University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Clinical Engineering Team Leader
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Team Lead for Theatres and Anaesthetic Medical Device Maintenance Team within Clinical Engineering
About the Role
The Clinical Engineering department, within the Healthcare Science and Technology service line at Derriford hospital is responsible for the reporting, management and maintenance of 46,000 individual, active medical devices within our database.
This post is to lead a team of Technicians, Engineers and Senior Engineers supporting the team to fulfil their duties and maintain patient safety through well maintained and available medical devices.
Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.
Responsibilities
- Manages a team of technicians/engineers providing expertise in one or more technologies, work processes and clinical disciplines.
- Manages and leads in the selection and recruitment of new staff.
- Performs Individual Performance Reviews on members of their team or delegates this task as appropriate.
- Manages and leads on disciplinary and performance issues in relation to members of their team.
- Authorises leave ensuring minimum staffing levels and operation effectiveness are maintained during core hours.
- Manages and monitors sickness and absence of members of their team.
- Plans work of members of their team, as required.
- Proactively manages prioritisation and allocation of incoming work to ensure that staff resources are effectively employed, and customer needs are fulfilled. And ensures completion in compliance with the Quality System.
- Responsible for agreeing staffing cover in the event of sickness, annual leave or absence from the department, deputising for other Team Leaders and occasionally for Clinical Engineering Management.
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About the Trust
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.
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Application Process
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment manager for this post who will put you in touch with the recruitment team. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Stephen Bond
- Job title: Head of Operations, Principal Engineer
- Email address: stephenbond@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01752 431333
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