EME Medical Device Digital Technology Manager

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

As a member of the EME/Clinical Engineering Team, the post holder will be responsible to attend all medical device related IT connectable issues and further provide front and back end support for medical device digital issues. They will be the primary contact to assist in the trust digital medical device development , the first line team response and support all digital connectivity issues up to the EPR solution. In support of this the need to work closely with the IT department will create culture of development and drive the EME digital strategy forward.
The role acts as an essential link between the main Eme/Clinical Engineering section on all sites and the continual growing hospital growth with the ability to guide and support first line and draw on expertise as needed from the onsite EME teams.
The post holder will be based across the 3 sites to ensure the supportive team are working as per desired guidelines and meeting the needs of the users through planning have the ability to plan with work demands.
Through experience of working with medical devices should understand the responsibilities and factors involved in the safe management and support end users / customers with their planning , queries and overall be the responsible person as the face of EME services overall in the Medical Device Connectable Solutions.
With the need for compliance of medical device information to CQC outcome 15, 12 ‘Safe’ and Medical Device Management Standards 2021 and DSPT /Integration support is critical. The department of EME and IT now needs critical alignment to ensure medical equipment software , hardware have both the ability for interfacing, analysis and complex workstreams to be developed and aligned. The role is a lead role to give the understanding of how this can be developed, supported and further aligned underpinning FHFT Core digital and medical device values.
With need being unique the aim of the role is to have an entrepreneurial team leader with clear high quality leadership to setup a group of Engineers that will ensure all DSPT guidance is adhered to with accurate information , assets are managed and all data is kept and update and monitored. Further develop a Medical Device IT connected team is a major step in the department strategic directions so that all medical devices that could be connected with supporting plans of software updates enveloping requested solutions.
The post holder will be a vital pivotal position that is both new and innovative aligning DSPT standards with a register complaint to DSPT Guidance 2023/24 9.3.8 and 9.3.9.
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.

To act as the essential link for development and purchasing processes ensuring compliance on all aspect of medical device connectivity.

• To work with the IT review and management levels in an analysis of needs and future options,
• To support data control and interfacing between the Medical device and it Epr/Epic Systems,
• To work with Eme and It to ensure that all medical devices are both up to date , accurate and have all software levels validated.
• To harmonise Eme and IT asset information cross site for unified data alignment.
• To be able to work as part of a complex team and manage a team of staff using defined cost judgment,
• To ensure that on top of the software and medical device inventory all key aspects of Dimms and axons are captured for total traceability,
• To understand and be responsible for a quality management system implementing the cross-site quality standards compliance under Iso 13485:2016.
• To act as the point of contact for in house quality management and inventory asset management.
• To ensuring that the actions and requirements supporting safe and effective patient care.
• To be an easily identifiable and highly visible presence in the organisation as a total information and asset management medical device expert.
• To act as the principal resource/link for clinical and managerial staff for IT connectable asset management and to provide specialist advice on the safe use of medical devices and clinical management issues contributing to a high quality, evidence-based service.
• To be an easily identifiable and highly visible presence in the organisation in relation to Eme / Clinical Engineering as a medical IT department all round Expert.
• To act as the principal resource/link between IT and Eme for high quality, evidence-based ‘information related to medical devices.
• On call rota to support cross site IT Medical device Issues.
• To analyse complex scenarios and documents ensuring compliance with asset information supporting whole life asset management.
• Support the management of medical devices 2021 ‘auditing and compliance’ in accordance with IT Legal Standards and DSPT legal standards.
• To support government objective of implementing, RFID (Asset Tracking), UDI’s (unique identification Information) GS1 (Global Standards One) and GLN (Global Location Number) and implement to FHFT cross site.
• To act as the Trusts representative on external working groups for the above including of UDI’s (unique identification Information) GS1 (Global Standards One) and GLN (Global Location Number).
• To be able to review and support solutions for medical device IT complex information and validated entries, the entire process of compliance for what is and is not in date and the required actions for safety mitigation.
• To represent FHFT at critical user groups related to Internal/External Quality

This job description should be read in conjunction with the supervisory JD Addendum, available at: https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/media/2753/jd-addendum-supervisory.pd