It doesn't look good if someone who "runs a clinical engineering service" thinks that an EBME engineer "mends the odd monitor" now and again - and then takes that misconception to the job profiling panel !
The view amongst our senior Divisional Managers is that they couldn't run their service without the EBME Department. They openly express the view that our technical input into the daily clinical routine is invaluable.
I wonder if they hold the same opinion in other Trusts about some Clinical Engineering Services - or even if they really know who they are or what they do ?
But then that's the advantage of working at the sharp end - mending patient monitors.
