Trainee Clinical Engineer/Clinical Engineer

at  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

A vacancy exists for an enthusiastic person to work in a group providing maintenance and repair to over 50,000 medical devices to stringent quality standards. This post requires the successful candidate to have a methodical approach with attention to detail which is vital to ensure the safe maintenance, calibration and repair of medical devices.
The candidate should be able to demonstrate a practical aptitude with good hand eye coordination to enable fine adjustments to delicate medical equipment to be carried out and be able to work as a member of a multidiscipline team.
Working within an ISO 9001 Quality system, providing a highly specialised rapid response service to direct patient connected medical equipment.
This work includes repairing faults, first, second, third and fourth line maintenance and installation to an ever increasing range of highly complex, specialised and sophisticated electronic, electro-medical, laser, ultrasound, scientific, analytical, electro-hydraulic, electro-pneumatic, mechanical and medical gas systems.
This service is provided to this Trust and throughout the Sheffield area and also extends outside the area to patients homes.
Clinical Engineering are in the Directorate of Medical Imaging, Medical Physics (MIMP). we have three workshops across the city, these are in the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Northern General Hospital and the Sheffield Children’s Hospital. Our engineers could be based in any workshop and will be expected to work across the city on occasions but will have a base.
Clinical Engineering have over 60 staff, including administrators, porters engineers and managers. Our core hours are Monday to Friday 08.30-16.30 but we do have a flexible working agreement that engineers can join after an induction period.
There is a free shuttle bus between the two main sites for staff. Technical training courses will be provided where necessary.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
A trainee Clinical Engineer on AfC band 4 may be considered if they meet the training specification.
Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant/s will start at Band 4 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 5.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria

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