Job summary
Would you like a fulfilling and meaningful career where your hard work contributes to helping cancer patients through their radiotherapy journey? If so, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust would like to hear from you ( https://www.christie.nhs.uk/ ).
We have a fantastic opportunity at Band 6 (£35392- £42618), subject to annually reviewed Recruitment and Retention bonus of 12% (£39639 - £47732), to join our team of engineers providing technical support to our Radiotherapy service, primarily at our Salford Radiotherapy centre, equipped with Elekta Radiotherapy Linear Accelerators (https://www.elekta.com/products/radiation-therapy/ ) and Philips CT Scanners ( https://www.philips.co.uk/healthcare/product/HC728242/big-bore-rt ).
We are looking for an enthusiastic and flexible service engineer, who is keen to learn and develop new skills, to join the team responsible for the maintenance and repair of our radiotherapy and CT Scanner assets.
You should be qualified to at least HNC level (Level 4) in electronic/electrical engineering or a similar discipline and have a good mechanical aptitude, coupled with experience in electro-mechanical engineering and maintenance of complex systems, within industries such as Healthcare, Semiconductor Manufacturing, the Armed Forces, and radar systems or other similar roles.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate should have a strong teamworking ethic with excellent technical and communication skills and be able to solve complex problems under time pressure.
You will liaise directly with clinical colleagues and equipment users providing expert technical advice for our equipment base.
Duties will involve fault finding, repairs, planned maintenance, and quality control measurements, of complex radiotherapy equipment including peripherals, within an ISO 9001:2015 quality framework (For further details see Job description)
Patient safety is at the heart of everything we do and as such conscientiousness and attention to detail are key skills within the team.
Our engineers are split between 4 Sites you will be expected to support all sites as the need arises, however the role will be predominantly based at our Salford Radiotherapy centre co-located with the Salford Royal Hospital
About us
We are an enthusiastic hard-working team that sometimes "goes the extra mile" to ensure our patients have the best experience they can during their treatment pathway, working 37.5 hours per week, supporting clinics from 7am until 8pm Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend working.
For your efforts you will receive
- Pay at Band 6 (£35392- £42618), subject to annually reviewed Recruitment and Retention bonus of 12% (£39639 - £47732),
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 10 years service) plus 8 Bank holidays
- Membership of the NHS pension scheme.
- NHS discount on various products and services (subject to application to relevant scheme - may incur a small cost)
- Employee assistance scheme (24/7 helpline - Health Assured Employee Assistance programme designed to help staff deal with personal and professional problems which could be affecting their home or work life, health and general wellbeing.)
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
General
- Work as part of multidisciplinary teams to support and develop the clinical radiotherapy service.
- When trained, will lead service work in photon therapy for machine ownership scheme
- Provide technical advice to clinical and other staff groups as required.
- Will be required to work within the ISO 9001(2015) Radiotherapy Quality System framework.
- Requirement for working hours to minimize interruption to clinical service, including bank holidays and weekends, including outside of normal agenda for change working hours
- Participate in the extended shift system
- When trained, repair of complex safety critical medical equipment. Requiring in depth analysis and diagnostic skills. Exercise judgement to determine the causes of faults in devices with multiple complex inter-related systems. Data analysis on complex medical equipment required to predict breakdown.
- Commenting on interdepartmental procedures and work instructions for the physics group and may also propose changes to current procedures.
- To participate in the physics quality control of the radiotherapy / diagnostic equipment.
- Will be expected to work at any of the Christie sites at short notice.
- Will be based at any of the Christie sites and will be part of a rota on all Christie sites.
- Participate on an on-call rota as required.
Technical Support for Clinical Radiotherapy Treatment equipment
- Carry out repair, calibration, and safety testing of highly complex Radiotherapy equipment. Makes decisions to take safety critical equipment out of clinical use.
- The running up and preparation of radiotherapy equipment for clinical use and the closing down of equipment on completion of use.
- To carry out and record approved modifications to radiotherapy equipment.
- To maintain proper records of all work carried out on the radiotherapy equipment
- Performs regular high precision machine quality control checks, measurements and associated adjustments to fractional mm accuracy.
- Will have to work on radiotherapy equipment whilst patient is in the treatment room, or on the treatment couch.
- To ensure that all radiotherapy equipment works to manufacturers specification.
- To maintain specialist equipment technical records and reports for the organization.
Technical support for Medical Devices
- To provide specialist technical support to X-ray imaging systems, axis lasers and all peripherals used on radiotherapy/diagnostic equipment. This includes Brachytherapy systems
- To assist with technical support to radiotherapy MRSim / CTsim as required
- The maintenance of all test, measurement and service instruments and equipment including dose measurement instruments.
- To participate in the development and construction of instrumentation and equipment to support the service.
- Will work on R&V solutions and liaise with appropriate manufacturer to maintain clinical uptime
- Will work on any equipment that supports treatment of patients within radiotherapy and diagnostic departments
- Will participate in source changes for brachytherapy equipment if required
- Will support work on all IT / estates / radiation treatment peripherals
- Will work as part of the clinical technical services group maintaining other medical devices
Clinical Networking
- To assist in the technical support of clinical IT networks supporting radiotherapy and diagnostic equipment
- To write software as necessary for role of the position
- Will work on R&V solutions and liaise with appropriate manufacturer to maintain clinical uptime
Health and Safety
- Will work daily in potentially hazardous situations with ionizing radiation, including high voltage electricity, heavy equipment, and industrial gases in confined spaces with responsibility for safety of self and others.
Supervisory
- Prioritize and manage own specialist area work in accordance with section policies and competing service demands. Proposes changes to own working practices and procedures. This will involve daily interruptions to own work and others in group.
- The supervision of service visits by outside engineers and contractors.
- Will act as co-ordination between Christie and Manufacturers
Teaching, training and research
- Participate in professional development and training of own staff group and others.
- Participate in the research and development work carried out by the radiation physics group.
- Will be expected to follow project management arrangements to report on status of projects e.g. Gantt charts etc.
- Training of other professionals
- Will be expected to keep abreast of technical developments. Enroll in Continuing Professional Development Programs. Attend suitable seminars and courses as part of personal development and to further the work of the department.
- Participate in the IPEM training scheme, for self and others.
Job description
Job responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
General
- Work as part of multidisciplinary teams to support and develop the clinical radiotherapy service.
- When trained, will lead service work in photon therapy for machine ownership scheme
- Provide technical advice to clinical and other staff groups as required.
- Will be required to work within the ISO 9001(2015) Radiotherapy Quality System framework.
- Requirement for working hours to minimize interruption to clinical service, including bank holidays and weekends, including outside of normal agenda for change working hours
- Participate in the extended shift system
- When trained, repair of complex safety critical medical equipment. Requiring in depth analysis and diagnostic skills. Exercise judgement to determine the causes of faults in devices with multiple complex inter-related systems. Data analysis on complex medical equipment required to predict breakdown.
- Commenting on interdepartmental procedures and work instructions for the physics group and may also propose changes to current procedures.
- To participate in the physics quality control of the radiotherapy / diagnostic equipment.
- Will be expected to work at any of the Christie sites at short notice.
- Will be based at any of the Christie sites and will be part of a rota on all Christie sites.
- Participate on an on-call rota as required.
Technical Support for Clinical Radiotherapy Treatment equipment
- Carry out repair, calibration, and safety testing of highly complex Radiotherapy equipment. Makes decisions to take safety critical equipment out of clinical use.
- The running up and preparation of radiotherapy equipment for clinical use and the closing down of equipment on completion of use.
- To carry out and record approved modifications to radiotherapy equipment.
- To maintain proper records of all work carried out on the radiotherapy equipment
- Performs regular high precision machine quality control checks, measurements and associated adjustments to fractional mm accuracy.
- Will have to work on radiotherapy equipment whilst patient is in the treatment room, or on the treatment couch.
- To ensure that all radiotherapy equipment works to manufacturers specification.
- To maintain specialist equipment technical records and reports for the organization.
Technical support for Medical Devices
- To provide specialist technical support to X-ray imaging systems, axis lasers and all peripherals used on radiotherapy/diagnostic equipment. This includes Brachytherapy systems
- To assist with technical support to radiotherapy MRSim / CTsim as required
- The maintenance of all test, measurement and service instruments and equipment including dose measurement instruments.
- To participate in the development and construction of instrumentation and equipment to support the service.
- Will work on R&V solutions and liaise with appropriate manufacturer to maintain clinical uptime
- Will work on any equipment that supports treatment of patients within radiotherapy and diagnostic departments
- Will participate in source changes for brachytherapy equipment if required
- Will support work on all IT / estates / radiation treatment peripherals
- Will work as part of the clinical technical services group maintaining other medical devices
Clinical Networking
- To assist in the technical support of clinical IT networks supporting radiotherapy and diagnostic equipment
- To write software as necessary for role of the position
- Will work on R&V solutions and liaise with appropriate manufacturer to maintain clinical uptime
Health and Safety
- Will work daily in potentially hazardous situations with ionizing radiation, including high voltage electricity, heavy equipment, and industrial gases in confined spaces with responsibility for safety of self and others.
Supervisory
- Prioritize and manage own specialist area work in accordance with section policies and competing service demands. Proposes changes to own working practices and procedures. This will involve daily interruptions to own work and others in group.
- The supervision of service visits by outside engineers and contractors.
- Will act as co-ordination between Christie and Manufacturers
Teaching, training and research
- Participate in professional development and training of own staff group and others.
- Participate in the research and development work carried out by the radiation physics group.
- Will be expected to follow project management arrangements to report on status of projects e.g. Gantt charts etc.
- Training of other professionals
- Will be expected to keep abreast of technical developments. Enroll in Continuing Professional Development Programs. Attend suitable seminars and courses as part of personal development and to further the work of the department.
- Participate in the IPEM training scheme, for self and others.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HNC/HND/Degree level qualification in electronic engineering.
- Equivalent experience
Desirable
- Associate membership of professional body
- Professional Engineering qualifications with Engineering council
Experience
Essential
- electronics/electrical system troubleshooting
- mechanical system repair
- mechanical system repair operations of large systems
- control systems with various controllers
Desirable
- Experience in medical electronics.
Skills
Essential
- Fault diagnosis and rectification skills.
- Complex data analysis skills
- Microsoft tools e.g. Access etc.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Fault diagnosis skills on industrial equipment and systems.
- Multi-disciplinary skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- Control systems
- Vacuum systems
- Xray and imaging systems
- Medical Device management / handling
- Cooling systems
- Mechanical systems
- RF Systems
- Health and safety knowledge and understanding.
- Electronics and Electrical Systems
Desirable
- Knowledge of physics and general scientific principles.
Values
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Other
Essential
- Must be prepared to work towards registration as Clinical Technologist.
- Work towards EngTech /IEng / CEng status with the engineering council
- Team player with a strong customer/patient focus
- Able to work unsocial hours.
- Able to attend training courses away from home.
- Work autonomously and to take initiatives
- Able to work in the Christie network (satellites)
- Physically fit and able to work in areas with difficult access. Requirement for daily heavy lifting.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HNC/HND/Degree level qualification in electronic engineering.
- Equivalent experience
Desirable
- Associate membership of professional body
- Professional Engineering qualifications with Engineering council
Experience
Essential
- electronics/electrical system troubleshooting
- mechanical system repair
- mechanical system repair operations of large systems
- control systems with various controllers
Desirable
- Experience in medical electronics.
Skills
Essential
- Fault diagnosis and rectification skills.
- Complex data analysis skills
- Microsoft tools e.g. Access etc.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Fault diagnosis skills on industrial equipment and systems.
- Multi-disciplinary skills.
Knowledge
Essential
- Control systems
- Vacuum systems
- Xray and imaging systems
- Medical Device management / handling
- Cooling systems
- Mechanical systems
- RF Systems
- Health and safety knowledge and understanding.
- Electronics and Electrical Systems
Desirable
- Knowledge of physics and general scientific principles.
Values
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Other
Essential
- Must be prepared to work towards registration as Clinical Technologist.
- Work towards EngTech /IEng / CEng status with the engineering council
- Team player with a strong customer/patient focus
- Able to work unsocial hours.
- Able to attend training courses away from home.
- Work autonomously and to take initiatives
- Able to work in the Christie network (satellites)
- Physically fit and able to work in areas with difficult access. Requirement for daily heavy lifting.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
