties are delivered in an efficient, safe, professional and organised way according to Section policies, procedures and Health and Safety documentation. Ensure all medical devices are ready for deployment from the Medical Equipment Library and respond in an empathetic and proficient manner for faults relating to patient connected equipment.

About us

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Chelmsford

CM1 7ET

Employer's website

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

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