Specialist Clinical Technologist

Job overview

Band 6 Specialist Clinical Technologist (Clinical Engineering)

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Engineering team for a Clinical Technologist in the care of medical equipment in the Critical Care areas of the Trust.

The post is based in Clinical Engineering, where there are over twenty technologists providing a maintenance and repair service for approximately 16000 medical devices across 6 sites – Royal Berkshire Hospital, Prince Charles Eye Unit (Windsor), Windsor Dialysis Unit, Bracknell Health Space, Townlands Hospital (Henley) and West Berks Community Hospital (Thatcham).

Main duties of the job

This post holder will have specialist responsibility for critical care equipment, and will also involve providing guidance and supervision, including elements of training, to other technologists to enable them to provide back-up support.

You will work closely with critical care clinicians and Clinical Scientists, to ensure that devices are maintained and repaired to appropriate standards. Travel to other sites will be required to ensure maintenance is carried out at each location.

The successful candidate will be experienced in maintaining and testing a range of devices from a variety of suppliers. It is essential that candidates have experience and evidence of training in the support of patient monitoring equipment.

Some additional training may be available, to ensure that all makes and models can be incorporated into the maintenance programme. A degree in engineering or science is a pre-requisite.

Registration as a Clinical Technologist is required (or you are eligible to apply for registration within 6 months of starting in post).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post involves the repair, service, and support of medical devices within the Trust, and the ability to liaise with Clinical Staff when required.

The Specialist Technologist will be responsible for ensuring that the equipment operates effectively and safely with minimum downtime.

The ability to deliver a comprehensive service for specialised high-risk critical devices and cover for an extensive range of medical devices in the Trust is essential.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.