EAST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST

Role Description (Technician - Medical Devices Engineering)

Job Title Technician - Medical Devices

Engineering

Accountability Clinical Engineering Manager

Technician Team Leader

Review Date

Job Purpose:

To provide a comprehensive commissioning & technical support service for a range of

clinical equipment.

Use of £100,000 worth of tools and test equipment and appropriate use of spare parts.

Main responsibilities:

1. To provide a comprehensive maintenance and repair service for clinical

equipment, appropriate to the post-holder’s skills and knowledge.

2. To perform urgent and unscheduled repairs which will interrupt daily working
schedules.

3. To ensure that Trust safety policies and working procedures are adhered to
when carrying out work on clinical equipment and to recommend changes that
will enhance the service.

4. To regularly review maintenance arrangements and his/her own working

practices and ensure that the Technician Team Leader is made aware of any
need, or opportunity, for change that might improve patient safety or the
technical service provided by the Department.

5. To accurately record all work carried out, materials used, and any other details
required by the Clinical Engineering Manager or Technician Team Leader in
support of the Trust’s equipment management system.

6. To be conversant with the Department’s equipment management system and to

input data / update files using the keyboard, as required.

7. To carry out workshop and Health & Safety duties as determined by the
Technician Team Leader.

8. To plan own workload within the framework of the daily requirements.

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9. The post holder will be required on a daily basis, after appropriate manual
handling training, to lift, move and transport clinical equipment within the trust
and to other sites where the department has a maintenance commitment. This
includes loading/unloading vehicles and travelling between sites.

10. The post holder will be required to carry out on-call duties as determined by the
Clinical Engineering Manager or Technician Team Leader. Out-of-hours
working, without prior notice, is at times required to attend breakdowns on
essential equipment that is supported by the Department. A flexible approach to
working hours is essential as some shift work or overnight stays may be
required when access to equipment conflicts with operational workloads or due
dates for maintenance.

11. The post holder will be required to work at other sites within the Trust and at
other healthcare centres where the Department has equipment maintenance
commitments.

12. The post holder will be required to attend service training courses, seminars and
lectures that are relevant to the maintenance, repair and safety of clinical
equipment. Attendance may, on occasions, require the post holder to be away
from home for several days.

13. The post holder may at times be exposed to dust, fumes, compressed gas and
occasionally body fluids on/in equipment. There is also an unavoidable
exposure to electrical hazards.

14. As a member of an Emergency Service the post holder will participate in

Business Continuity and Civil Contingency planning.

15. The post holder will have knowledge of and work within the Data Protection Act,
Caldecott Regulations and Trust policies and procedures for confidentiality and
information management.

16. Promote the vision; values; image and goals of the organisation.

17. Adhere to the dress code of the Trust while on duty and or in service dress or
using a service vehicle.

18. Adhere to all Trust Policies and Procedures

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ORGANISATIONAL CHART

Assistant Director –
Operational support
services

MDE Team Leader

Technician Technician

The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the
policies, procedures and practices of the Trust, which may be amended from time to time.

Patient Safety is a key priority for the Trust. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are
fully compliant with EMAS policies and procedures in respect of patient safety, for example
Risk Management, Infection Prevention and Control, Safeguarding children and vulnerable
adults.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities,
but to give an indication of the main areas of activity and involvement.

Communications and Working Relationships:

Internal

Liaise with equipment users and other staff on issues relating to the maintenance and
operational safety of equipment.

Maintain a close working relationship with other Medical Devices Engineering

staff to achieve a broad base of engineering knowledge and expertise.

External

Liase with equipment suppliers on issues relating to equipment maintenance and safety.

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Job Description Agreement:

Job Holder’s Signature: Date:

Line Manager’s Signature: Date:

Job Title:

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 Person Specification
Technician - Medical Devices Engineering

Essential Desirable

Qualifications Generic and specific Registered as a Clinical

manufacturer training covering a Technologist.
Professional range of clinical equipment.
Physiological measurement
Development BTEC or equivalent in training
electrical/electronic engineering.
Electrical safety training.

Driving licence to include C1

(less than 6 points).

Knowledge of Trust and

departmental safety policies and
working practices.

Identify areas where policies

could be improved.

Experience Familiar with Trusts clinical Experience working on clinical

equipment management equipment.
systems to input and obtain data.

Knowledge and Skills Communicate, quickly and Good telephone manner.

accurately, complex information
to, and interpret received
information from other
professional groups.
Liaise with external suppliers
and agencies.
Sensitive to patient needs
regarding equipment.
Builds trust and confidence.
Analysis and interpretation of
engineering test results.
Fault diagnosis on computer
based equipment.
Root cause analysis of
equipment problems.
Customer care skills.
Examination of new equipment
for design, user and
maintenance problems.
Knowledge of departmental
stock system.
Knowledge of other computer
software (e.g. Word, Excel
and equipment specific
packages).
May be required to work
unsocial hours or stay in
overnight accommodation to
meet the operational
requirement’s of the job

Balance patient care with safety

and technical factors.

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Understand functionality of a
range of clinical equipment in
order to advise clinical staff.

Assist patients/clients/visitors
during incidental contacts

Understand financial issues

connected with repair and
maintenance of clinical
equipment.

Assess when equipment is

beyond economic repair.

Appropriate use of spare parts.

Care of tools and test

equipment.

Testing of new equipment prior

to purchase

Lift, move and transport clinical

equipment, tools and test
equipment.

Working in awkward or confined

spaces.

Use of ladders/trolleys.

Handle large and heavy

equipment with appropriate
training and aids.

Load vehicles.

Directly switch from current job

to perform urgent and
unscheduled repairs.

Good concentration, not easily

distracted.

Deal with queries from

angry/frustrated staff

Manage unavoidable and other

hazards associated with clinical
equipment eg. electrical,
radiation, lasers.

Identify and deal with

contaminated equipment.

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 Manage COSHH hazards within
department and clinical areas.

Working in a dusty and dirty

environment.

Use of fine tools.

Using mechanical lifting aids.

Keyboard skills.

Personal Attributes Work unsupervised. Able to drive for up to three

hours then undertake normal
Highly developed and accurate maintenance and repair duties.
sensory skills and manual
dexterity.

Colour vision.

Work and off site without direct

supervision.

Team player.

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