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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Biomedical Engineer in the Medical Device Service at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust. You will join a team of engineers who specialise in the management of medical devices and equipment at Rochdale Infirmary and in the local communities. This is a Trust wide post which will require the post holder to occasionally work on other sites across the NCA. 

You will be working with a multi-professional Medical Devices Team who deliver engineering, governance and training services across a number of Care Organisations and community teams. This Team welcomes innovative approaches and aims to provide clear development pathways and
opportunities for staff at every level.

Applicants will be expected to have a minimum qualification of HNC in  electronics or a clinical engineering higher diploma with a proven track record of maintaining a range of medical equipment used in hospital, with a willingness to gain new skills in a very diverse range of clinical engineering specialities.

Candidates with a limited skill set may be considered for a lower banded post with a development plan to enable movement to the advertised grade. If appointed to the training post the successful candidate will start at AFC Band 4 and progress to AFC Band 5 upon successful completion of their Training Programme.

Main duties of the job

A brief overview of what your day to day duties will include are listed below:
• Carrying out routine maintenance on a wide range of medical equipment.
• Investigating and repairing medical equipment reported as faulty.
• Updating evidence of work done on an equipment database.
• Driving to community sites to collect, deliver, service and repair medical equipment.
• Assisting with the commissioning of new medical equipment. This includes testing and configuring of new medical equipment before it
is released for clinical use.
• Supporting users of medical equipment to make the best use of these assets. This will include providing specialist advice to users in
their clinical use and application.
• Assisting in the management of risk associated with medical devices; this will include involvement in training, investigations, testing and
repair of medical equipment and acting as the interface between users and other outside agencies / suppliers.
• Working in a team supporting each other in order to achieve the common goal of providing a high-quality service that is agile and flexible and best serves the need of our service users.
• Supporting senior engineers to carry out investigations on medical equipment and devices which are reported as being subject to an
adverse incident or when supplier recall notifications require action.
• Working with external suppliers of medical equipment.
• Working within the organisations policies and local procedures.
• Regularly updating your Knowledge / Skills.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working 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 believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk