Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Engineering
- Grade
- CHS Grade D
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week
- Job ref
- 372-CHS1533
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Calderdale Royal Hospital/Hudderfield Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Salterhebble
- Salary
- £29,482 Salary dependant on hours worked
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Science Clinical Engineer Associate
CHS Grade D
CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services.
We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.
CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty. We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.
Job overview
Calderdale & Huddersfield Solutions Ltd have an exciting opportunity for Healthcare Science Clinical Engineering Associate
Main duties of the job
The post holder will primarily carry out scheduled preventative maintenance on a wide range of Medical Devices; however they will also participate in the repair, calibration, safety and acceptance testing. The post holder is required to work to high standards of safety and accountability and provide up to date technical information on medical devices and related subjects to key clinical staff. As a member of the Clinical Engineering service, the post holder will be expected to carry out their duties under direct supervision initially then with limited supervision once deemed competent, whilst following departmental and national policies at all times.
Working for our organisation
At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Clinical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:
- Fully managed estate and building maintenance
- Clinical Engineering/equipment maintenance/ decontamination
- Procurement advice, guidance and governance
- Capital project management
- Transport
- Grounds maintenance.
- Portering
- Catering
- Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)
All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder is a member of a multi-disciplined team of specialist clinical engineers within the Clinical Engineering & Decontamination Service.
The post holder will liaise with clinical and technical staff to identify devices requiring maintenance,
identify faults and repair equipment accordingly; this will include significant time working in community/clinical/ward
areas and occasionally with manufacturers and their agents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Academic electronics/mechanical knowledge NVQ Level 2 or above and Mathematics & English to GCSE A* - C or 9 – 4 or equivalent, all prerequisite qualifications for entry to the NVQ Level 4 Healthcare Science Clinical Engineering
- Or have NVQ Level 4 Healthcare Science Clinical Engineering
Desirable criteria
- Sciences Biology, Chemistry, Physics to A* - C or 9 – 4
- Membership of Engineering Professional Organisation
- Have or be prepared to work towards membership or accreditation with a relevant professional body e.g. voluntary Register of Clinical Technologists
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) training in broad spectrum of equipment
- Driving licence Category B
Knowledge & Skills:
Essential criteria
- Excel, Word etc. to set up documents, templates, reports and spreadsheets and use and extract information from databases
- Equipment management databases to maintain asset register and record work done
- Test equipment both general and particular to medical devices
- Fine tools for equipment adjustment, fabrication and assembly
- Work under pressure to get medical equipment up and running whilst patients and staff are waiting
- Provide and receive complex or sensitive information. Communicates technical equipment-related information to staff, colleagues and suppliers.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of medical equipment and its application and management and of clinical engineering principles
- Knowledge of electronic workshop and field practices
- Knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering and fault finding techniques
- A good level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure, including reporting of incidents and MHRA Safety Alert distribution
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and health & safety requirements e.g. ISO, BSI, IEC
- Computer based test equipment
Experience
Essential criteria
- Use of Databases / inventory management systems
- Experience of Excel, Word and etc. to set up documents, reports and spreadsheets
Desirable criteria
- Relevant experience in electro/mechanical engineering workshop practices and techniques post qualification or equivalent. Experience in device applications, commissioning, preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, repair, calibration, quality control, safety, acceptance testing and procurement
- The application of workshop technology to Medical devices, equipment and techniques in healthcare
- Working in a hospital or similar environment / Working in patient areas
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Zain Naeem
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Clinical Engineering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07425628362
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