Job overview
We are recruiting for a Specialist Mechanical Engineer/Workshop Manager who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Bioengineering team provides a repair, maintenance and manufacture service to the cancer centre. The department is split into 3 sections - the mechanical workshop, EBME and radiotherapy engineering. All three teams work together to ensure that cancer patients are treated in a safe and timely manner.
The mechanical workshop provides a manufacturing service for the cancer centre producing customised equipment that can not readily be purchased.
Candidates must be flexible and keen to be involved in helping patients. They will be innovative in finding solutions to the challenges that they are given within the resources of the NHS.
In addition, you will receive a High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum pro rata.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the other two teams to provide mechanical engineering skills to the respective team.
The post holder will work closely with the radiographers and physics staff to produce patient specific, custom shielding and other aids to ensure that that radiotherapy treatment can be performed in a reproducible and safe way.
Provide specialist mechanical workshop services to the cancer centre
Manufacture and repair patient specific aids
Manufacture equipment to be used by the physics teams within the cancer centre
Service patient equipment
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see that attached job description detailed information about the role.
ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.
We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
* BTEC/C&G/Level 3 apprenticeship Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
Desirable criteria
* Specialist Manufacturer training on the maintenance and repair of range of clinical equipment used in the administration of medical gases.
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Mechanical Workshop practice (eg precision fitting/Milling/Turning/Grinding)
* Specialist experience in a production or instrument repair workshop
Desirable criteria
* 3D printer / laser CNC
Skills
Essential criteria
* Highly developed engineering/manufacturing skills. This requires the post-holder to be able to work to high precision limits and tolerances
* High degree of hand eye co-ordination required to manually operate machine tools to the required limits and service/calibrate delicate medical instruments.
* Technically innovative with the proven ability to develop, design and manufacture complex items.
Desirable criteria
* Motivation and management of staff
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Specialist knowledge of Mechanical Workshop practice and Process (eg Precision Fitting/Milling/Grinding/)
* Sound knowledge of Engineering materials (eg. selection of materials for correct properties and application)
* Sound understanding of electrical and electro mechanical fault finding techniques
* Understanding of the hazards posed by and precautions needed with workshop hazards. Fumes, dust/particulate waste. Swarf and metallic waste. Solvents, cleaning agents and Toxic Waste (COSSH). Heat Treatments, Soldering and Welding (Elevated temperatures and hot processesss). Lifting and handling of sensitive equipment. Moving machinery
Desirable criteria
* Specialist knowledge of gas control and medical vacuum equipment
* Sheet Lead work
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
* Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
* Role model our Trust values every day
* Willingness to work in an area in which ionizing radiation is used. Please note that if staff follow the local rules then they are not expected to received doses above those which are allowed for the general public
* Willingness to work in an area with the following hazards. Electricity – Medium voltages and currents. EHT. Infection control. Cross Infection. Biohazards (eg medical equipment contaminated with bodily fluids). Compressed Medical and Industrial Gases