Job summary
The Clinical Engineering Department is primarily concerned with providing evaluation and selection, acceptance checks, repair, calibration, and maintenance to a wide range of medical devices and equipment across University Hospitals Sussex NHS trust. The aim is to ensure equipment operates effectively and safely with a minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer software and medical gas systems.
Clinical areas include all general wards, Intensive Care, Special Care Baby Unit, all Theatre modalities, Cardiology, Renal Unit and Equipment Library. The post holder will carry out servicing, repair, calibration, scheduled preventative maintenance, safety and acceptance testing on a wide range of patient connected medical equipment. The post holder is required to work to high standards of safety and accountability. The post holder liaises with clinical and other technical staff to identify faults and repair equipment, including working in clinical areas and working with manufacturers, as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
* Provide technical services for preventative maintenance, servicing, calibration, inspection, and repair to a wide range of complex and patient-connected medical equipment, including life support and life saving devices under all conditions of urgency.
* Communicate with clinical users to understand the nature of problems with equipment, assess seriousness and urgency, and respond appropriately to user requests.
* Undertake fault-finding using appropriate techniques to diagnose problems, including those beyond manufacturer-supplied information; report unusual fault conditions to manufacturers. Exercise judgement to determine fault causes in devices with multiple inter-related systems (electronic, computer, mechanical) which may be due to user error, equipment failure or environmental factors.
* Rectify equipment faults and undertake repairs on complex electrical/electronic and mechanical devices to circuit component level if necessary.
About us
At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, and we aim to help everyone feel included and to put the Patient First. We support staff with networks, buddy schemes, and flexible working to support work-life balance. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust. We prioritize compassionate care for patients and staff and offer a candidate information pack and wellbeing programme designed to support you when needed.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training to help you grow and develop. From the moment you start with us, we will help you grow and develop. We look forward to receiving your application and starting your journey with UHSx.
Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will manage all work assigned or planned, using personal discretion and following departmental/NHS policies and procedures. Work may be done individually or as part of a multi-disciplinary team, using a range of facilities to gather information (e.g., Medical Equipment database, external manufacturers, MHRA, NPSA). The post holder should actively promote service improvements and support colleagues where needed.
* Check that equipment performs to manufacturers specification.
* Carry out calibration, quality control, safety, and acceptance testing.
* Carry out electrical and functional safety checks.
* Organise and manage planned maintenance schedules as required.
* Identify potentially hazardous symptoms and faults in clinical areas or when speaking with clinical staff.
* Liaise with clinical and technical staff to carry out planned preventative maintenance, with schedules adjusted to clinical needs as appropriate.
* Advise on equipment specification, evaluation, and selection.
* Monitor stocks of components and spares and reorder to maintain adequate stock.
* Act on safety notices and hazard bulletins and liaise with relevant government organisations or external agencies to report device-related incidents (e.g., MHRA, National Patient Safety Agency).
* Ensure accurate record keeping for all work, using the equipment management computer database for recording and occasional extraction for reporting/feedback or analysis.
* Liaise with manufacturers to obtain technical and clinical information. Provide feedback on equipment performance to the Clinical Engineering Manager, team colleagues, clinical staff, and external organisations as appropriate.
* Take responsibility for all tools and equipment within your care; maintain workshop facilities and ensure correct use of equipment by authorised personnel.
* Provide technical advice to clinical and other staff groups as required and offer technical expertise to other team members within the Facilities and Estates Division.
* Ensure that all work requests are recorded onto the system where required.
Note: This role does not meet the minimum criteria for visa sponsorship under the current UK immigration rules. We are unable to provide sponsorship for this post. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.
Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
* Achieved correct academic grades or equivalence
* Proven knowledge of medical electronics, electro-mechanical systems, computing, and medical device support
Desirable
* Attendance on training courses for maintenance and repair of a wide range of medical devices
* Foundation Degree in Medical Technologies or equivalent
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Essential
* Evidence of undertaking development to improve understanding of equalities issues
* Evidence of championing diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
BN2 5BE
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