Job summary
To assist in the management of a wide range of electronic, electrical, mechanical and pneumatic medical, laboratory and other equipment, used by the Trust, including involvement in the commissioning of new equipment and the implementation of day to day scheduled and unscheduled maintenance procedures.
Main duties of the job
post holder will be required to maintain and advise on any piece of medical, laboratory or electronic equipment used by the Trust. Current asset registers list approximately 4,500 items of equipment with a replacement value of £30m.
Departments furnished with these services include all Wards, Outpatients, Accident & Emergency, Endoscopy, Physiotherapy, Pathology Laboratory, Teaching Centre, Administration, all Clinics and Health Centre's and Patients in the Community who utilise Trust equipment, also the newly established Clinical Decisions Clinic (CDC) in Stockton
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions is an NHS owned company of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not the NHS.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health & well-being initiatives and opportunities for development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition, Managers Awards and Shining Stars
We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Result Areas
1. Maintains medical equipment used within the Trust, across all sites, in compliance with Safety Regulations, Codes of Practice and agreed Policies of operation ensuring an efficient and effective medical equipment maintenance service to the Trust. This includes participating in the departmental out-of-hours on-call system.
2. Conducts operational maintenance in respect of specialist equipment to ensure an optimum degree of efficiency and maximum possible use of such equipment.
3. Contributes to the day to day maintenance of the departments equipment history records ensuring up to date and accurate records are held in a system facilitating easy information retrieval.
4. Provides sound and accurate advice on the specification of new equipment and maintains a record of schedules of equipment and any action taken on the specification, modification or the results of any Hazard or Safety Notices, ensuring that all relevant details are easily accessible.
5. Provide costing information for repairs and parts to assist in budget monitoring and stock control. Undertakes stock checks with respect to spares, tools and test equipment to ensure an appropriate level of stock is held within the Department in accordance with its needs.
6. Instruct and advise Clinical/Nursing staff, as required, regarding the correct, safe and proper use of equipment, ensuring such staff are aware of all relevant factors and are able therefore to make efficient use of the equipment.
7. Advise patients and carers, often in their own homes, as required, regarding the correct, safe and proper use of appropriate medical equipment, ensuring at all times that patients and carers are handled with the utmost of care and sensitivity whilst maintaining confidentiality.
8. Undertake discussions as required with Company Representatives and service personnel, regarding potential new equipment purchases and maintenance of existing equipment, facilitating a good working relationship between the Trust and appropriate outside companies.
9. Undertake any training which is identified as being necessary to update skills and knowledge in relation to effective performance of the post in a specialist area requiring complex and non-routine work and passing this knowledge on to colleagues by means of demonstrations and presentations. This area being decided by existing and future service development.
10. Retrieve on a timely basis, information as required by Clinicians and Senior Nursing Staff or other Professionals, ensuring that such requests can be dealt with efficiently.
11. Supervise and instruct apprentices as necessary and contribute to their progress assessment..
12. Complying with the Quality System in place within the Department, ensuring its maintenance and on-going certification.
13. Deputise for the Chief MTO as necessary.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Result Areas
1. Maintains medical equipment used within the Trust, across all sites, in compliance with Safety Regulations, Codes of Practice and agreed Policies of operation ensuring an efficient and effective medical equipment maintenance service to the Trust. This includes participating in the departmental out-of-hours on-call system.
2. Conducts operational maintenance in respect of specialist equipment to ensure an optimum degree of efficiency and maximum possible use of such equipment.
3. Contributes to the day to day maintenance of the departments equipment history records ensuring up to date and accurate records are held in a system facilitating easy information retrieval.
4. Provides sound and accurate advice on the specification of new equipment and maintains a record of schedules of equipment and any action taken on the specification, modification or the results of any Hazard or Safety Notices, ensuring that all relevant details are easily accessible.
5. Provide costing information for repairs and parts to assist in budget monitoring and stock control. Undertakes stock checks with respect to spares, tools and test equipment to ensure an appropriate level of stock is held within the Department in accordance with its needs.
6. Instruct and advise Clinical/Nursing staff, as required, regarding the correct, safe and proper use of equipment, ensuring such staff are aware of all relevant factors and are able therefore to make efficient use of the equipment.
7. Advise patients and carers, often in their own homes, as required, regarding the correct, safe and proper use of appropriate medical equipment, ensuring at all times that patients and carers are handled with the utmost of care and sensitivity whilst maintaining confidentiality.
8. Undertake discussions as required with Company Representatives and service personnel, regarding potential new equipment purchases and maintenance of existing equipment, facilitating a good working relationship between the Trust and appropriate outside companies.
9. Undertake any training which is identified as being necessary to update skills and knowledge in relation to effective performance of the post in a specialist area requiring complex and non-routine work and passing this knowledge on to colleagues by means of demonstrations and presentations. This area being decided by existing and future service development.
10. Retrieve on a timely basis, information as required by Clinicians and Senior Nursing Staff or other Professionals, ensuring that such requests can be dealt with efficiently.
11. Supervise and instruct apprentices as necessary and contribute to their progress assessment..
12. Complying with the Quality System in place within the Department, ensuring its maintenance and on-going certification.
13. Deputise for the Chief MTO as necessary.
Person Specification
Qualfications / experience
Essential
- HNC in an appropriate subject is the minimum starting qualification aiming towards a degree level .
- A minimum of three years experience in a testing or faultfinding environment.
- oMust have good inter-personal skills and be able to communicate effectively with people of all disciplines.
- oMust have an understanding of medical principles and the way in which medical equipment relates to the overall treatment of patients to facilitate speedy and effective service
- oMust have an ability to work independently using their own initiative and be able to prioritise work as effectively as possible.
- oMust have a good understanding of the safety issues relating to electrical equipment, particularly with regarding to BSEN601.1 Specification for Safety of Medical Electrical Equipment, and Product Liability.
Person Specification
Qualfications / experience
Essential
- HNC in an appropriate subject is the minimum starting qualification aiming towards a degree level .
- A minimum of three years experience in a testing or faultfinding environment.
- oMust have good inter-personal skills and be able to communicate effectively with people of all disciplines.
- oMust have an understanding of medical principles and the way in which medical equipment relates to the overall treatment of patients to facilitate speedy and effective service
- oMust have an ability to work independently using their own initiative and be able to prioritise work as effectively as possible.
- oMust have a good understanding of the safety issues relating to electrical equipment, particularly with regarding to BSEN601.1 Specification for Safety of Medical Electrical Equipment, and Product Liability.
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).
