Technical Support Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity for a Biomedical Engineer in the Medical Device Service at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust. You will join a team of engineers who specialise in the management of medical devices and equipment at Rochdale Infirmary and in the NCA communities. This is a Trust wide post which will require the post holder to work on other sites across the NCA.

You will be working with a multi-professional Medical Devices Team who deliver engineering, governance and training services across a number of Care Organisations and community teams. This Team welcomes innovative approaches and aims to provide clear development pathways and opportunities for staff at every level.

Main duties of the job:

• Carrying out routine maintenance on a wide range of medical equipment.
• Investigating and repairing medical equipment reported as faulty.
• Updating evidence of work done on an equipment database.
• Driving to community sites to collect, deliver, service and repair medical equipment.
• Assisting with the commissioning of new medical equipment, including testing and configuring before it is released for clinical use.
• Supporting users of medical equipment to make the best use of these assets, providing specialist advice in their clinical use and application.
• Assisting in the management of risk associated with medical devices, including involvement in training, investigations, testing and repair of medical equipment.
• Working in a team supporting each other to achieve the common goal of providing a high-quality service that is agile and flexible.
• Supporting senior engineers to carry out investigations on medical equipment and devices reported as being subject to an adverse incident or supplier recall notifications.
• Working with external suppliers of medical equipment.
• Regularly updating your knowledge and skills.

About us:

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Full UK Driving License
• Electronic Engineering Degree

Knowledge:

• Specialist knowledge in the application and use of a wide range of medical equipment.
• Knowledge and experience of current legislation recommendations for the management of medical equipment.
• Wide range of supplier approved training on the servicing and repair of medical equipment.

Experience:

• Experience in a field of electronics maintenance and repair in a workshop environment.
• Experience of working with suppliers to resolve and manage clinical risk with the use and application of medical devices.
• Experience of working in a Quality System environment.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 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.