EBME Technician - Ipswich

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

generous pension scheme

unsocial hours payments

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Job summary

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic EBME technician to maintain and repair medical devices at Ipswich Hospital and local community settings. You will work within the Electro-Medical Engineering Department, performing maintenance, calibration and installations to ensure patient safety and service reliability.

Applicants should have an electronic background with relevant medical device certification or equivalent, be self-motivated, and demonstrate strong

Qualifications

• Electronic background with medical device technology certification or equivalent training.
• Ability to work on own initiative and communicate well.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventative maintenance on electromechanical devices.
• Repair electromechanical devices and perform installations and calibrations.
• Keep computerized service logs and report issues to supervisors.
• Work across the Electro-Medical Engineering Department to provide top quality service.

Skills

Electronics background

Education

Medical device technology certification

Job description

W're looking for a dynamic, motivated and flexible individual to be part of a professional team maintaining and repairing medical devices within East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust based at Ipswich Hospital and the local community.

You must possess an electronic background with medical device technology certification or equivalent training and experience. You will need to be able to work on your own initiative, have good interpersonal skills and a developed ability to communicate well.

This vacancy may close early if application numbers are high, so early application is advised.

You will be required to perform preventative maintenance, repair electromechanical devices, perform installations and calibrate equipment. In addition, you will to keep computerised service logs and report service issues to supervisors to ensure that equipment is maintained in accordance with compliance standards.

You will be required to work in the many areas of the Electro-Medical Engineering Department providing a top quality service to the wards and departments.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Benefits

• generous pension scheme
• unsocial hours payments (where applicable)
• 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)
• access to a range of NHS discounts.

Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Carlton Watson Job title: EBME Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07734 226079