Senior Maintenance Assistant | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Clinical Engineering at UHL is responsible for life cycle management of medical devices across the trust and some of the neighbouring community hospitals. It is the responsibility of Clinical Engineering to ensure equipment operates effectively and safely with a minimum of downtime, and equipment and its management represents value for money. Clinical equipment covered incorporates electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer software and medical gas systems.

This role is on a fixed term contract of 12 months to support the Maternity departments across two sites within the trust, these are based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital. The successful candidate will be expected to manage their own workload to provide support and be flexible across both sites. They will need to show a presence on each site throughout the working week.

The Medical Equipment Management Service (MEMS) requires a dynamic medical equipment Senior Maintenance Assistant to take a key role within the service. This is a demanding position and you will play a major part in achieving service objectives in a busy and technically challenging environment governed by an ISO9001 quality system.

The successful candidate will have the ability to self-manage and prioritise the direction of their day-to-day activities to achieve timely completion of repair, planned maintenance and associated equipment management tasks and be part of the blood gas analyser on-call service. The maintenance role is performed both in-house and at various customer sites throughout Leicestershire. A driving licence and own transport are essential.

Applicants must be qualified to HNC in electronics or equivalent, and it is desirable that you have previous knowledge of servicing medical devices. Technical training will be available. You will have a safety conscious approach to your work and the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels. An ability to cope under pressure, be adaptable and multi-task is required. Experience of using an equipment database and associated IT skills will be a distinct advantage.

Due to the nature of this role and the difficulties of achieving guaranteed access to medical equipment during normal working hours, occasional working during unsociable hours may be required.

The post holder shall:

• Be a specialist engineer for a range of medical equipment.
• Effectively manage the work they are assigned, including the management of more junior staff assigned to the same/similar task, ensuring service objectives and targets are met.
• Work under own initiative, manage and prioritise own workload and workload of others and exercise a broad degree of responsibility.
• Play a role in organising, prioritising and undertaking unsupervised maintenance and repairs to equipment in critical care/surgical areas whilst patients are present.
• In consultation with the section lead, and senior clinical technologists devise/develop and maintain planned maintenance schedules on all medical equipment.
• Undertake acceptance testing/commissioning of new equipment, preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, calibration and repair to a wide range of medical equipment.
• Communicate effectively with clinical users to schedule servicing or gain a clear understanding of the nature of problems with equipment. They shall assess the seriousness and implications of any reported problems and respond appropriately to the urgency of the user request.
• Undertake fault-finding. Apply suitable fault-finding techniques to diagnose problems, which may be due to user error, equipment failure or environmental issues (e.g. Temperature, RF interference).