Medical Engineering Technician MTO3+3 £17831 to £23463(negotiable)

We require a Medical Engineering Technician who must have at least five years experience gained specifically in medical equipment maintenance, fault-finding down to component level. You will also have gained formal electronics qualifications to at least HNC/ONC level or equivalent.

The post is within our ISO9000 accredited Medical Engineering facility based at Macclesfield District General Hospital, providing a medical and specialised equipment maintenance service to East Cheshire NHS Trust and other healthcare organisations.

You will be UK resident, self-motivated, have good interpersonal skills and prepared to work as a member of a team of five Medical Technical Officers. The duties are complex in nature, demanding high levels of responsibility and independent judgement.

For your professional development, you will be expected to attend manufacturer's product training courses and any other training event, as and when the need arises.

You must have a current driving licence, as some of the work will be away from the main Macclesfield site, for which you will receive a travelling allowance if using your own vehicle.

We work a 37 hour week, Monday to Friday, with the opportunity for some overtime (currently around 12 hours per month).

For informal enquiries, please telephone Rob Chaddock, Head of Medical Engineering, on 01625 661931 during office hours. For an application form and job description, please telephone the Personnel Department on 01625 661439 quoting job reference PT036. Applications close 21 September 2001.

Rob

What's the price of a 3/4 bedroom house up there?

Don't bother, Mark.
NOBODY wants to live in Macclesfield !
It rains more than in Stockport and the snow drifts have to be experienced to be believed.
It's a good department, though - and a fairly new hospital.

Come on Roy: you're only envious that we have relatively clean air to breathe around here rather than that Carbon Monoxide infested muck you have in the great metropolis of Stockport!

Macclesfield, gateway to the Peak District..........marvellous!

Does Trevor McB. work in your neck of the woods?
If so please say "Hi".

Yes, Trevor still works here & I'll pass on your regards Huw.

So how much is a 3 bed semi??

I smell a wind-up here.....

Tell him about Prestbury, Rob. That's a nice place to live, and the houses are SO cheap.

Yeah Prestbury: nice place if you're a football player & can afford to live there! (I can't) I believe there are quite a number of cheapo slum dwellings for sale around the Stockport area Roy?

I imagine though that anyone with property to sell in the South East & wishing to move up north would make a tidy profit if they were to buy another house somewhere in or around the Macclesfield area.

So, would I be mad to consider moving away from Somerset...is there anywhere better?

May I suggest you try www.upmystreet.com & do your own research of the area & it's many commutable towns

Jokes aside - over the years - I've made many good friends from 'oop north and they all say the same thing! Southerners b*&%^ off!

No sorry jokes aside.... I've heard nothing but good about mac or is it macc or mack - either way - you get my drift. North - Good...!

Thanks for that ringing endorsement of things "oop norf" Huw!

Anyroadup: have you heard there is a vacancy for an MTO3 in the Medical Engineering Department at Macclesfield District General Hospital........

I'm thinking of taking it all back!
You Northerners (well - you and Roy) seem to be the only ones intent on breaking my lovely forum.

How did you manage to break the page format?

Field width is locked!!
Northern hackers....

Ooops, sorry! Maybe it's something to do with the very long hyperlink address included in my last post? Edit it out if you like John.

Anyroadup, your website should be robust enough to cope with this sort of thing.

I'll get my coat then.......

Is that ok now?

John? John?? - I don't let John anywhere near my ftp progs.
Confused?????



I'm very sensitive y'know......



heh heh heh

What jolly japes we seem to having this morning!

There's a much better vacancy at Stockport. Just look at my posting for a Senior Anaesthetics Technician. You could even live in Macc (with the clean air) and comute to work ! Only 30 minutes down the road through beautiful Cheshire countryside.

But Roy: your vacancy is still paying less than mine & it's in smelly old Stockport as well

I can see a fight breaking out here....
Perhaps we should start using moderators?

Aren't Macclesfield & Stockport in the same county?

I dunno about that.. geography aint my strong point !!

But I will tell you this for nowt.. Stepping Hill Hospital is a nightmare to get too, what ever time of the day you go..! Busy that A6 ya know.!!

Macclesfield is a nice place Guys and the Hospital looked good when I visited in May
EBME seemed OK staffed by the usual Reprobates !!!

Reprobate, what's one of they when that home then?

Is it a fancy word that basically means highly skilled, multitalented, flexible and adaptable?

Tony what ya doin in Middlesborough..??

Last time I saw you was at North Manchester mate...!!

He's been here in Essex as well.
Perhaps we should start a 'Where's Tony been?' thread...

Wotcha Tony.

Hello Tony

You still in Ruwais?

It's amazing this thread. Just look at the number of replies that my original post has prompted & compare that with other similar postings in the Vacancies section. And I thought that this section was just to advertise jobs

Huw?

Hi Rob - I did get your email and I think it's a good idea, but John is on holidays and we have a policy of not doing anything without consulting each other.

I take your point about advertising jobs only - but I don't see the problem with the occasional OT (off topic) banter.

Perhaps if users feel 'closer' to each other it will promote communication further - I certainly see that on Usenet.

I will be chatting with John about this on his return.

Hello Huw

OT banter is OK by me too, but I suppose it depends on the topic & the amount really. Definition of "occasional" required please!

So how much is a 3 bed semi ?

Hmmm got me there.
I know this thread has gone way OT - but I suppose what I meant was occasional OT in a number of threads (as opposed to just one).