Commissioning Technologist - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Description
Band 6


Main area

  • Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering

Grade

  • Band 6

Contract

  • Permanent

Hours

  • Full time hours per week

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Site

  • Queens Medical Centre

Town

  • Nottingham

Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum


Salary period

  • Yearly

Closing

  • 09/07/2023 23:59
Job overview

To participate in the provision of medical equipment acquisition approvals and commissioning within Clinical Engineering at Nottingham University
Hospitals NHS Trust. This will include the identification, acquisition, planning, commissioning, deployment and management of new and
replacement devices following a strict compliant acquisition and approval process prior to adoption of equipment.

The post holder will work as part
of a larger team to process complex device information of both clinical and technical natures.

The post holder must have the ability to
communicate with NHS and medical device industry stakeholders to help support the Medical Equipment Planning Unit (MEPU) team activity. The post holder will be based at the QMC Campus but may be required to work at other locations.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be bound by relevant professional standards and Trust policies in performing the duties of their post.

The postholder will be required to use computing and VDU equipment for significant periods of time on most days.

regulations.

The postholder will occasionally have to handle equipment weighing up to 15kg.

The postholder will frequently have to concentrate for prolonged periods when working on, for example, the acquisition approval and/or
commissioning of complex medical equipment.

The postholder will have contact with clinical staff and patients.

Working for our organisation

The Medical Equipment Planning Unit (MEPU) is a hard working and dynamic team within Clinical Engineering, responsible for ensuring the
clinical teams receive the medical equipment technology they require efficiently and that the equipment is managed safely over its lifetime in order
to support the delivery of high quality patient care.

The postholder will benefit from working centrally to a multi-disciplinary Clinical Engineering
department and will be continuously exposed to the latest medical equipment technologies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities


In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Honours degree in Clinical Technology/Electronics Engineering or equivalent.
  • Registered Clinical Technologist.
Experience

Essential criteria

  • 3 years experience as a Technologist
Physical Skills

Essential criteria

  • Advanced keyboard skills
  • Driving Licence
Experience

Essential criteria

  • Specialist knowledge on the maintenance and repair of a range of highly complex medical devices
  • Knowledge of MMD Jan 2021, ISO , COSHH.
  • Advance knowledge of mechanical and /or electrical and electronic engineering.
Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential criteria

  • Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries.
  • Able to deliver training to groups of other professional staff.
  • Able to deliver teaching and training on complex equipment to other professional groups (e.g. train nurses in medical device use).
  • Good negotiation skills.
  • Able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations.
Analytical & Judgment Skills

Essential criteria

  • Analysis and interpretation of engineering test results.
  • Able to provide assistance and advice to technicians in the diagnosis and reification of faults.
Physical Skills

Essential criteria

  • Colour vision
  • Able to calibrate and test equipment with small margins of error
  • Able to lift items up to 15kg
Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Extensive additional theoretical knowledge acquired through CPD (professional short courses, personal study, conferences)
  • Expert in the use of Excel, Word etc
Experience

Essential criteria

  • Experience in fault diagonosis
Analytical & Judgment Skills

Essential criteria

  • Able to make recommendations on complex medical equipment
  • Interpretation of legislation/policy/complex test results where there is no precedent
  • Use of special computer packages
Planning & Organisation Skills

Essential criteria

  • Plan programmes of work that impact within own service and other services, involving a wide range of other professionals.
  • Work unsupervised and under pressure.
Other

Essential criteria

  • Be able to work within broad occupational policies and establish how these should be interpreted for the Trust
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