Specialist Clinical Engineer

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Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation.
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.

Job Overview

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Will be a member of a multi-disciplined medical engineering team and will work without supervision on a wide range of complex medical equipment.

There will be particular responsibility for highly complex systems including patient monitoring units, diagnostic ultrasound, anaesthetic machines, life support ventilators, medical lasers, infusion devices, baby incubators and defibrillators. These equipments will at times, be connected to patients. Most of the work will be non-routine and the ability to prioritise and respond to emergency requests is essential.

Main Duties of the Job

1. To carry out acceptance testing including functional and quality assurance tests.
2. To work on medical equipment that requires highly developed techniques, expertise and accurate control of precision tools and small components.
3. To plan and organise maintenance tasks related to their duties and prioritise responses to emergency breakdown requests.
4. To participate in the department’s emergency on-call rota.
5. To negotiate with other healthcare professionals and patients in the community to obtain access to medical equipment in order to perform planned maintenance and/or repairs at mutually convenient times.
6. To act as a Lead Specialist in their area of expertise, gathering complex information and disseminating relevant information.

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