About this role
Job summary
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) are searching for an experienced Clinical Engineering Technologist to join their highly skilled team in the Surgery & Cancer department.
Main duties of the job
To provide technical and engineering support as part of the Clinical Engineering service catering for all general clinical areas in the trust. There will be a particular focus on assisting other technologists in locating and tracking devices, liaison with nursing staff to organise access for servicing of medical equipment, carrying out basic servicing and planned maintenance as well as first-line troubleshooting. This requires updating of records in the department equipment database so as to ensure all jobs are recorded.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Required to communicate primarily with Team leader / Supervisor over jobs and priorities
- Liaison with admin / Helpdesk staff in order to ensure jobs are logged and recorded
- Visits to clinical areas and liaison with Charge Nurses/ Sisters and nurses/housekeepers / HCAs / Matrons will be necessary to locate equipment due for service.
- To seek advice and support when required engineering work falls outside of own expertise
- To ensure that all jobs and maintenance work undertaken is recorded within the Equipment Management database and good practice is followed in record keeping whether work done by self or by others being supervised
- Correctly perform the regular maintenance of medical equipment in accordance with work procedures and to ensure that all equipment support activities conform at all times to the MEMS quality management system.
- In liaison with the Team Leader, to establish areas and devices to be prioritised
- Promptly identify any problems with medical equipment and ensure that those devices are removed from clinical areas and taken to the workshop for repair
- To participate in a rota with other technologists, so as to ensure continuity of cover to all sites when necessary
- To maintain and repair equipment according to agreed protocols, calling upon colleagues and/or Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) support and technical advice when required
- To work largely unsupervised but as part of a wider team providing technical and engineering support to clinical users.
- To ensure that spare part stock levels are regularly monitored and kept at levels consistent with work load demand
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- A practical experience in Medical engineering workshop practices and techniques with experience of medical management/maintenance of electro medical equipment.
- Show evidence of understanding the requirements for working in clinical areas
- Experience in the calibration and maintenance of medical and physiological measurement equipment
- Broad knowledge of medical device operation and management
- Experience in applying workshop technology to patient critical equipment and techniques in healthcare
- Understanding of common patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure
- Understanding of systems of work and principles of quality systems
- Good verbal communication skills
- Able to prioritise and manage own work and to be able to work unsupervised
- Able to exercise initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence
- Has a positive approach to customer care
- Highly developed physical skills including manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination for fine adjustment of equipment settings
- Demonstrate ability to organise, prioritise, communicate and work under pressure
- Understanding of principles of Risk Management
- Health and safety knowledge and understanding
- Able to use Excel, Word etc. and use of e-Quip equipment database.
- Able to deal with occasional distressing circumstances when working in clinical areas
- A team player able to work well with others and demonstrate commitment to departmental objectives
- Show a willingness to learn and apply new skill as required
- Show a willingness to work unsocial hours when required
- Flexible approach to introduction of change in working practices
- Professional appearance and behaviour
- Good previous attendance record
Qualifications
Essential
- BEng / BSc or equivalent in Engineering or Physical Science, or HND (or equivalent) in Engineering or Physical Science with equivalent demonstrable experience
- Training to Postgraduate Diploma level or Technician Engineer with membership of relevant professional body
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospitals
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)