Job overview
This is a very exciting opportunity to help shape a service development at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The team is expanding to provide a high-quality technical support service to both Theatres and Critical Care. This includes supporting anaesthetic machines, physiological monitoring systems and a range of ventilators that have previously been supported by external maintenance contracts.
We are looking for an experienced Clinical Technologist with a passion for delivering high-quality care and excited to work in challenging clinical environments. You will be supported with a comprehensive mix of internal and external training.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Engineering section provides a whole-life medical equipment management service. The team is made up of highly skilled technologists, engineers and Clinical Scientists who cover various functions including:
•Advice & assistance with selection of medical devices and accessories
•Capital planning and replacement
•Acceptance testing and commissioning of new equipment
•Planned Periodical Maintenance (PPM)
•Repairs and Corrective maintenance
•Coordination of safety actions and notices
•Decommissioning of redundant equipment
•Maintaining a database and records of all medical equipment
The Section has specialist workshops in NNU, Critical Care, Theatres, NHNN, Westmoreland Street and the RNTNE Hospital.
The purpose of the role is:
·To provide senior level, technical and engineering support to the Critical Care NHNN workshop, covering all Critical Care and Theatre areas involving fault diagnosis, repair and servicing including workshop tidiness, records of work done and stock control.
·To work according to an agreed rota, in liaison with the Team leader, so as to provide continuity of cover.
·To contribute to the development of the service by way of process improvement, work instructions etc.,
·To participate in supervision and training of less experienced technologists,
·To set up equipment for use, explaining the use and interpretation of readings to clinical staff.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
·University College Hospital
·National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
·Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
·University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
·Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
·University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
·The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
·University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.