Overview

The Medical Device Service support users of medical equipment across all of our hospital sites within the Northern Care Alliance.

You will have a key role in supporting the department's responsibility for the maintenance, repair and sub-contractor management of medical equipment. This will include first line support to users of medical equipment to optimise system uptime and maximise the use of medical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provide first line support to users of medical equipment to improve uptime and equipment availability.
• Support maintenance, repair and sub-contractor management of medical devices.
• Contribute to the implementation and delivery of long-term operational plans for cost-effective and efficient management and deployment of safe medical devices across the care organisations.
• Assist in achieving and maintaining compliance levels for medical device repair and maintenance, including downtime, and ensure systems enable clinical teams to have insights into progress with maintenance and repairs of their devices.

Qualifications

• Ideally, a minimum of HNC in Mechanical or Operations, or Mechatronics engineering, with relevant experience since qualifying in the field of Medical Equipment.
• Knowledge in the application and repair of a wide range of medical equipment used in hospital and community settings; some specific training will be provided.
• Consideration may be given to applicants with reduced knowledge and skills who follow a personnel development program on a reduced grade.
• Please note that, for this post, you will be required to have obtained a full UK Driving Licence.

About the Organisation and Benefits

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We value care, appreciation and inspiration and are looking for people who demonstrate these core values to join our team.

In return, we offer a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA provides more challenge and opportunities for your career. Benefits include a competitive package, a generous annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities to support work-life balance.

Contact for further details / informal visits

Name: Steven Lyons
Job title: Medical Devices Team Manager
Email: steven.lyons@nca.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0161 206 4070

Jason Clough - Senior Technical Engineer

Email: jason.clough@nca.nhs.uk
Tel: 0161 206 4070