Band 8c Head of Clinical Engineering

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Head of Clinical Engineering at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. This permanent post is full time position.

You will be responsible for the maintenance and repair of all medical equipment within the Trust. In addition, the Head of Clinical Engineering will advise the Trust on current medical equipment technology and provide value for money assessments on new technologies and practices to senior management.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for strategic and operational management of the Clinical Engineering department. The post holder will be responsible for the maintenance and repair of all medical equipment within the Trust plus they will assist in managing theMES Siemens Contract and associated medical equipment contracts.

The post holder will offer technical advice to frontline staff related to their medical equipment and act as a liaison contact between Clinical staff on the Queens site and Siemens staff.

In addition, the Head of Clinical Engineering will advise the Trust on current medical equipment technology and provide value for money assessments on new technologies and practices to Senior Management.

o Safety of Medical Devices o Governance, compliance-CQC (safety) o Input and inform Development of Capital programme o Responsibility for the Capital Asset register across BHR siteso Asset Management/Recruitment and Retentiono Lead on the Preparation of business cases for Capital Replacement Programme o Telecon Management Department level o Designated Medical Devices Safety Officer, (MDSO)

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.