Clinical Engineering Technician

The Biomedical Engineering Department currently has fifteen engineers and one administrative support staff. The engineers provide technical and clinical support for the diverse and complex medical devices equipment in the different clinical areas of the hospital, such as theatres, maternity services, intensive care units, dialysis, cardiology, endoscopy and laboratories, to list just some of the specialist areas. Some of the medical device equipment is maintained in-house by the engineers, some is on service contracts with the medical devices equipment suppliers, and some others are supported by a combination of in-house engineers and company engineers plus clinical specialists.

Purpose of the post

The Clinical Engineering Technician, Staff Grade will work as part of the team providing Clinical Engineering and Technical support to all hospital medical devices including diagnostic, analytical, therapeutic, surgical, renal dialysis and life support systems in Cork University Hospital Group as directed by the reporting relationship.

Having due regard to service needs s/he will also liaise with other staff and grades within and outside the service/line manager as necessitated in the identification, acquisition, and support of safe, effective, and economical technology as part of a healthcare professional team, in the provision, delivery, and advancement of patient care.

Informal Enquiries:

Cornelius O’Sullivan, Chief Clinical Engineering Technician
Phone: 021-4922849 or 087-9812585
Email:  cornelius.osullivan@hse.ie

See below for more information and application form.