Medical Engineering Placement
Johnson & Johnson MedTech
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com
Position Summary
DePuy Synthes creates products that reconstruct diseased or damaged joints, repair skeletal injuries, correct spinal injuries or deformities and provide surgical treatments for neurological disorders. These products change the lives of our patients and present unique and rewarding challenges for our engineering teams. The purpose of this role is to support the Sterility Assurance Department in the application and practice of microbial assurance as applied to the design, manufacture and sterilisation of implants and instruments. You will join a team of engineers and will be involved with the designers, manufacturers and external vendors. This means you will get to see a process from start to finish. During your placement you will be exposed to a wide range of cases. Throughout the year you will receive support and training, as well as the opportunity to travel to our Blackpool and Cork facilities.
Main duties & responsibilities
* Supporting design engineers to develop instrumentation that meets cleaning and sterilization requirements
* Support Sterility Assurance Sterilization/Contamination Control Programme
* Performing tests to ensure product manufactured on site is clean and sterile (this includes water testing and environmental monitoring of the ISO Class 8 cleanrooms)
* Working with vendors and external laboratories
* Working with a global team (mainly USA and Ireland) to implement new ideas, protocols and procedures
Requirements
Studying a degree, grade 2:1 or higher, in one of the following areas:
* Medical Engineering
* Biomedical Sciences
* Microbiology
* BioEngineering
Employment Information
* Duration: 12 months
* Location: Leeds, Yorkshire
* Sector: Medical Devices
* Department: Quality/ Sterility Assurance
* Employment type: Full-time
* Seniority level: Not Applicable
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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