Band 5 Medical Devices Safety Officer

The post holder will be responsible for the development and co-ordination of medical devices safety and management across the Trust. As the MDSO the post holder will be involved in medical device incident reporting and learning within the Trust. The post holder will act as the main contact for NHS England, the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) and manufacturers of medical devices. The post holder will, for medical devices management provide assurance that the Trust is compliant with current relevant statutory, mandatory, regulatory and best working practice requirements. The MDSO will be a member of the National Medical Devices Safety Network and will also be a member of the Trust Equipment Strategy Group. The post holder will be the key contact for all medical devices related queries for frontline staff and managers. This is primarily a specialist role working as an autonomous practitioner to ensure that the Trust delivers an environment that is safe and
secure by providing the Trust with specialized guidance, advice and support on medical device issues. To act as a key link for the Trust on medical device safety and management issues with external stakeholders working in collaboration with NHS England and the MHRA.

This role is an integral safety role which sits within University Hospitals Birmingham., but based in offices just 5 minutes walk away from 5-Ways Train station.

The Procurement Department undertakes the responsibility of providing the role of Medical Devices Safety Officer service to University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic Clinical Procurement team in delivering an efficient and effective safety role for alerts and communications from all agencies.

The role works closely within procurement, but also with Medical Engineering and Patients Safety/Governance team at UHB and also across the wider BSOL Trusts.

We welcome applicants with a clinical or medical engineering background., We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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