Job summary
- Main area
- Renal
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1500
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £35,964 - £43,780 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Renal Technologist
Band 5
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to join the team and support the service delivery of Renal Dialysis for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
As a Renal Technologist you will be working within the Renal Technical Services department to provide technical support, ensuring safe and effective operation of the equipment and services required for Dialysis throughout our trust sites, satellite units and to a growing population of Home Patients.
This includes servicing and repairs to dialysis machines, water treatment equipment and other equipment such as therapy chairs.
Main duties of the job
- To offer a comprehensive service to the Renal Directorate, providing total technical support to the nursing and medical staff and to the renal patients and their carers. To ensure that all dialysis and associated equipment used within the Directorate is fully operational and maintained to the highest standards.
- Because of the multi-site nature of the department, the renal technologist will be required to work from any of the dialysis units operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- As well as the Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospitals, dialysis treatment is supplied at satellite units at Ealing, Hayes, Central Middlesex, West Middlesex, St Charles, Watford and Northwick Park Hospitals as well as to a population of home patients.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree, HND, HNC, BTEC, OND, ONC or equivalent in an appropriate engineering discipline, i.e. Electronics, Mechanics etc.
Desirable criteria
- Diploma in Renal technology
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstration of competency working as a Renal Technician or equivalent technical service experience – i.e. working for a commercial dialysis company or in an electronics/engineering role.
- Demonstrable experience in electro medical engineering workshop practices and techniques with a good level of renal dialysis experience including preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, repair, calibration, quality control, safety, acceptance testing and procurement.
Desirable criteria
- Registered with the Register of Clinical Technologists
- Member of the Association of Renal Technologists (ART)
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Sound understanding of scientific and engineering technologies used in medical equipment. E.g. electrical safety.
- Must be able to work as part of a team.
- Must be able to think laterally.
Desirable criteria
- A full driving licence would be desirable.
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
- William Rider
- Job title
- Principal Renal Technologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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