Medical Equipment Specialist

The Medical Equipment Specialist role is pivotal in providing an effective logistical support function to enable clinical staff and managers to concentrate fully on the delivery and management of clinical care.
The Medical Equipment Specialists manage the maintenance, servicing and ongoing supply of equipment in the Trust., + To provide and support an effective logistical function that will enable Operational staff, to fully concentrate on the delivery and management of all aspects of clinical care.
+ Ensure that Trust medical equipment is prepared for operational use
+ Manage inventory, to include the maintenance, servicing, calibration, testing, repair and replacement, supply, resupply and distribution of equipment
+ Liaise with Operational Managers to coordinate and retrieve faulty/surplus equipment.
+ Liaise with Operational Managers to arrange or carry out repairs/replacement of faulty equipment as required.
+ Liaise and deal with contractors and suppliers. To include repairs and servicing as required., + Maintain stores associated recording systems, ensuring effective and accurate
stock control, record keeping and re-ordering processes are in place
+ To develop and maintain a data base of medical equipment within the Trust
+ Liaise with Operational Managers, and or Make Ready staff to maintain stock levels of medical equipment
+ To ensure all medical test equipment is kept secure and calibrated
Ready for use.
+ To raise concerns over issues that have the potential to affect
service delivery
+ Clean and safely pack equipment for return or re-supply within the guidelines of the Control Infection Policy.
+ To understand required working practices, that are necessary in order to maintain competency to be able to perform the required work on Trust equipment this will include attending training course managed by external contractors
+ Provide 1st line medical equipment support, and reactive support to clinicians
+ Carry out 2nd line servicing ,to include fault analysis, repair and testing on medical equipment not externally contracted which may involve disassembly and re-assembly of equipment down to internal components including printed Circuit Boards
+ Ensure that any accidents, near misses or hazards are reported
using the DATIX system and health and safety documentation
+ Contact waste contractors to discuss and arrange collection and disposal of items beyond economical repair in accordance with WEEE regulations, and complete relevant documentation
+ To maintain sufficient spare parts and stock levels to ensure a service delivery
+ Arrange and influence the provision of key reserve equipment to ensure that critical service delivery is maintained in accordance with operational requirements
+ Ensure that equipment for maintaining resilience kept at strategic locations is maintained
+ Maintain financial awareness justifying areas of spend as required
+ To fully understand the Shared Business Service (SBS) procurement system for the purchase of medical equipment and ancillary items in accordance with SFIs.
+ To liaise with Shared Business Service Staff (SBS) for issues relating to system/order issues
+ To liaise with suppliers for quotes prior to placing orders/deliveries to arrange credit notes and equipment returns.
Please note that the salary range noted on the vacancy is in line with agenda for change (AFC) pay scales. All successful applicants would be placed automatically at the bottom of the banding, unless proven, relevant NHS or equivalent experience can be demonstrated.
Following the revision of current national legislation (Vaccine as a Condition of Deployment), the Trust has reviewed our requirements relating to staff uptake of the SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination.
Going forward, for patient facing positions, we strongly recommend that new starters will be appropriately vaccinated unless medically exempt in order to offer greater protection against exposure to the virus for front line staff.
In line with this recommendation, if you are successful in your application for a front line post, we will seek information from you in relation to your vaccine status, including exemption status, as applicable.
Please note, all positions come with a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check relevant to the post. This will either be a basic, standard, or enhanced check depending on the role. The level of check will be outlined in the conditional offer letter sent to successful applicants.
As part of the application process, you will be asked to declare any unspent/unfiltered convictions. If you are shortlisted you will then be sent a self declaration form, which must be completed prior to attending interview. for any queries relating to declarations, please contact the Recruitment Advisor listed on the vacancy.
The Trust is passionately committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement networks, facilities and services to support staff from different backgrounds.
We actively support equality of opportunity for all our staff and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, any disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief. The Trust is making progress towards its aim of becoming more reflective of the diversity of our community in our workforce and guarantees an interview to candidates with disability who meet the essential criteria specified. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and disabled applicants and those from other under-represented groups.
The Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people - including those with long term health conditions, learning disabilities and hidden disabilities such as dyslexia. If you tell us that you have a disability we can make reasonable adjustments to ensure that any selection processes - including the interview - are fair and equitable.
We are a committed to offering opportunities to individuals with disabilities and offer on-going support, should you be successful, with any adjustments you may need when performing your role.
When completing the application please use your name as it appears on your passport and please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
Please note that under our Trust policies, we're unable to employ anyone under the age of 18 years old.
The majority of our roles will include some travel between sites for business purposes. If the vacancy you're applying for includes work related travel, you will be required to ensure that you hold and have covered the cost of suitable car insurance to support this.
Should you require an application form in an alternative format including large print or braille, please contact [email protected] stating the vacancy reference number and we will be happy to provide this.
When completing the reference section, please include details to cover the last three years' history.
Due to the high volume of applications at SECAmb, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interview. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion.
Please note that we contact all applicants via Trac Jobs and would advise you check your Trac Jobs account regularly.
Please be aware that the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received. For this reason we recommend completing your application as early as possible.
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South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has a vision to 'support our staff to provide a caring, high quality and efficient urgent and emergency care service to our communities'. We are rated 'Good' for care by the Care Quality Commission and while the other areas under their most recent report require improvement, our aim is to continually improve and to reach outstanding across all areas of the Trust.
Our 4,000+ workforce provide services to 4.9m people across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. We handle over 1 million calls to 999 and 1 million calls to NHS 111 every year. More information regarding our services and locations can be found on our website.

Working for your organisation
+ A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing after 5 years' service.
+ Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
+ Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
+ Access to occupational health and counselling services.
+ Award winning wellbeing hub
+ Back up buddy App
+ Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals
+ Option to join NHS Pension scheme