Clinical Engineer

To assist in the management of a wide range of electronic, electrical, mechanical and pneumatic medical, laboratory and other equipment, used by the Trust, including involvement in the commissioning of new equipment and the implementation of day to day scheduled and unscheduled maintenance procedures., 1. Maintains medical equipment used within the Trust, across all sites, in compliance with Safety Regulations, Codes of Practice and agreed Policies of operation ensuring an efficient and effective medical equipment maintenance service to the Trust. This includes participating in the departmental out-of-hours on-call system.
2. Conducts operational maintenance in respect of specialist equipment to ensure an optimum degree of efficiency and maximum possible use of such equipment.
3. Contributes to the day to day maintenance of the department's equipment history records ensuring up to date and accurate records are held in a system facilitating easy information retrieval.
4. Provides sound and accurate advice on the specification of new equipment and maintains a record of schedules of equipment and any action taken on the specification, modification or the results of any Hazard or Safety Notices, ensuring that all relevant details are easily accessible.
5. Provide costing information for repairs and parts to assist in budget monitoring and stock control. Undertakes stock checks with respect to spares, tools and test equipment to ensure an appropriate level of stock is held within the Department in accordance with its needs.
6. Instruct and advise Clinical/Nursing staff, as required, regarding the correct, safe and proper use of equipment, ensuring such staff are aware of all relevant factors and are able therefore to make efficient use of the equipment.
7. Advise patients and carers, often in their own homes, as required, regarding the correct, safe and proper use of appropriate medical equipment, ensuring at all times that patients and carers are handled with the utmost of care and sensitivity whilst maintaining confidentiality.
8. Undertake discussions as required with Company Representatives and service personnel, regarding potential new equipment purchases and maintenance of existing equipment, facilitating a good working relationship between the Trust and appropriate outside companies.
9. Undertake any training which is identified as being necessary to update skills and knowledge in relation to effective performance of the post in a specialist area requiring complex and non-routine work and passing this knowledge on to colleagues by means of demonstrations and presentations. This area being decided by existing and future service development.
10. Retrieve on a timely basis, information as required by Clinicians and Senior Nursing Staff or other Professionals, ensuring that such requests can be dealt with efficiently.
11. Supervise and instruct apprentices as necessary and contribute to their progress assessment..
12. Complying with the Quality System in place within the Department, ensuring its maintenance and on-going certification.
13. Deputise for the Chief MTO as necessary.
Recruitment services for North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions are provided by the Recruitment Team, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert for a vacancy with North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions appears under the authority of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
This advert is placed by NTH Foundation Trust on behalf of North Tees and Hartlepool Solutions which is a Limited Liability Partnership operating services within NTH Foundation Trust. Please refer to the attached Terms and Conditions of Employment relating to this vacancy.
Please check your email address on a regular basis as applicants invited to attend an interview will be notified via this method.
As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to undertake pre-employment screening:
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (previously Criminal Records Bureau)
Where a post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it may be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Scheme to check for any previous criminal convictions. Should you require a copy of the Trust's Disclosure and Barring Service Policy, please contact a member of the Recruitment Team on .
Please note the essential qualifications required for the post outlined within the Person Specification. You are required to hold and provide evidence of the necessary qualifications for the post at interview should you be short listed.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references covering their last three years employment history. Applicants are requested to ensure e-mail addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references are not acceptable.
If the hours advertised for the post are up to full time (37.5 hours per week), applications are still welcomed from individuals who may be seeking to work less than full-time hours and all requests will be considered in line with the post being appointed to for the successful applicant.
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust operates a No Smoking Policy., As a supporter of the Armed Forces and an employer of Reservists, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust are proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, which is a promise by the nation to ensure that those who serve or who have served in the UK Armed Forces (and their families) are treated fairly.
We recognise that reservists and veterans bring a variety of transferable skills and qualities to our workplace, developed through their military careers. Our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community has been recognised through the Armed Forces Covenant as a Silver Employer.
What does this mean?
We proactively demonstrate our forces-friendly credentials within our recruitment and selection processes, by having a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for those indicated as part of the Armed Forces Community. We engage with our local and regional Career Transition Partnership representatives and are a member of Step Into Health. We employ veterans and reservists from differing branches of the Armed Forces and actively promote our positive policies for the Armed Forces Community, including our Special Leave policy. We advocate support for defence people issues, including facilitating easier access to Healthcare Services for our patients within the AF Community. We have supported employees through Reservist training, through additional leave for their training and ongoing support under our Special Leave policy.

post holder will be required to maintain and advise on any piece of medical, laboratory or electronic equipment used by the Trust. Current asset registers list approximately 4,500 items of equipment with a replacement value of £30m.
Departments furnished with these services include all Wards, Outpatients, Accident & Emergency, Endoscopy, Physiotherapy, Pathology Laboratory, Teaching Centre, Administration, all Clinics and Health Centre's and Patients in the Community who utilise Trust equipment, also the newly established Clinical Decisions Clinic (CDC) in Stockton

Working for our organisation
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions is an NHS owned company of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not the NHS.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health & well-being initiatives and opportunities for development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition, Managers Awards and Shining Stars
We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions is an NHS owned company of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions provides a range of Estates, Facilities, Supplies and Procurement services to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The company is a separate legal body to North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The successful applicant will be an employee of the subsidiary and not the NHS.
North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions offers its own Terms and Conditions of employment which differ from the national NHS Terms and Conditions. As an employee in the company you will benefit from:
+ A competitive salary
+ Excellent performance related bonus scheme
+ Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays (dependant on service and contracted hours)
+ Access to a pension scheme - National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) - North Tees & Hartlepool Solutions will pay a 3% contribution (this is above the minimum contribution rate at the present time)
+ Night shift working allowances (where appropriate)
+ Bank holiday working allowances (where appropriate)
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be paid for by North Tees and Hartlepool Solutions, however, should you fail to satisfactorily complete the probationary period, you will be charged for the DBS check as a deduction from your final salary.