Job Description
Job overviewWe are seeking a Clinical Engineering MESU Team Leader to play a key role in providing medical device management across Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. If you have extensive technical experience in medical devices and experience with people management, this role is for you. We’re also looking for someone with great organisational skills, combined with great attention to detail, to make a real difference in this rewarding opportunity.As part of one of the UK’s largest and busiest NHS trusts, you’ll work on a wide variety of medical devices alongside healthcare professionals from multiple specialties, directly contributing to a high standard of equipment management provision.You’ll join the Medical Equipment Services Unit (MESU) - a large technical and busy team within one of the country’s largest Clinical Engineering Departments.
This will give you access to extensive support, resources and expertise; you’ll have everything you need to grow, thrive, and make a meaningful impact in this challenging and exciting role.Please note: depending on applications received, we are also willing to consider candidates who do not meet all the essential criteria. Appointment would be made with expected progression against agreed milestones, this will be under Annex 21 as defined in the Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions of Employment. Pay and milestones underpinning such an appointment will be discussed with the successful candidate by the appointing manager.Main duties of the jobWe are looking for a Clinical Engineering MESU Team Leader to provide expert equipment management services and to manage a busy technical team at our CITY campus and ensure the safe and effective management of people and medical devices management.
You will bring extensive technical expertise in medical devices, including their use, repair, maintenance, and management within a healthcare setting. Your experience will also include working closely with healthcare professionals in clinical environments, communicating with them and ensuring that we provide the best service possible.As a Team Leader, you will be responsible for the staff within the team and to support them and ensure they can deliver a high level of technical support to clinical colleagues. You will act as a technical lead for the team reporting to senior management on performance and providing advice and guidance.Working for our organisationWith over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population.
We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.
With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUHDetailed job description and main responsibilitiesIn addition to the brief description above, please familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert, prior to applying. There will also be an expectation that the successful candidate is registered with the RCT or working towards registration.
Person specificationQualifications & TrainingEssential criteria- Qualifications & Experience linked to PSExperienceEssential criteria- Relevant Work Experience linked to PSCommunication and relationship skillsEssential criteria- Motivation & Communication linked to PSAnalytical and judgement skillsEssential criteria- Breadth and depth of experience linked to PSPlanning and organisation skillsEssential criteria- Depth and breadth of experience linked to PSPhysical skillsEssential criteria- Skills linked to PSOtherEssential criteria- Other skills linked to PS___________________________________________________________________________________Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided.
Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.Easy read application: If you have a disability and find online job applications difficult, you can use an easy read application form instead.To get this form, please email [email protected] and ask for an easy read application.NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job ApplicationsIf you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:- Stay in full-time education, for example at a college- Start an Apprenticeship- Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or trainingFor more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID.
NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£49.50 for enhanced and £21.50 for standard).
I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.- For more information about our organisation and the career opportunities available, please visit our website and/or follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook