EME Engineer - B6

at  Healthcare Partners Ltd

JOB SUMMARY

To be responsible for the servicing and maintenance of a range of Medical equipment throughout RSCH and with external clients that HPL are contacted to support.
Provide input to the development and maintenance of a long-term strategy and road map for Medical Devices, including replacement of older legacy devices with current and future technologies
The role calls for someone from an Electronics / Instrumentation Engineering background, and as such the post holder will require knowledge across the range of technologies and services that fall under the responsibility of this post.
The role will frequently require the post holder to engage with infrastructure and business projects and the adoption of new technologies in line with business requirements.
Established in 2018, Healthcare Partners Ltd (HPL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.
We offer a consultative, collaborative approach — based on a genuine desire to make healthcare provision outstanding, and respecting the opinions and skills of our fellow clinical professionals to produce exceptional outcomes.
We are a substantial company in our own right, with an annual turnover of around £50m and over 80 staff. We partner with other healthcare providers throughout the UK in both the public and private sectors, reinvesting our profits and savings back into the NHS.
At Healthcare Partners Ltd, the patient is at the heart of all we do. We’re proud to be part of the NHS, helping to make healthcare better.

JOB PURPOSE

• Maintain Medical Devices & Systems to the highest levels of performance, quality and integrity aligned to HPL requirements
• Participate in Planned Maintenance Programme (PPM) across the EME portfolio, delivering the programme of PPM services.
• Responsibility for delivery of EME service provision.
• Bring a broad technical understanding and specialism supporting the wider EME team

KEY RESULT AREAS/MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• proactive monitoring to ensure maximum uptime, reporting any downtime in a timely manner to the EME Manager
• Engagement with third-party vendors, including participation in service reviews, billing review, and escalation of issues where appropriate
• Provide and receive complex information from third-parties in the ongoing maintenance of a range of Medical Devices and disseminate to other team members
• Act as technical lead for the delivery of a range of Medical Device technologies
• Work with other teams to improve service delivery to the end user through a collaborative and structured approach to problem resolution
• The post holder will be expected to plan and carry out their own daily tasks and work load as well as allocation of work load to other staff members
• To be Involved in the ongoing development and documentation of processes and procedures in line with the trusts’ corporate policy, objectives and goals
• Identify and escalate perceived risks to EME Manager where appropriate, managing and alleviating risk and where possible resolving the risk
• To communicate specialist information with colleagues pertaining to your speciality
• From time to time you may be expected to lift heavy equipment, (training will be provided)
• The post holder will need to concentrate on accurate testing and input information to equipment during any calibration procedures
• The post holder is subject to HPL working conditions within the RSCH facility, which may include soiled and dirty equipment
• Security role – controlling both local resource and access rights
• Documentation of processes for use across EME departments by both technical and non- technical personnel
• To keep records of all work carried out on any piece of equipment that has been repaired or serviced by yourself
• The post holder must carry out equipment testing on any piece of equipment which has been repaired or which has entered the trust either on a loan or purchased bases
• The post holder will participate in and provide service training to other staff members on the speciality equipment that you are responsible for
• The post holder must ensure that all policies are implemented and also to recommend any changes in the work area
• Due to the nature of work fine tools are often used therefore the post holder will be expected to utilise fine tools including microscope use.
• Provide guidance and technical training to junior members of the EME team.