In response to Kerry can I offer the following. 1] The short answer is yes. 2] This is reflected in the following factors 1-communication 2-knowledge, training & experiance 3-Analytical & judemental skills 8-responsibility for financial & physical resources 9-responsibility for human resources.
Howver having said that it is my experiance that true NHS employed Radiology engineers who I agree do a vital and essential job are not that common, for example in my time in the NHS some 20 years I have only met 4 or 5 top wack. So I think it is fair to say that there are not that many. In producing these profiles we have had to consider the "clinical engineering" (I use those words carefully but they are the best discriptor I could think of) staff as a whole. I accept that there may be clinical engineering roles which do not fit easily into any of the proposed profiles and the only solution for these I can see at the moment will be a full job evaluation exercise.
