Job summary
- Main area
- EME
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: n/a
- Hours
- Full time - none
- Job ref
- 151-LC201
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Hospital EME department FPH Site
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £45,753 - £52,067 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
EME Medical Device Digital Technology Manager
Band 7
Job overview
As a member of the EME/Clinical Engineering Team, the post holder will be responsible to attend all medical device related IT connectable issues and further provide front and back end support for medical device digital issues. They will be the primary contact to assist in the trust digital medical device development , the first line team response and support all digital connectivity issues up to the EPR solution. In support of this the need to work closely with the IT department will create culture of development and drive the EME digital strategy forward.
The role acts as an essential link between the main Eme/Clinical Engineering section on all sites and the continual growing hospital growth with the ability to guide and support first line and draw on expertise as needed from the onsite EME teams.
The post holder will be based across the 3 sites to ensure the supportive team are working as per desired guidelines and meeting the needs of the users through planning have the ability to plan with work demands.
Through experience of working with medical devices should understand the responsibilities and factors involved in the safe management and support end users / customers with their planning , queries and overall be the responsible person as the face of EME services overall in the Medical Device Connectable Solutions.
Main duties of the job
With the need for compliance of medical device information to CQC outcome 15, 12 ‘Safe’ and Medical Device Management Standards 2021 and DSPT /Integration support is critical. The department of EME and IT now needs critical alignment to ensure medical equipment software , hardware have both the ability for interfacing, analysis and complex workstreams to be developed and aligned. The role is a lead role to give the understanding of how this can be developed, supported and further aligned underpinning FHFT Core digital and medical device values.
With need being unique the aim of the role is to have an entrepreneurial team leader with clear high quality leadership to setup a group of Engineers that will ensure all DSPT guidance is adhered to with accurate information , assets are managed and all data is kept and update and monitored. Further develop a Medical Device IT connected team is a major step in the department strategic directions so that all medical devices that could be connected with supporting plans of software updates enveloping requested solutions.
The post holder will be a vital pivotal position that is both new and innovative aligning DSPT standards with a register complaint to DSPT Guidance 2023/24 9.3.8 and 9.3.9.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To act as the essential link for development and purchasing processes ensuring compliance on all aspect of medical device connectivity.
• To work with the IT review and management levels in an analysis of needs and future options,
• To support data control and interfacing between the Medical device and it Epr/Epic Systems,
• To work with Eme and It to ensure that all medical devices are both up to date , accurate and have all software levels validated.
• To harmonise Eme and IT asset information cross site for unified data alignment.
• To be able to work as part of a complex team and manage a team of staff using defined cost judgment,
• To ensure that on top of the software and medical device inventory all key aspects of Dimms and axons are captured for total traceability,
• To understand and be responsible for a quality management system implementing the cross-site quality standards compliance under Iso 13485:2016.
· To act as the point of contact for in house quality management and inventory asset management.
• To ensuring that the actions and requirements supporting safe and effective patient care.
• To be an easily identifiable and highly visible presence in the organisation as a total information and asset management medical device expert.
• To act as the principal resource/link for clinical and managerial staff for IT connectable asset management and to provide specialist advice on the safe use of medical devices and clinical management issues contributing to a high quality, evidence-based service.
• To be an easily identifiable and highly visible presence in the organisation in relation to Eme / Clinical Engineering as a medical IT department all round Expert.
• To act as the principal resource/link between IT and Eme for high quality, evidence-based ‘information related to medical devices.
• On call rota to support cross site IT Medical device Issues.
• To analyse complex scenarios and documents ensuring compliance with asset information supporting whole life asset management.
• Support the management of medical devices 2021 ‘auditing and compliance’ in accordance with IT Legal Standards and DSPT legal standards.
• To support government objective of implementing, RFID (Asset Tracking), UDI’s (unique identification Information) GS1 (Global Standards One) and GLN (Global Location Number) and implement to FHFT cross site.
• To act as the Trusts representative on external working groups for the above including of UDI’s (unique identification Information) GS1 (Global Standards One) and GLN (Global Location Number).
• To be able to review and support solutions for medical device IT complex information and validated entries, the entire process of compliance for what is and is not in date and the required actions for safety mitigation.
• To represent FHFT at critical user groups related to Internal/External Quality
This job description should be read in conjunction with the supervisory JD Addendum, available at: https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/media/2753/jd-addendum-supervisory.pdf
Person specification
General
Essential criteria
- Educated to BSc level or equivalent experience in Medical Device healthcare , CPD and have studied a variety specialist and general Medical Engineering Training Courses particular to the NHS at post grad level , Expert in the management and use of medical devices ,Evidence of ongoing professional development ,
- Knowledge of modern computer-based equipment databases and some IT knowledge/awareness ,Knowledge of medical devices , Knowledge and experience of working in a medical engineering environment
- Experience of supervising a team of engineers ,Professionally gained and significant experience preferably in a number of different areas of electronics and preferably including medical electronics , Experience of dealing with a Cross Range of community systems for medical related devices , Experienced in dealing with complex and/or sensitive information and unpredictable situations.
- Ability to produce complex reports on medical device increased incidents for the medical device committee , Ability to effectively explain highly complex or technical information to a wide range of stakeholders, sometimes in stressful clinical situations , Ability to work independently as well as part of a team , Ability to prioritise and plan workloads , Excellent verbal and written communications skills ,
Desirable criteria
- Educated to and ONC/HNC In Electronic or Engineering or equivalent experience ,Qualifications to degree level in Electronic Engineering or Medical Engineering
- Significant previous experience of working directly with cross section of community systems across all areas ,Worked with medical devices with > 5 years’ experience , Specific servicing experience in medical equipment in N.H.S. or commercial environment ,
Work Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to produce complex reports on medical device increased incidents for the medical device committee , Ability to effectively explain highly complex or technical information to a wide range of stakeholders, sometimes in stressful clinical situations , Ability to work independently as well as part of a team , Ability to prioritise and plan workloads , Excellent verbal and written communications skills ,
Work Streams
Essential criteria
- Ability to produce complex reports on medical device increased incidents for the medical device committee , Ability to effectively explain highly complex or technical information to a wide range of stakeholders, sometimes in stressful clinical situations , Ability to work independently as well as part of a team , Ability to prioritise and plan workloads , Excellent verbal and written communications skills ,
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
- Paul Kirkby
- Job title
- Head Cross site Clinical Engineering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 613 6332
- Additional information
In case of absence please email my Deputy - [email protected] or call 03006 153211.
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