Medical Engineering Technician Entry Level
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Job overview
We are looking for an experienced engineer to join an established team of medical engineers which provides maintenance of medical devices across Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals.
To act as a member of a multi-disciplinary team of Medical Engineers. Duties include the commissioning, maintenance and repair of medical equipment: including patient monitors, patient therapy and diagnostic equipment.
The Medical Engineering Department provides maintenance and repair to medical devices owned by the Trust. The role will be incorporated into the Medical Engineering team.
Main duties of the job- To display a high standard of self-discipline and attitude to work, in view of the nature of equipment and its location.
- To liaise with other healthcare professionals, clients and external organisations in order to resolve any issues.
- To work unsupervised for long periods, although advice will always be available.
- To be able to plan own workload; carry out acceptance and safety testing of new equipment, repairs and planned preventative maintenance.
- To calibrate medical equipment by using expensive test equipment
- To be competent in the use of precision and fine tools
- There is a regular requirement to maintain and repair equipment that is subject to contamination of hazardous substances and body fluids.
- To be aware of cost implication when carrying out repairs and planned preventative maintenance.
- To attend all wards and departments on a regular basis to perform maintenance and where necessary to perform unplanned repairs.
- On occasion there will be a requirement to move heavy medical equipment such as theatre tables, microscopes etc. whilst carrying out repairs or PPM.
- To undertake duties of other staff as necessary.
- To observe guidelines and regulation regarding the safe and satisfactory use of expensive test equipment and tools
- To work in areas, as necessary, where the Trust currently provides medical equipment support service.
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients.We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES- To ensure technical safety of equipment under your control or jurisdiction and that it is within prescribed specification as laid down in the relevant statutory documents.
- When required, to assist in evaluating and dealing with safety bulletins and clinical adverse incidents involving medical equipment.
- To regularly input appropriate data and produce computerised information (both electronically and paper generated) in order to provide other internal and external and bodies with information relating to medical equipment management.
- To be responsible for receiving equipment and spare parts into Medical Engineering and ensuring its correct logging, storage and distribution.
- To complete all documentation, including safety tests, fault history and commissioning records. To input such information of the Medical Engineering management system.
- To liaise with equipment manufacturers and external organisations regarding equipment to be returned to service or repair and organise documentation.
- To organise and prioritise daily work schedules to professional standards in compliance with guidelines and relevant bodies, the relevant equipment.
- To display a good level of expertise across a broad range of medical devices within the Trust, and to utilise knowledge within the field of medical device technology. This knowledge will be gained through formal attendance of manufacturer approved courses, self-study, continuing professional development at practical experience of maintaining repairing medical equipment.
- To attend training courses and to update individual technical knowledge of medical equipment and knowledge in respect of clinical use of such equipment. To disseminate this information to the relevant healthcare specialists as required.
- To assist the Medical Engineering Manager or his Deputy and senior engineers in ensuring the provision of a cost-effective, timely and quality maintenance service in respect of medical equipment and contribute to budget control.
- To act as mandated signatory for the requisition of goods, breakdown repairs, and to certify the correct receipt and process of such.
- To monitor and control spare parts and stock in a prudent and fiscal manner
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- HNC in Engineering
Know & Experience
Essential criteria- Experience in the field of engineering
- Previous experience in the field of medical engineering
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to prioritise work
- Good communication skills
- Good coordination and ability to use fine tools for equipment fabrication/assembly/adjustment
- Ability to solder/de-solder equipment parts of a miniature nature
- Ability to be able to manoeuvre medium/heavy weights (mandatory training provided)
- Good customer care skills
- Proficient with IT systems
- Ability to deal with constantly changing workload and priorities
- Willingness to learn/attend external courses
- Ability to handle challenging situations
- Ability to use a wide variety of test equipment relevant to post
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, COSHH, ISO9000, Health and Safety, QA Systems
- Understanding of patient/staff risk arising from equipment failures
Other
Essential criteria- Ability and willing to work within a flexible work pattern
- Full clean driving license
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
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Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
- All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
- There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
- Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
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Additional Information
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