safety manager Nottingham, England
Job description
Band 7
Job overview
CLINICAL ENGINEERING SAFETY LEAD
NUH, formed by the merger of Queens Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital in 2006, is a major NHS Trust providing acute and specialist healthcare services to the region. Its Clinical Engineering Department, part of the wider Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering service, is one of the largest in the country, offering a diverse range of medical device related services both to the Trust and external customers. It has collaborative links within the medical device industry, with academia and with other healthcare providers. The department is actively involved in clinical research, medical device development, technology transfer and specialist consultancy – as well as providing the comprehensive medical technology management, training and safety management services fundamental to the delivery of healthcare by the Trust.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Engineering are seeking to recruit a CLINICAL ENGINEERING SAFETY LEAD to act as a source of expertise in the safety of medical device technologies and applications – an exciting opportunity to perform a critical role in supporting and furthering best practices for the safe and optimal use of medical devices for the benefit and safety of patients and healthcare staff. A key aspect of the role will be the performance of detailed investigations into untoward incidents involving medical devices to determine causal and contributory factors, support learning and identify recommendations to prevent reoccurrence. The post-holder will also play a key role in the management of medical device safety alerts including their assessment, dissemination and support for the execution of necessary actions arising. The role additionally involves responsibility for management of occupational health and safety in the Clinical Engineering department’s facilities and operations in the delivery of its medical device services.
Working for our organisation
The post-holder will have a technical background, suitably qualified and with extensive experience of the use, maintenance and management of medical devices for healthcare delivery. They should have an open and enquiring mind, an analytical and structured approach to problem solving, good communication and reporting skills, and a demonstrable enthusiasm and commitment to the safe and optimal use of medical devices in healthcare.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying. .
Person specification
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Essential criteria
- Degree qualification in relevant subject .(or HNC/HND equivalent with apprenticeship)
- Professional training in relevant work environment
Desirable criteria
- Professional registration (eg: Incorporated Engineer; Registered Clinical Technologist, etc.).
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Essential criteria
- Extensive professional experience of hospital clinical engineering services, with a broad knowledge & experience of medical technology and its applications.
- specialist knowledge and practical experience in medical engineering workshop services at senior level
Desirable criteria
- Experience of competency management in practice; experience of mentoring the professional development of technical staff.
- Sound knowledge, and experience of its application, in the field of quality management systems and relevant standards
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Essential criteria
- Self motivated
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
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Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
