- The holder will be able to work as part of a team providing day to day support to all clinical areas.
- Working at other Whittington Health NHS Trust sites may be required on occasions.
- A good knowledge of the function and calibration of medical instrumentation and associated quality assurance and safety procedures is necessary.
- Adhere to all Trust and department policies and procedures.
- They will be subject to periodic internal audits.
- Undertake suppliers and other external training provider's courses to enable competency to be established in the support of a wide range of medical devices. They will undertake departmental training events and gain further experience by working on occasions, under the supervision of senior staff.
- They will be expected to participate in a scheme of continuing professional development that is recognised by and registered with an appropriate professional body.
- The post holder will experience an annual appraisal.
- They will contribute to the supervision of newly appointed staff.
- They will have General and specific responsibilities, defined in terms of product type or location
- Develop skills to use a wide range of test and measurement equipment, some of which are specific to the healthcare sector, to enable faults to be diagnosed and corrected on complex equipment, to module or component level.
- To develop skills and knowledge of junior colleagues to enable them to work on new medical devices initially under supervision and once competency is signed off, to work unsupervised.
- On occasions they will be involved in patient incident investigations; this may involve access to sensitive patient related data for analysis and interpretation.
- The daily work will involve the inspection and interaction with delicate, high value medical devices. The correct function and availability for use of these devices have a direct effect on patient care.
- They will be responsible for establishing effective communication with the customer and suppliers; this will include advising the customer of any foreseen delay in the return of equipment to service. On occasions this will involve presenting technical information to senior nursing and clinical staff. It may require the use of e-mail and the telephone.
- The post holder will be responsible for communicating with senior nursing and clinical staff in defining, recording and controlling configurations relating to medical devices.
- All medical physics technologist will log on the departments dedicated CMMS at start of day and log off at the end of their work day. Will be responsible for updating the details on the computerised equipment management system relating to any work that has been allocated to them. They will maintain accurate, legible and retrievable electronic/written records (job reports) relating to the work that they have undertaken.
- They will complete requisitions to initiate the procurement of spares and external services for which a requirement has been identified. This is then sent for approval to the Head of Medical Physics.
- The post holder will be responsible for the generation of work instructions and maintenance checklists, as directed by the Head of Medical Physics.
- They will be responsible for the safe retrieval of medical devices from the clinical environment to a suitable location where technical activity can be conducted, followed by their subsequent timely return upon completion of service.
- Will be required to attend and contribute to the bi-monthly departmental meetings, where issues relating to service delivery, customer satisfaction.
- Will be aware that prior to handling any medical device decontamination of medical equipment is important for their safety and others.
- Will ensure that any kind of practice that does adhere to department or corporate trust policy is brought to the attention of the medical physics senior technologist or Head of Medical Physics.
- The post holder will be required to work or carry out activities out of his/her remit occasionally, this may be supervised or unsupervised in consultation with Head of Medical Physics.
- Relevant Technical Degree
- Achieved Grade
- 5 Years Experience
- 8 Years Experience
- 3 years experience working on life support devices
- 5 years experience working on life support devices
- Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
- Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
- Participate in required training and supervision.
- Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
ED Senior Staff Nurse Band 6 - London, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust
Description
Job overview
Clinical Technologist Band 6
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Technologist within the Clinical Engineering Team at the Whittington Health NHS Trust.
The post is for a Clinical Technologist with experience in the servicing of medical equipment and associated skills in clinical measurement and procedures.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for all remedial repairs, Planned Preventative Maintenance and calibration of a wide range of medical devices. This will include patient monitors, infusion devices. In addition the acceptance into use and configuration of newly delivered medical devices and the evaluation of medical devices prior to purchase. On occasions this work will extend to non-medical electronic devices.
Maintenance and repair will take place in the main department workshops, hospitals, patients' homes and other healthcare environments as part of Whittington Health NHS Trust and all Service Level Agreements (SLA) with other Trusts. Patients may be present who are subject to therapy, nursing or surgical procedures in the vicinity when fault investigation has to be done as a matter of urgency.
The post holder will be expected to work without any immediate managerial or supervisory support.
Manufacture training will be provided where needs are highlighted and in consultation between head of medical physics and the medical physics senior technologist.
Working for our organisation
The Whittington Hospital has a reputation as one of the safest hospitals in England. As an integrated care organisation, providing both hospital and community services, we offer a range of development opportunities along with attractive benefits to staff at all levels of our organisation.
Our aim is to provide outstanding care. Care that is better coordinated, in the right place and designed around individual patient's needs. This means we can bring high quality services closer to home and speed up communication between community and hospital services, improving our patients' experience.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Description
Title: Clinical Technologist
Band: 6
Hours of Duty: 37.5 hours per week
Annual Leave: 27days per annum
29 days after 5 years NHS service
33 days after 10 years NHS service
Department: Medical Physics Department
Accountable to: Director of Surgery and Cancer ICSU
Director of Operations Surgery and Cancer ICSU
Head of Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering
Chief Technician
Main duties:
All Clinical Technologists must be able to:
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SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.