Clinical Technologist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Technologist to join the Clinical Engineering Department at University Hospitals of Leicester. The role involves repair, calibration, and maintenance to a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic medical equipment across Leicester University Hospitals. The post holder will carry out scheduled preventative maintenance, servicing, repair, calibration and safety testing and acceptance testing on a wide range of simple and complex medical equipment and devices, with minimal day to day direction by the line manager.

The post holder is required to work to high standards of safety and accountability, maintain accurate and detailed technical records and operate within an accredited Quality System. The candidate will be required to be flexible and work across the 3 main hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital). There may also be occasions when the candidate will be asked to support other sites that the clinical engineering department are contracted to support across Leicestershire., Clinical Engineering is primarily concerned with providing repair, calibration, and maintenance to a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic medical equipment across Leicester University Hospitals.

It is the responsibility of Clinical Engineering to ensure equipment operates effectively and safely with a minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer software and medical gas systems. The post holder will carry out scheduled preventative maintenance, servicing, repair, calibration and safety testing and acceptance testing on a wide range of simple and complex medical equipment and devices, with minimal day to day direction by the line manager.

The post holder is required to work to high standards of safety and accountability, maintain accurate and detailed technical records and operate within an accredited Quality System., The post holder shall: Be a specialist engineer for a range of medical equipment. Effectively manage the work they are assigned, including the management of more junior staff assigned to the same/similar task, ensuring service objectives and targets are met.

Work under own initiative, manage, and prioritise own workload and workload of others and exercise a broad degree of responsibility. Play a role in organising, prioritising, and undertaking unsupervised maintenance and repairs to equipment in critical care/surgical areas whilst patients are present. In consultation with the Section Lead, and Senior Clinical Technologists devise/develop and maintain planned maintenance schedules on all high/medium risk medical equipment.

Undertake preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, and repair to a wide range of patient-critical medical equipment. Communicate effectively with clinical users to schedule servicing or gain a clear understanding of the nature of problems with equipment. They shall assess the seriousness and implications of any reported problems and respond appropriately to the urgency of the user request.

Undertake fault-finding. Apply suitable fault-finding techniques to diagnose problems, which may be due to user error, equipment failure or environmental issues (e.g., Temperature, RF interference). Undertake repairs on complex mechanisms and systems to component level Carry out modifications to highly complex multi-module medical equipment as specified by equipment manufacturers, and any remedial work recommended by the MHRA hazard notices or manufacturer FSNs.

Arrange the return of repaired equipment to the clinical user, taking into account urgency and departmental targets. Write and update written procedures for the performance and functional verification of medical devices. Assist in ensuring all relevant documentation such as work instructions are complete and up to date. Take a leadership role in ensuring that stocks of any components and spare parts used, do