Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Engineering
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-CO03142
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole Hospital
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Devices Governance Manager
Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Clinical Engineering team at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Trust. We are looking for a passionate, committed and experienced candidate for the key post of Medical Devices Governance Manager.
The Clinical Engineering Department is part of University Hospitals Dorset, working across both Poole and the Royal Bournemouth Hospitals, and is responsible for the management of a diverse range of medical equipment for two General Hospitals and many Healthcare facilities across Dorset.
You will have a degree in a relevant clinical, scientific or engineering subject, or equivalent qualification, and comparable experience as well as significant relevant experience in the management of medical devices. You will ideally have experience in the supervision and management of small teams and have a supervisory management qualification.
You will have experience in operation and function of patient-critical equipment and techniques in healthcare, in interpreting different situations and judging measures required to ensure appropriate use of technology. You will be well versed in undertaking risk assessments on medical devices and medical device incident investigations. You are customer focussed, proficient with IT systems and you have good written/verbal communications.
Base Location: Poole Hospital, but cross site working will be required
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
As Medical Devices Safety Officer for the Trust you will have a key role to play in ensuring medical devices throughout the Trust are safe and properly used.
In addition to medical device incident investigation and reporting and following up on alerts and field safety notices you will be responsible for the development of user training and for the management and development of the equipment library functions on the two main sites.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description attached.
- To develop and lead the multi-professional Medical Equipment User Support team.
- Be responsible for ensuring safe, appropriate and effective use of medical devices for the benefit and safety of patients, achieving best value for money.
- Act as the Trust medical devices safety officer (MDSO) ensuring the Trust responds effectively to manufacturer and MHRA device safety notices.
- Lead on the investigation of serious device related incidents or significant near misses to determine root causes, and implementing the necessary changes in procedure, training, or culture to reduce the likelihood of reoccurrence.
- Advise on the requirements of the medical devices regulations for novel medical devices.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc/BEng in a relevant clinical, scientific or engineering subject or equivalent.
- Registration with the Register of Clinical Technologists or HCPC, or eligibility to register within one year.
- Post graduate degree (MSc) or post graduate clinical or scientific experience.
Desirable criteria
- Post Graduate Quality or Management Qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in operation and function of patient-critical equipment and techniques in healthcare.
- Experience in interpreting different situations and judging measures required to ensure appropriate use of technology.
- Experience in electro medical engineering workshop practices and techniques, including preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, repair, calibration, quality control, safety, acceptance testing and procurement.
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments on medical devices and have ability to find novel solutions to minimise risk where appropriate.
- Experience of medical device incident investigations.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering training programmes to clinical equipment users.
- Experience of the operational management of medical equipment libraries.
- Experience in the use and operation of a quality management system such as ISO 9001
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist in-depth knowledge of medical device systems through post qualification training and experience.
- Broad knowledge of medical device operation and management.
- High level of understanding of the impact of all aspects of equipment use and provision on clinical service delivery
- A sound knowledge of medical terminology and associated understanding of patient/staff risks arising from medical equipment issues.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Knowledge of relevant legislations, National Standards and MHRA guidelines.
Desirable criteria
- A good understanding of COSHH, ISO9000, Health and Safety.
- Use of equipment and incident/risk management databases.
- Knowledge of employment procedures and practices.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good planning and prioritisation skills.
- Good analytical, problem solving and interpretive skills.
- Excellent IT skills with ability to manipulate and extract information from databases, create reports etc.
- Effective communication, negotiation and persuasive skills.
- Excellent customer care skills.
- Physical accuracy with good dexterity and manipulation of fine precision tools which demands accuracy and consistency.
- Ability to discern factual information from sources that might include conjecture, speculation and opinion.
- Ability to quickly understand a complex clinical environment or procedure to assist incident investigation
Desirable criteria
- Financial and accounting experience to reconcile invoices and evaluate contracts.
- Experience of audit techniques and action planning.
- Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries (e.g. incident analysis).
- Able to deliver teaching and training on complex equipment to other professional groups (e.g. train staff in medical device use).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- John Pickett
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Engineering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 2244
- Additional information
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