Clinical Technologist

The post holder will be responsible for all remedial repairs, Planned Preventative Maintenance and calibration of a wide range of medical devices. This will include patient monitors, infusion devices. In addition the acceptance into use and configuration of newly delivered medical devices and the evaluation of medical devices prior to purchase. On occasions this work will extend to non-medical electronic devices.
Maintenance and repair will take place in the main department workshops, hospitals, patients' homes and other healthcare environments as part of Whittington Health NHS Trust and all Service Level Agreements (SLA) with other Trusts. Patients may be present who are subject to therapy, nursing or surgical procedures in the vicinity when fault investigation has to be done as a matter of urgency.
The post holder will be expected to work without any immediate managerial or supervisory support.
Manufacture training will be provided where needs are highlighted and in consultation between head of medical physics and the medical physics senior technologist.

Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work., All Clinical Technologists must be able to:
+ Maintain medical devices in the Community and all SLAs with Whittington Health.
+ Work at sites within the Whittington Health NHS Trust, and other SLA sites.
+ Work in accordance with management systems and processes introduced by Medical Physics Management.
+ Adhere to all Trust and department policies and procedure.
+ They will be subject to periodic internal audits.
+ To provide technical skills and knowledge in analysing complex faults on a range of medical equipment.
+ To liaise with manufacturers/service agents on complex technical issues relating to the repairs of medical equipment, the provision of spare parts and specialist test equipment.
+ To appraise the most cost effective repair option.
+ Use a range of specialised precision calibration and test equipment.
+ Ensure that medical devices are decontaminated prior to working on them.
+ Undertake planned preventative maintenance and safe repair of expensive complex medical equipment.
+ Undertake commissioning/acceptance testing of new and loan medical equipment.
+ Draft Minutes of meetings, both internally and externally, to the department as required.
+ Calibrate and safety test all medical equipment prior to issue to clinical areas
+ Updating the details on the computerised equipment management system relating to any work that has been allocated to them. They will maintain accurate, legible and retrievable electronic/written records (job reports) relating to the work that they have undertaken.
+ Comply with the procedures/work instructions under the Quality Management System.
+ Remove/condemn medical equipment when it is unsafe or beyond economical repair.
+ Report Adverse Incident Reports in accordance with the MHRA's guidance.
+ Stand in and understand the Equipment Library procedures.
+ Order medical device spare parts using the Trust's ordering system, including receipting of devices.
+ Develop planned preventative maintenance schedules/work instructions for the medical equipment supported by the team.
+ Attend external off-site service / repair requests.
+ Undertake suppliers and other external training provider's courses to enable competency to be established in the support of a wide range of medical devices.
+ Undertake departmental training events and gain further experience by working on occasions, under the supervision of senior staff.
+ Participate in a scheme of continuing professional development that is recognised by and registered with an appropriate professional body.
+ Be subject to an annual appraisal.
+ Develop skills to use a wide range of test and measurement equipment, some of which are specific to the healthcare sector, to enable faults to be diagnosed and corrected on complex equipment, to module or component level.
+ Be able to support senior members with work involving the inspection and interaction with delicate, high value medical devices.
+ Be aware of the correct function and availability of devices have a direct effect on patient care.
+ Be responsible for establishing effective communication with the customer and suppliers; this will include advising the customer of any foreseen delay in the return of equipment to service. On occasions this will involve presenting technical information to senior nursing and clinical staff. It may require the use of e-mail and the telephone.
+ Ensure the accurate recording of maintenance undertaken on the equipment management database - will be responsible for updating the details on the computerised equipment management system relating to any work that has been allocated to them. They will maintain accurate, legible and retrievable electronic/written records (job reports) relating to the work that they have undertaken.
+ Be responsible for the planning and prioritisation of their own workload that has been allocated by the Medical Physics Team Leader.
+ Support/assist in equipment library activities and also assist and support as and when required by Medical Physics Team Leader.
+ Travel between Whittington Health NHS Trust sites, this includes the community, SLA and any other sites which we are or will be responsible for maintaining medical equipment.
+ Carry out activities out of his/her remit occasionally, this may be supervised or unsupervised in consultation with Medical Physics Team Leader and Head of Medical Physics.
+ Attend Departmental meetings in order to remain appraised of situations concerning the Department/Trust.
+ Carry out any other tasks requested relevant to their job role.
Clinical
+ To understand the clinical application for the medical equipment maintained.
+ Responsible for accurate repair, maintenance and calibration of support equipment, equipment providing patient medication and producing diagnostic information.
Management
+ To understand the clinical application for the medical equipment maintained.
+ To ensure patient safety, by making certain that all medical equipment is maintained according to manufacturer's guidelines.
+ To agree with clinical staff and clinical departments the scheduling of medical equipment maintenance.
+ To prioritise, plan and organise own work schedules adjusting for emergency work.
+ To propose and implement changes in policy or work procedures/instructions within own area.
+ To be responsible for ordering spares and consumables within budget guidelines.
+ To keep the medical equipment database up to date.
+ To contribute and manage objectives as set within the Quality Management System.
Advisory
+ To liaise with clinical staff on the safe use of medical equipment.
+ To provide advice to non-technical clinical staff on the safe use of medical equipment. To assist in deciding whether medical equipment should be removed from clinical use., + To undertake formal manufacturer technical training courses to maintain and develop competence to repair existing medical equipment and to deal with new types of complex medical equipment.
+ To undertake training of less experience or new staff.
This job description will be reviewed, annually, as part of the annual appraisal, to ensure that it reflects the responsibilities of the post. No changes will be made without full consultation with the post holder.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

The post is for a Clinical Technologist with experience in the servicing of medical equipment and associated skills in clinical measurement and procedures.
+ The holder will be able to work as part of a team providing day to day support to all clinical areas.
+ Working at other Whittington Health NHS Trust sites may be required on occasions.
+ A good knowledge of the function and calibration of medical instrumentation and associated quality assurance and safety procedures is necessary.