About this role
Job summary
We have a rare opportunity for an inspiring and highly experienced clinical engineering technologist to join us to lead our main clinical engineering workshop (EGA) team. Clinical Engineering is an essential clinical support service within our hospitals, providing whole life medical equipment management services for the range of equipment used to diagnose and treat patients throughout our hospitals. We are a dedicated team of over 40 members of technical and scientific staff based in clinical areas across the Trust.
This is a key role in which, as a talented and highly motivated lead engineer, you will bring direction, purpose, and pride to a team managing critical medical equipment. We would strongly prefer you to already be a registered clinical technology professional, but we will consider candidates who demonstrate the ability and commitment to achieve registration within 2 years. You will combine a high level of clinical technical expertise with a passion for developing others. You will ensure our medical equipment management services are safe, effective, and highly professional.
If you are a motivated leader committed to technical excellence, great customer care and the structured development of future talent through apprenticeship and staff development programs, we want to hear from you
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be accountable for the performance, quality, and safety of the services provided by the Clinical Engineering EGA Workshop team. Key responsibilities include:
o Operational Leadership: Managing team resources, staff rotas, and workshop health and safety to ensure seamless technical support for clinical services.
o Practice Education: Taking a lead role in the supervision, appraisal, and competency-based assessment of apprentices, trainees and qualified staff.
o Technical Expertise: Applying highly developed engineering knowledge to maintain, repair, and troubleshoot complex medical equipment in accordance with the ISO9001:2015 quality management system and with regulatory and technical standards.
o Collaborative Management: Representing Clinical Engineering to clinical leads and external suppliers, contributing to the future strategy of the section, and deputising for senior managers as required.
o Service Excellence: Ensuring data integrity within our eQuip equipment management database and fostering collaborative relationships with clinical customers to enhance patient safety.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological,gastrointestinaland oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclearmedicineandpathology.
Weare committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit:Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placeto work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?
Person Specification
Requirements - Knowledge and Qualifications Essential
Degree level qualification in Engineering or Physical Science, or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience. Evidence of basic training in management and leadership. Member of the Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT) or HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist or ability and commitment to achieve RCT registration within 2 years of appointment. Evidence of ongoing CPD and in-service training. Expert clinical technical knowledge of the function, operation and maintenance of a wide range of medical equipment including Infusion Devices, Defibrillators, Electrosurgical Devices, Physiological Monitoring, Ventilators, Point of Care Analysers and equipment used within specialist clinical areas. Knowledge of current Medical Device Regulations and Guidance. Knowledge and understanding of the application of health and safety legislation and best practice.
Desirable
Membership of a relevant Professional Institute.
Requirements - Experience Essential
Extensive experience in clinical engineering workshop practice. Extensive experience of managing and maintaining a wide range of medical equipment.EAI Extensive experience of working in a hospital and of managing medical equipment risks in a clinical environment. Some experience of participating in projects with multiple stakeholders. Experience of configuring and troubleshooting networked devices. Some experience of motivating and leading a team effectively and sympathetically.
Skills and Abilities - General Essential
Ability to work as an effective member and leader of a team; able to organise, prioritise, manage and communicate own work and that of the team, including when under pressure. Ability to use advanced features of information management systems such as the medical equipment management database in order to plan, prioritise, allocate and report work activity and performance. Ability to apply specialist knowledge of medical equipment and engineering practices, sufficient to diagnose and repair problems requiring component or module replacement or reconfiguration. Ability to analyse problems in connected medical equipment to distinguish hardware, software and network issues and to evaluate options for resolution.
Skills and Abilities - Communication Essential
Able to prepare written work instructions for use across the team.
Skills and Abilities - Personal Qualities Essential
Ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances when working in clinical areas with patients.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, UCLH
25 Grafton Way
London
WC1E 6DB
Employer's website https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)