Senior Medical Equipment Technician

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Full time
Location: Bristol
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Job offered by: North Bristol NHS Trust
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Main area Clinical Engineering Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) Job ref 339-BAL5189-A Site Southmead Hospital Town Bristol Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/01/2025 08:00 Job overview

The purpose of the post is to provide a comprehensive medical equipment acceptance, repair and planned preventive maintenance service for Anaesthetic machines, Ventilators, transport ventilators, CPAP/BiPAP devices, Insufflators for the Trust, involving complex and non-routine activities. This post involves work of a much greater responsibility and autonomy and may include the supervision and training of other Medical Equipment Technicians. To provide technical advice to clinical staff, managers, and clinicians. The work involves travelling to all sites where Trust staff and equipment are based; with a travel allowance payable if the post holder's own transport is used. The core hours for this job role is Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm. The post holder is also need to take part in weekend/bank holiday on call rota. Main duties of the job

Technical and Training Understanding of MHRA Managing Medical Devices, Medical Device Regulations and other appropriate legislations and guidelines relevant to medical devices. Perform specialist technical services for complex and patient critical medical devices such as acceptance testing, planned preventative maintenance, calibration and repairs for Anaesthetic machines, Ventilators, Transport Ventilators, CPAP/BiPAP devices, Insufflators. Ensure required planned preventative maintenance and repairs are completed within timely manner in line with CES KPIs and escalate issues when required. Participate in On-call rota, providing specialist medical device support during weekends and bank holidays. Provide expert advice, guidance and training relating medical devices to clinical users, speciality leads. Ensure device asset register is accurate and up to date for specialist medical devices. Ensure technical and mandatory training is up to date and keep accurate training records. Monitor stock levels and complete stock takes as required by the Trust. Investigate required regulatory notices and incidents and implement agreed corrective actions as directed by Medical Device Safety officer. Support the Service Head in engineering training of junior technicians and apprenticeships. Participate in medical device training for clinical users as specified by Service Head & Clinical Equipment Training Co-ordinator. Person specification

Education/Training/Qualifications

HNC/HND in Engineering related discipline or ONC plus extensive experience Extensive Training in medical devices servicing and repair Extensive practical experience in electronic and medical engineering workshop practices Registration as a clinical technologist Experienced in the use of Asset Management Systems Valid full UK manual driving license If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.

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