About this role
Job summary
The Medical Device Analyst post is responsible for managing, analysing, and optimising medical device usage, maintenance, and compliance within the Whittington NHS Health Trust. The role ensures that medical equipment is properly maintained, cost-effective, and compliant with regulatory requirements.
Main duties of the job
Device Management & Analysis
Maintain an up-to-date inventory of medical devices.
Analyse equipment performance, utilization, and lifecycle data.
Identify trends in device failures and recommend improvements.
Maintenance & Compliance Oversight
Monitor planned preventive maintenance (PPM) schedules.
Ensure compliance with NHS, CQC, MHRA, and OEM maintenance requirements.
Work with internal teams and external vendors to resolve maintenance issues.
Contract & Vendor Management
Support procurement and management of OEM and third-party service contracts.
Track service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs), ensuring service reports are loaded and up to date.
Assist in negotiations for cost-effective maintenance solutions.
Technical & Financial Reporting
Provide data-driven reports on device reliability, downtime, and costs.
Support with the Trusts RFID asset tracking system
Assist in budgeting and forecasting for medical device expenditures.
Support capital planning/ordering for equipment replacement and upgrades.
Stakeholder Collaboration
Liaise with clinical teams to understand equipment needs and challenges.
Work with biomedical engineering teams for technical support.
Coordinate and support with finance and procurement teams on purchasing decisions.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description Job responsibilities
ManagementTo gain an understanding for the clinical application for the medical equipmentmaintained.To ensure patient safety, by making certain that all medical equipment ismaintained.To assist with clinical staff and clinical departments the scheduling of medicalequipment maintenance.
To prioritise, plan and organise own work schedules adjusting for emergencywork.To propose and implement changes in policy or work procedures-instructionswithin own area.To be responsible for ordering spares and consumables within budgetguidelines.To keep the medical equipment database up to date.To contribute and manage objectives as set within the Quality ManagementSystem.
AdvisoryTo assist with clinical staff on the safe use of medical equipment.To assist in deciding whether medical equipment should be removed fromclinical use.
Education & TrainingTo undertake formal training courses to maintain and developTo undertake training of less experience or new staff.
Duty of CarYou are responsible for ensuring that the patient, family and carers are at thecentre of everything you do.
Person Specification
Skills Essential
Commitment to delivering compassionate excellence and the Organisation Values (Innovation, Compassion, Accountability Respect, Equality, Equity) Able to prioritise and manage own work. Able to exercise initiative when dealing with common issues in the workplace.
PERSONAL QUALITIES Essential
Able to work own initiative and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining speed, accuracy & attention to detail Self-motivated
Education / Qualifications Essential
A relevant qualification in secretarial administration GCSE's
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 Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address Whittington Hospital
London
N19 5NF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)