Medical Engineer - LHCH site

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United States; Remote; USD 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a role focused on repair, calibration, maintenance and commissioning of a wide range of medical equipment. You will support users, liaise with stakeholders and ensure a safe, patient-centred service across hospital facilities.

Responsibilities include requisitioning spares, maintaining records, and working across critical care areas as needed. A strong safeguarding awareness and ability to work both in teams and independently are

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification / relevant experience.
• Aptitude for maintaining complex medical equipment and problem solving.
• Ability to communicate well with tact and diplomacy.
• Team player with ability to work on own initiative.
• Clear written records and documentation; good organisational skills.
• Computer literacy and effective interpersonal skills.
• Experience with safeguarding policies (NHS context).

Responsibilities

• Repair, calibration, maintenance, commissioning and disposal of medical equipment.
• Liaise with users and provide advice and support on equipment.
• Requisition spares and materials; accept deliveries.
• Work across departments and hospital sites as required.
• Promote safe, patient-centred service and uphold safeguarding standards.

Skills

Degree/qualification

Aptitude for maintaining complex med.e

Communication skills

Teamwork

Record keeping

Computer literacy

Organisational skills

Empathy

Safeguarding awareness

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Main duties include the repair, calibration, planned maintenance, commissioning and disposal of a wide range of medical equipment. Working with stakeholders to deliver a responsive, safe and effective patient-centred service. Liaising with and providing advice and support to users of medical equipment . Requisitioning spares and materials, accepting deliveries of materials and equipment., To display a high personal standard in respect of self-discipline and attitude to work, in view of both the nature of equipment on which he or she may be working and the requirement to liaise with other healthcare professionals, clients and external organisations. To commission, repair, maintain, overhaul and recalibrate a wide range of medical equipment: - including life support, ventilatory and anaesthetic equipment used within the medical field, most of which will be routine. To regularly work on equipment in areas including Critical and Coronary Care, theatres, paediatric and neo-natal ward areas as well as being able to work across the whole range of specialties and disciplines. Some of this equipment may be patient connected. To work on medical equipment that may require precision engineering techniques, expertise and fine control of fine tools and small components., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Our statement on modern slavery We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain. The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust's supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• Degree, or an equivalent qualification/relevant experience, Able to display an aptitude towards maintaining complex medical equipment, and to problem solve.
• Ability to communicate well. Ability to use tact and diplomacy
• Able to work as part of a team. Able to work on own initiative.
• Able to produce clear written records and documentation. Able to work in all areas within the Hospitals.
• Able to display computer literacy. Have effective organisational skills. Have effective personal and interpersonal skills.
• Have effective empathy skills NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHL Group) was formed on 1 November 2024, born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our communities

We are one of the largest employers in region, with over 18,900 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services that extend to more than two million people in the North West. We operate from five hospital sites: Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to several elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provide specialist services in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology and respiratory medicine, both in the hospital and out in the community. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single en-suite bedrooms and mainly focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.