Senior Clinical Engineer - UPMC Aut Even Hospital, Kilkenny

Key Duties and Responsibilities: Provide maintenance services for electro-medical equipment under the remit of the Clinical Engineering Department 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. Both follow and develop Clinical Engineering Department maintenance procedures to ensure that equipment performs to manufacturer’s specification. Respond to equipment faults and breakdowns as they occur, and apply their ability to diagnose mechanical, electrical, electronic, IT problems/issues associated with medical devices using their knowledge, qualifications, training and/or experience, ensuring that equipment is safe and functioning according to manufacturer’s recommendations, and ensuring maximum uptime of medical device equipment. Assist with the co-ordination and implementation of the preventative maintenance schedule and safety programmes. Assist with equipment acceptance testing and commissioning in line with department standards. Participate in the implementation and on-going use of the designated Computerised Equipment Management System to maintain an up-to-date equipment inventory and records of equipment-related interactions and interventions. Auditing medical equipment in various UPMC facilities and reporting recommendations regarding life expectancy or replacement. Tracking the status of equipment repairs, communicating progress and return to service dates with relevant stakeholders. Assist when required, on new technical installations/projects. Support of medical, nursing, paramedical and health and social care professionals (HSCPs) in the application of medical device technology. To patient care. Ensure that any medical devices considered for procurement conform to EU medical device regulation and are CE marked for the intended use and comply with all relevant UPMC policies. Liaise with clinical staff to schedule preventative maintenance. Act on notices received from HPRA regarding medical devices in accordance with UPMC policies. Attend all mandatory hospital training. Actively participate in accreditation programmes and Work with multi-disciplinary teams in order to ensure that all policies procedures and general approaches are in line with requirements for all relevant accreditation bodies and assist as required during inspections and audits. Take responsibility for tools and equipment within their care, ensuring testing equipment is calibrated when required. Performing scheduled department stock takes. Liaise with suppliers for the purposes of timely ordering maintaining appropriate parts consumables stock inventory, and to ensure optimal uptime and availability of equipment. Preparation of equipment specification and cost estimates for the purpose of potential project options. Manage external contractors when on-site to ensure all hospital procedures are adhered to. To co-operate fully with ensuring compliance with Health and Safety requirements and regulations Be expected on occasion to attend Manufacturer’s training courses when requested. Travel from established base site to other UPMC sites to perform assigned appropriate duties when requested. Be flexible in their attitude towards working hours to ensure that Hospital and Clinical Engineering Department targets are adhered to. Develop and maintain good co-operation and close working links with members of other teams, and act as a mentor for more junior staff members. Maintain good communications throughout the hospital where equipment issues impact on the provision of a service. Liaise as required with IT personnel to ensure availability of appropriate IT infrastructure for medical equipment, and that all systems and equipment involving IT system integration are carried out in accordance with established UPMC policies and systems of operation, review, analysis and deployment. Perform other duties as may be assigned to them by the Head of Clinical Engineering. To develop, as required by the exigencies of the service, areas of specialism within the health technology field and lead with cross service liaison with other departments in this area. To act as required as a team lead, and to assist in the day to day management of the Clinical Engineering service, where required.