Senior Clinical Technologist

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Band 6 Clinical Technologist to join the Neonatal Transfer Service in London. The role requires managing, maintaining, and ensuring the performance of complex medical equipment used in critical neonatal care. Ideal candidates will have a relevant engineering degree, significant technical experience, and the ability to work in a fast-paced clinical environment. Responsibilities include planned maintenance, calibration, and supporting a specialized team caring for sick neonates. This role also presents an opportunity for professional development within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years significant technical experience in managing complex medical equipment.
• Experience working in a clinical environment, prioritizing patient safety.
• Familiarity with Quality Management Systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and maintain specialist clinical equipment in NTS and NICU.
• Perform planned maintenance, repair, calibration, and safety testing.
• Ensure accurate records on medical equipment management database.

Skills

Advanced electronic engineering skills

Intermediate mechanical engineering skills

Good organisational skills

Good communication skills

Ability to use MS Windows and Office

Education

oBEng / BSc in Engineering or Physical Science

Member of the Voluntary Register of Clinical Technologists

Tools

Test & measuring equipment

Computerised equipment management database system

Job description

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity; we have a vacancy on the Neonatal Transfer Service London for Senior Band 6 Clinical Technologist with a minimum of 3 years significant technical experience in the management, maintenance and performance checking of complex specialist medical equipment, to apply for the position on London's only dedicated neonatal transfer service.

Come and join our Clinical Engineering team to learn and develop your skills, within a specialist service caring for a range of sick neonates who require transfer across the London area and beyond. This career path will allow you to develop your portfolio, experience working within a small team setting, stabilising and transferring some of the sickest babies across London and the wider counties.

If successful you would be welcomed into a friendly team consisting of 3 Clinical Technologists; 3 Neonatal Consultants, specialist registrars/clinical fellows, Matron; PDN and experienced transport nurses. These team members are complemented by technicians from St John Ambulance Service.

You will commence with an induction programme supported with Manufacturer training on a variety of medical devices.

Please note: When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS.

Main duties of the job

To be part of a Neonatal Engineering Team, providing support and maintaining specialist clinical equipment at Neonatal Transfer Service (NTS) and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust.

To provide specialist clinical technical support through carrying out planned preventative maintenance, repair, calibration, safety and acceptance testing on a wide range of specialist medical equipment in NTS and NICU. To ensure all equipment is monitored, safe and functional for clinical use.

To maintain the information on the medical equipment management database for the site,

ensuring that records are accurate and up to date, to provide accurate management

information and to support service planning and delivery.

To ensure a good communication is kept within the department and the stakeholders, crucial for the unique challenges that NTS and NICU are facing.

To ensure that all audits, PPM's, database and the like are regularly maintained and updated. To ensure risks are identified and escalated and that good governance is practised at all times. To implement the departmental ISO9001 QMS.To deputise for the Lead Clinical Technologists, as required, maintaining standards of service delivery. To maintain and develop own technical skills and competence by identifying and agreeing clear training needs and objectives through the Trust's appraisal system.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oBEng / BSc in Engineering or Physical Science or an equivalent combination of qualifications and experience.
• oEvidence of regular participation in relevant technical training courses and seminars
• Member of the Voluntary Register of Clinical Technologists

Experience

• oSignificant technical experience in the management, maintenance and performance checking of complex specialist medical equipment.
• oExperience of working in a clinical environment, needing to minimise down time, whilst taking account of patient safety, dignity and infection prevention.
• oExperience of working within a Quality Management System
• Knowledge and experience of providing technical support to Paediatric or Neonatal Intensive Care Areas.

Skills

• oAdvanced electronic engineering skills including the use of test & measuring equipment, handling and assembly of components and boards, fault finding and diagnosis, use of technical manuals and circuit diagrams.
• oIntermediate mechanical engineering skills including use of test and measuring equipment, assembly and bonding of components, use of technical manuals and drawings.
• oAbility to recognise a wide range of hazards (radiation, high voltages, large mechanical loads, chemical and biological contamination), to risk assess and maintain safe working practices and environments.
• oAbility to use MS Windows and Office (Excel, Word, Outlook etc.); to manage files and set up documents and spreadsheets.
• oAbility to use a computerised equipment management database system.
• oGood organisational, prioritisation and time management skills - to manage own workload.
• oGood written and verbal communication skills.
• oGood customer relations and interpersonal skills. Able to negotiate with patients, nursing, clinical, scientific, and management staff on issues relating to management of specific medical equipment.
• oAble to provide advice, instruction and
• otraining to patients and small groups of clinical and technical staff on areas relating to areas of own responsibility of work
• oFlexibility and ability to adapt to continuously improving systems of working
• oAbility to supervise and support junior staff and trainees.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.