Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Engineering
- Grade
- NTHS T&C's Grade F
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Candidates will be expected to participate in the on call system)
- Job ref
- 345-NTHS6855375-A
- Employer
- NTH Solutions
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital of North Tees
- Town
- Stockton on Tees
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Engineer
NTHS T&C's Grade F
North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions is an NHS owned company of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions provides a range of Estates, Facilities, Supplies and Procurement services to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The company is a separate legal body to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not the NHS.
North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions offers its own Terms and Conditions of employment which differ from the national NHS Terms and Conditions. As an employee in the company you will benefit from:
- A competitive salary
- Excellent performance related bonus scheme
- Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays (dependant on service and contracted hours)
- Access to a pension scheme - National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) – North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions will pay a 3% contribution (this is above the minimum contribution rate at the present time)
- Night shift working allowances (where appropriate)
- Bank holiday working allowances (where appropriate)
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be paid for by North Tees and Hartlepool Solutions, however, should you fail to satisfactorily complete the probationary period, you will be charged for the DBS check as a deduction from your final salary.
Job overview
To assist in the management of a wide range of electronic, electrical, mechanical and pneumatic medical, laboratory and other equipment, used by the Trust, including involvement in the commissioning of new equipment and the implementation of day to day scheduled and unscheduled maintenance procedures.
Main duties of the job
post holder will be required to maintain and advise on any piece of medical, laboratory or electronic equipment used by the Trust. Current asset registers list approximately 4,500 items of equipment with a replacement value of £30m.
Departments furnished with these services include all Wards, Outpatients, Accident & Emergency, Endoscopy, Physiotherapy, Pathology Laboratory, Teaching Centre, Administration, all Clinics and Health Centre’s and Patients in the Community who utilise Trust equipment, also the newly established Clinical Decisions Clinic (CDC) in Stockton
Working for our organisation
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions is an NHS owned company of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not the NHS.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health & well-being initiatives and opportunities for development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition, Managers Awards and Shining Stars
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Result Areas
1. Maintains medical equipment used within the Trust, across all sites, in compliance with Safety Regulations, Codes of Practice and agreed Policies of operation ensuring an efficient and effective medical equipment maintenance service to the Trust. This includes participating in the departmental out-of-hours on-call system.
2. Conducts operational maintenance in respect of specialist equipment to ensure an optimum degree of efficiency and maximum possible use of such equipment.
3. Contributes to the day to day maintenance of the department’s equipment history records ensuring up to date and accurate records are held in a system facilitating easy information retrieval.
4. Provides sound and accurate advice on the specification of new equipment and maintains a record of schedules of equipment and any action taken on the specification, modification or the results of any Hazard or Safety Notices, ensuring that all relevant details are easily accessible.
5. Provide costing information for repairs and parts to assist in budget monitoring and stock control. Undertakes stock checks with respect to spares, tools and test equipment to ensure an appropriate level of stock is held within the Department in accordance with its needs.
6. Instruct and advise Clinical/Nursing staff, as required, regarding the correct, safe and proper use of equipment, ensuring such staff are aware of all relevant factors and are able therefore to make efficient use of the equipment.
7. Advise patients and carers, often in their own homes, as required, regarding the correct, safe and proper use of appropriate medical equipment, ensuring at all times that patients and carers are handled with the utmost of care and sensitivity whilst maintaining confidentiality.
8. Undertake discussions as required with Company Representatives and service personnel, regarding potential new equipment purchases and maintenance of existing equipment, facilitating a good working relationship between the Trust and appropriate outside companies.
9. Undertake any training which is identified as being necessary to update skills and knowledge in relation to effective performance of the post in a specialist area requiring complex and non-routine work and passing this knowledge on to colleagues by means of demonstrations and presentations. This area being decided by existing and future service development.
10. Retrieve on a timely basis, information as required by Clinicians and Senior Nursing Staff or other Professionals, ensuring that such requests can be dealt with efficiently.
11. Supervise and instruct apprentices as necessary and contribute to their progress assessment..
12. Complying with the Quality System in place within the Department, ensuring its maintenance and on-going certification.
13. Deputise for the Chief MTO as necessary.
Person specification
Qualfications / experience
Essential criteria
- HNC in an appropriate subject is the minimum starting qualification aiming towards a degree level .
- A minimum of three years experience in a testing or faultfinding environment.
- • Must have good inter-personal skills and be able to communicate effectively with people of all disciplines.
- • Must have an understanding of medical principles and the way in which medical equipment relates to the overall treatment of patients to facilitate speedy and effective service
- • Must have an ability to work independently using their own initiative and be able to prioritise work as effectively as possible.
- • Must have a good understanding of the safety issues relating to electrical equipment, particularly with regarding to BSEN601.1 Specification for Safety of Medical Electrical Equipment, and Product Liability.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Richard Speight
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Engineering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 624038
- Additional information
Craig Childs
Deputy Head of Clinical Engineering
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