Chief Medical Engineer / Quality Manager

We are looking for someone who wants to further their medical engineering career in a management role, developing the day to day management of medical engineering workshops and engineers alongside the responsibilities of maintaining our ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.
You will have substantial experience of working in a large acute hospital medical engineering department supporting and maintaining medical equipment across many disciplines. Ideally you will have had some team leading experience and possess the drive to constantly improve the service we provide.
Joining a well-respected and leading NW trust, this high profile role demands blended skills in management and healthcare technology and the ability to develop staff and the service itself in new and existing pathways. The trusts 31,000 items of medical equipment are diverse and you will be responsible for the safe management of this wide range of complex medical equipment; working alongside other managers in a close knit team, ensuring safe operation, minimum downtime and maximum patient safety., You will be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the Medical Engineering workshop and Medical Device Library based at Royal Preston Hospital but will also have some Trust wide responsibilities including working as the department's quality manager. They will oversee and organise the day-to-day activities of the workshop as specified by the Medical Engineering Manager, ensuring that the work of engineers attains the high level of quality and safety.
A major part of the role will be managing the departments ISO 9001 accreditation ensuring all internal and external audits are managed. The post holder will ensure the departments KPI,S are achieved and maintained along with attending meetings and providing regular reports. This is a technical and managerial post and good communication skills are required.
You will liaise closely with all users of medical equipment within the Trust, with manufacturers and service vendors to assist in ensuring that the Trust receives the highest standard of service at the lowest cost. They will provide specialist expertise to clinical and management staff on the purchase and use of medical devices; participate on Trust working groups and represent the department in various meetings to provide specialist medical device knowledge gained through technical training and long practical experience.
You will have budgetary responsibility and deputise as required.

Working for our organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of., You will plan, develop and organise medical device training for technical staff. They will provide technical guidance to departmental engineers on core medical devices and will oversee difficult or complex faultfinding carried out by all staff. The post holder will also carry out hands-on equipment maintenance particularly where faults are difficult or complex and require additional expertise. The post holder will use these as training opportunities for departmental engineers and take them through the analytical stages of the repair. As a busy department and trust, many repairs have to be attended to urgently and some aspects of this work can be hazardous and stressful but all work must attain a high level of quality and safety.
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An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join a team of Medical Engineers in providing equipment management and technical support throughout the Trust and to other healthcare providers in the North West.