Medical Electronics Technician (XR04)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking an experienced Electronic Technician to maintain and repair a variety of medical equipment. The role will involve working across multiple hospital sites and requires a minimum HNC qualification in Electronics. Candidates should have strong problem-solving skills and be able to convey technical information effectively. This position offers a rewarding opportunity in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Benefits

Subsidised gymnasium

Lease car schemes

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in electronic equipment maintenance.
• Knowledge of engineering procedures and practices.
• Ability to interpret complex facts and fault-find on complex equipment.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintenance of electronic medical devices.
• Lifecycle management of medical devices.
• Training and mentoring junior staff.
• Diagnosis of faults in clinical equipment.

Skills

Manual dexterity

Time management

Ability to convey technical information

Flexibility in workload

Education

HNC, City and Guilds Part 3 or equivalent in Electronics

Job description

Wehave a vacancy for an enthusiastic and motivated Electronic Technician toplay a key supporting role in the care and maintenance of a broad range ofmedical equipment. The job will bebased at St Jamess Hospital and will involve work across all the Hospitalsites. This is an opportunity for skilled electronics technicians to discovera challenging and rewarding career maintaining the vast range of equipmentused in the treatment and diagnosis of patients here in one of the UKslargest teaching hospitals and at outlying Medical Centres. Work will be within the healthcare team andcomplement the work of the existing technical staff.

Theminimum qualification for appointment is HNC, City and Guilds Part 3 orequivalent in Electronics and will have demonstrable experience in electronicequipment maintenance.

Priorknowledge/experience in the repair and servicing of medical equipment may bean advantage; however, candidates without this specific knowledge will alsobe considered.

PleaseNote: Due to recent changes in immigration rules, this post is not open tovisa sponsorship.

Expected ShortlistingDate

03/11/2025

Planned InterviewDate

02/12/2025

Main duties of the job

ClinicalEngineering is split into four service teams, this post is based in thesupport team and the main duties include: -

Repairand Maintenance of sophisticate electronic / electromechanical medicaldevices in a range of clinical environments across our hospital sites andcommunity sites within the region.

Lifecyclemanagement of medical devices - acceptance, support and decommissioning.

Trustmedical device compliance management.

Hazardand Field Safety management of medical devices.

Travelsto other hospitals, health centres and patients homes if necessary for theexecution of work

Training/mentoringof junior staff and some elements of user training.

Workingwith clinical users to diagnose faults with devices in hospital and clinicalsettings.

About us

ClinicalEngineering is part of the Medical Physics department at Leeds TeachingHospital's NHS Trust. The clinical engineering section is concerned with theapplication of engineering knowledge and medical technologies to support andadvance patient care and splits into 3 main sections. Clinicalservices/rehabilitation engineering, medical devices risk & governanceand medical equipment management.

ClinicalEngineering has input to a wide variety of clinical specialisms in terms ofmedical device support and work with tens of thousands of assets from basicsmonitors through to life support ventilators and anaesthetic machines.

OurTrust is one of the largest and busiest acute hospital trusts in the UKoperating across five main sites with a common ethos to how we work andbehave, 'The Leeds Way'. The Trust has programmes and benefits to support itsemployees from a subsidised gymnasium to lease car schemes.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

1. JOB DETAILS

Job Title: Medical Engineering Technician, ClinicalEngineering

Reports to: Team Leader

Band: Band 4

Department: Medical Physics & Engineering

AfC Job No: 1373b

2. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

TheMedical Physics & Engineering is responsible for the management of anextensive range of highly specialist medical equipment and related servicesthroughout the Trust, community and private healthcare. These services are delivered by teams oftechnical officers and the incumbent is a member of one of these teams,responsible to its Team Leader. The technician will be expected to workclosely and effectively with other technical and the clinical staff in theclinical areas for which the team is responsible, to ensure delivery of ahigh quality service. The post may be based at either St Jamess or the LGI.The medical equipment may include patient monitoring and life supportequipment, surgical systems, anaesthesia systems, hospital beds, hoists,infusion devices, ultrasound, x-ray, renal, radiotherapy and medicallaboratory equipment.

Thepost holder works typically in a team, jointly responsible for the repair andmaintenance of approximately 8,000 items of medical devices. All work is supervised in the areas ofservicing, repair, calibration, storage and handling of expensive / complexmedical equipment (values range between £1000 to £100,000 each).

3. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OFRESPONSIBILITY

Carries out supervised service,repair, safety checking, and calibration of diagnostic and therapeuticequipment for use in patient care

Uses fault finding skills andjudgement to diagnose faults in complex equipment for clinical use.

Regularly carries out acceptancetesting on new medical equipment.

Provides basic support forspecialist items such as intensive care and operating theatre equipment.

Work is guided by departmentalprocedures, quality manual documents and national recommendations. Comments on changes to operational policiesthat may impact on own area.

Travels to other hospitals, healthcentres and patients homes if necessary for the execution of work.

Responsible for maintaining theequipment inventory database by recording own work and own measurements onmedical equipment.

Attends breakdown calls andundertakes preventative maintenance / calibration tasks as directed to meetclinical need, accessibility.

Evaluates new equipment as part ofequipment purchasing strategy.

Carries out authorisedmodifications to medical equipment.

Supports the construction ofclinical devices as appropriate and under the direction of the Head ofClinical Engineering or designated deputy.

4.THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see thisas a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by ourstaff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Accountable

Empowered

Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally,the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Aware of the requirement fortimeliness, safety, reliability and quality in all work carried out andensures that high standard is maintained.

Operates and adheres to theDepartmental Quality Management system.

The Trust has a statutory duty toinvolve patients and public in evaluating and planning services. All staff have a responsibility to listento the views of patients and to contribute to service improvements based onpatient feedback.

The jobholder should respectpatient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient informationunless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.

5. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTETRUSTS (WYAAT)

LeedsTeaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association ofAcute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from acrossWest Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possiblecare for our patients.

Bybringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across WestYorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and drivingforward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHSTrust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

WYAATis the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and CarePartnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. ThePartnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health andwellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports thatambition.

6. INFECTION CONTROL

Thejobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHSTrust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising UniversalInfection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before andafter contact with patients and their environment.

7. HEALTH AND SAFETY / RISK MANAGEMENT

Allstaff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain andimprove the quality of services provided to our patients and other serviceusers. This includes complying at alltimes with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Healthand Safety policies, in particular by following agreed security and saferworking procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust IncidentReporting system

8. EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

Thejobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensureequality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet theindividual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patientor visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender,ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.

9. TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTCONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Thejobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager forhis/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous ProfessionalDevelopment remains a priority. Thejobholder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role.

10. COMMUNICATION & WORKINGRELATIONSHIPS

Communicates with team members andother Clinical Engineering colleagues.

Develop effective workingrelationships with clinical staff in the areas for which the team isresponsible.

Discusses complex equipment faultsand technical issues with equipment manufacturers and suppliers, conveystechnical information to non-technical staff e.g. nurse.

Provides routine advice, basic usertraining and instruction on equipment both within the Trust and withincommunity and private care areas.

11. SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS

i) PHYSICAL EFFORT:

Daily requirement for manualdexterity, accurate hand-eye co-ordination and use of precision tools /instruments in the repair delicate medical equipment.

Move equipment weighing up to 15Kg,typically two or more times a week.

Move equipment weighing 2 to 5 Kgseveral times a day.

Occasional requirement to moveheavy equipment from wall mountings for service / repair.

ii) MENTAL EFFORT:

Daily need to concentrate on finedetail during fault finding typically for periods of between 1 and 2 hours.

Travels to other hospitals, healthcentres and patients homes if necessary for the execution of work

iii)EMOTIONAL EFFORT:

Working on patient connectedequipment in areas such as accident and emergency and at ICU bedside oftenwith distressed relatives present (typically 2-3 times per month).

iv)WORKING CONDITIONS:

Daily exposure to noise, solvents,dust, bodily excretions and blood.

Daily work on powered electronicsystems, often live and in awkward positions.

Work on high-pressure gassystems/hydraulic system.

Person Specification

Skills & behaviours

• Able to manage own time, working to objectives set monthly by the team leader.
• Ability to work flexibly.
• Ability to cope with large and unpredictable workload.
• Ability to convey complex technical information to non-technical staff
• Manual dexterity, accurate hand-eye co-ordination and use of precision tools / instruments in the repair delicate medical equipment.

Qualifications

• HNC/Diploma level technical knowledge, however entry qualifications maybe at apprenticeship level.

Experience

• Knowledge of engineering, procedures and practice, underpinned by equipment training and significant experience in the field.
• Proven ability to interpret complex facts, analyse and fault find on complex equipment.
• Sound knowledge of computer database / I.T. skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.