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Band 6 Clinical Engineer

NHS Professionals Limited
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3 weeks ago
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Job Title: Band 6 Clinical Engineer 84931

Ward:Clinical Engineering

Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours hours per week Mon-Fri9am-5pm

Are you an experienced Clinical Engineer with the skills tohit the ground running? Then this is a fantastic opportunity for someone withadvanced expertise in the maintenance, repair, and safety testing of high-riskmedical devices.

Based exclusively at Royal Berkshire Hospital, youll workwith minimal supervision and must be confident operating independently acrosscritical clinical environments including Maternity, Theatres, EmergencyDepartment, and Critical Care.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide emergency repair and support service for critical devices as part of a 24 hour on call service.
  • Take responsibility and manage medical equipment in specific areas that will involve specialist knowledge acquired through relevant manufacturers courses that may involve examinations.
  • To be able to work alone, unsupervised and without manufacturers support when in an emergency call out situation.
  • To assess nursing and other staff in the safe and effective use of relevant equipment.
  • Work to high standards of safety, accountability and work unsupervised in Clinical Areas.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.

Person SpecificationQualifications

  • Degree in Clinical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field.
  • Registered Clinical Technologist (RCT) or working towards registration.

Experience

  • Minimum 3 years' experience in a hospital-based Clinical Engineering or EBME department.

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.


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