Senior Clinical Engineering Technician Reference: HR22E374
Company:
St Vincent’s University Hospital,
Location:
Dublin 4.
Closing date:
25 Aug 2022
Job Title: Senior Clinical Engineering Technician
Reports to: Principal Clinical Engineering Technician
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Operational responsibilities
- Ability to diagnose mechanical, electrical, electronic, IT problems/issues associated with medical devices using their knowledge, qualifications, training and/or experience in order to ensure maximum uptime of medical device equipment.
- Contribute as required to the development of the department’s policies and services.
- Provide maintenance services for electro medical equipment in respect of its functional, electronic, optical, electrical and mechanical aspects to a standard of safety, accuracy and reliability consistent with its function and with professional standards.
- Assist with the co-ordination and implementation of the preventative schedule maintenance and safety programmes.
- Advise on the selection, specification, acceptance testing, commissioning and safety of new equipment and services.
- Participate in the implementation and on-going use of the SVHG Maintenance Management and Asset Register System (ECRI-AIMS) ensuring all equipment is maintained to relevant standards and appropriate records are available at all times.
- Advise where required, on new technical installations/projects.
- Support the nursing, medical, allied health care professionals and technical staff in the implementation of patient care involving technology.
- Develop as required specialist fields of interest within the fields of Clinical Engineering.
- Participate as required in education, training, the transition year programme and research programmes.
- The holder of the post will be encouraged to obtain Professional Engineering Registration Status.
- Provide user/staff training as necessary as part of CPD.
- Partake in appropriate and relevant CPD.
- Technical participation in SVHG and HSE/HBS tender programmes and procurement evaluation groups (PEG’s). Contribute as required to the National Equipment Replacement programme.
- Actively participate in SVHG accreditation programmes, JCI and HIQA.
- Partake in national professional societies e.g. BEAI, Engineers Ireland.
- Proactively contribute to the development of the Clinical Engineering profession within SVHG.
Informal Enquiries or Role Specific Enquiries: Derek Farrell DFARRELL@svhg.ie / Vineesh Nair vineeshnair@svhg.ie
Please see below link for the job ad in the official SVUH page.
A full job description is also attached below.
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