Medical Equipment Trainer/MERC Supervisor

Job overview

An exciting permanent opportunity has become available within the Medical Equipment Training and Equipment Library team at King’s College Hospital.

This would suit someone with a background in a supervisory role, or in medical equipment training, in medical equipment library, and in medical equipment workshop service.

There will be opportunities to supervise a team, provide training, provide training and library support and lead equipment deployment training delivery and projects related to medical equipment management.

Main duties of the job

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching hospitals with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 11,500 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation NHS Trust is currently delivering an ambitious financial efficiency programme with the aim to achieve long-term financial sustainability.

The post holder will work as part of a dedicated MEMS team to provide and develop services across the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) and Orpington or Denmark Hill (DH) sites.

The Medical Equipment Management Service (MEMS) of the department provides a range of services to the Trust. These services include the care of medical electronic and associated devices, training of staff (Medical Equipment Training) to use medical devices and a loan service for medical devices (Equipment Library).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Medical Equipment Trainer / MERC Supervisor will take responsibility for the management of the three functions located within the Centre; medical equipment training, equipment library and MEMS reception. Specific duties will include:

• Acting as lead medical equipment trainer.
• Developing and leading medical equipment training (MET) within the Trust.
• Developing and leading the equipment library (MEL) service.
• Negotiating for resources to enhance and expand the equipment library (MEL).
• Develop processes and procedures for MET, MEL, and the MEMS reception.
• Manage staff and the day to day of the Medical Equipment Resource Centre (MET/MEL/Reception).