The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Ultrasound Engineer
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Role Overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated engineer to join the ultrasound engineering team at The Christie. We conduct service and repairs of ultrasound equipment both at The Christie and at other sites across North West England which are covered by SLA agreements and service contracts.
Responsibilities
- Travel to multiple hospitals acting as an autonomous ultrasound engineer, conducting planned preventative maintenance, repairs and inspection testing of ultrasound systems.
- Investigate complex faults, give advice to clinical staff and liaise with the manufacturers to resolve issues effectively.
- Work with both the clinical scientists and engineering team to deliver ultrasound support within the region.
- Work with the ultrasound coordinator when planning routine service jobs.
- To conduct site audits when required to ensure contact details and system details are up to date.
- Identify technical training needs and highlight to lead engineer.
- Support the lead engineer and lead clinical scientist to deliver SLA contracts with NHS trusts across the region to ensure ultrasound equipment is maintained in accordance with best practice.
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Requirements
- Support the training of junior staff within Christie Medical Physics and Engineering (CMPE).
- Experience working with complex medical equipment including service and repairs.
- Opportunities to attend manufacturer’s technical training courses and gain a wider range of knowledge of medical ultrasound equipment and repair.
- Ideally be registered with a professional body which has an ongoing CPD scheme.
- Have a degree in an appropriate electronics or electrical discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Be able to demonstrate advanced practical knowledge of medical ultrasound.
- Ability to work both as part of a team and independently within a quality management system whilst managing their own workload.
About The Christie
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
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We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jonathan Ashworth
- Job title: Lead engineer
- Email address: jonathan.ashworth2@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07944 252475
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