SVUH Senior Clinical Engineering Technician
Company: St. Vincent's University Hospital
Location: Elm Park, Dublin 4
Date: 13 May 2021
Description: Applications are invited for the permanent position of Senior Clinical Engineering Technician in the Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering Department of St. Vincent’s University Hospital.
Accountability and Working Relationships:
Job Title: Senior Clinical Engineering Technician
Responsible to: Chief Clinical Engineering Technician
Reports to: Principal Clinical Engineering Technician
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Apply their ability to diagnose mechanical, electrical, electronic, IT problems/issues associated with medical devices to ensure maximum uptime of medical device equipment.
2. Contribute to the development of the department’s policies and services.
3. Provide maintenance services for electro-medical equipment to a standard of safety, accuracy, and reliability.
4. Assist with the co-ordination and implementation of preventative maintenance and safety programmes.
5. Advise on the selection, specification, acceptance testing, commissioning, and safety of new equipment and services.
6. Participate in the implementation and ongoing use of the SVHG Maintenance Management and Asset Register System (ECRI-AIMS).
7. Advise on new technical installations/projects as required.
8. Support nursing, medical, and technical staff in the implementation of patient care involving technology.
9. Develop specialist fields of interest within Clinical Engineering.
10. Participate in education, training, the transition year programme, and research programmes.
11. Encouraged to obtain Professional Engineering Registration Status.
12. Provide user/staff training as necessary as part of CPD.
13. Participate in relevant CPD.
14. Technical participation in SVHG and HSE/HBS tender programmes and procurement evaluation groups (PEG’s).
15. Contribute to the National Equipment Replacement programme.
16. Actively participate in SVHG accreditation programmes, JCI, and HIQA.
17. Partake in national professional societies (e.g., BEAI, Engineers Ireland).
18. Contribute to the development of the Clinical Engineering profession within SVHG.
Informal enquiries or Role Specific Enquiries to: Mr Declan Murray, Chief Clinical Engineer, Email: dmurray@svuh.ie
A panel may be formed to fill permanent and or temporary vacancies within the next 6 months.
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