410-CG494E Job Title Medical Engineer - Anaesthetics
Area of Work Anaesthetics Employer Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital NHS Trust Department Medical Engineering Location Liverpool Salary £17,316 - £20,818 Working pattern 37.5 hours per week Job Type Permanent Staff Group Additional Professional Scientific & Technical Pay Scheme Agenda for change Pay Band 4 Closing Date 26/08/2008
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital provides medical and surgical adult Cardiothoracic services to the people of Merseyside, North Wales, Isle of Man, parts of Lancashire and Cheshire. This catchment area has a population of 2.8 million people.
The Trust has recently celebrated national and regional success in major national surveys. The hospital was praised as ‘excellent’ by its patients, rated ‘very highly’ for its cleanliness and rated as one of the two best performing hospitals in the country in terms of providing overall care to patients. This is the 2nd consecutive year that the Trust has achieved this top rating. (Healthcare Commission 2008)
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Post: Medical Engineer – Anaesthesia
Grade: Band 4
Salary: £17,316 - £20,818 p.a.
Working as a medical engineer you will be part of a highly skilled team that provides a comprehensive service for the management of medical equipment in all its aspects including service, repair, planned maintenance and clinical / technical support.
This exciting opportunity will give you the means to gain experience working on a wide range of highly specialist equipment in what is one of the largest heart and chest hospitals in the UK, working from a purpose built modern facility across clinical departments within both the trust and its customer’s premises.
You should be an experienced engineer with a minimum 2 years quantifiable experience of working unsupervised on electrical / electronic / mechanical equipment. Have HNC/ONC qualifications in a suitable engineering subject with the desire to continue your development up to and including degree level by a variety of methods including in house training, manufacturers courses and higher education in order to achieve registration as a clinical technologist.
For an informal visit/chat about this post please contact Karl Mundy (Manager Medical Engineering – Anaesthetics) on 0151 600 1569.
Applications must be submitted on-line via
http://www.lhch.nhs.uk/jobsor via
www.jobs.nhs.uk Please quote reference number: CG492E
Closing Date: 26th August 2008
