Electronics Technician / Engineer - Radiation Services

Electronics Technicians / Engineers working in MEMO Clinical Engineering Radiology and Radiotherapy teams work with highly complex, specialist equipment, including radiotherapy linear accelerators, CT scanners and medical imaging systems. The role offers a varied and challenging mix of planned maintenance, fault diagnosis, testing, calibration and repair. You will draw on your knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering, working with technologies that may include analogue and digital electronics, high-voltage systems, high-power radio-frequency systems and cooling systems. You will work alongside experienced engineers, clinical colleagues and equipment manufacturers to help ensure that essential equipment remains safe, reliable and available when patients need it. You do not need previous NHS or medical-equipment experience to apply. We welcome applicants with backgrounds in electronics, electrical engineering, instrumentation, control systems or related technical disciplines who are keen to develop their expertise in a new and rewarding field. Structured training, specialist manufacturer courses and support from experienced colleagues will help you build the knowledge and competence required for the role. You will work under appropriate supervision until you are competent and authorised to undertake tasks independently.

• Maintenance and repair:Carry out planned preventative maintenance, fault diagnosis, testing, calibration and repair of complex electronic and electro-mechanical equipment, including radiotherapy linear accelerators, CT scanners and radiology medical imaging systems.
• Technical fault-finding:Apply systematic diagnostic techniques and your knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering to investigate faults, identify their causes and implement appropriate repairs.
• Specialist engineering:Develop your technical expertise across a range of systems, potentially including analogue and digital electronics, high-voltage circuits, high-power radio-frequency systems and equipment cooling.
• Equipment safety and quality:Undertake work in accordance with relevant safety requirements, technical documentation, departmental procedures and quality assurance processes, maintaining accurate records of work completed.
• Teamwork and communication:Work closely with engineering colleagues, clinical staff, equipment manufacturers and suppliers to resolve technical issues and help maintain equipment availability.
• Planning and prioritisation:Organise maintenance and repair activities, manage competing demands and respond appropriately to equipment faults that may affect clinical services., Carrying out planned maintenance, fault diagnosis, testing, calibration and repair of complex electronic and electro-mechanical equipment, including CT scanners and radiotherapy linear accelerators.
• Applying engineering knowledge and systematic fault-finding techniques to identify problems and undertake appropriate repairs.
• Ensuring all work complies with relevant safety requirements, quality procedures, technical documentation and departmental standards.
• Planning and prioritising maintenance activities in response to equipment faults and clinical service requirements.
• Working collaboratively with engineering colleagues, clinical teams, equipment manufacturers and suppliers.
• Maintaining accurate equipment maintenance records, test results and technical documentation.
• Supporting the management of spare parts, equipment resources and service improvement activities.
• Undertaking structured training and continuing professional development to develop specialist technical knowledge and competence.
  
  The post-holder will receive appropriate training and supervision, with responsibility for independent working increasing as competence is demonstrated and the necessary authorisations are obtained. Previous NHS or medical-equipment experience is not essential.
  
  Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge. Working across MEMO Clinical Engineering's Radiology and Radiotherapy teams, the post-holder will support the safe, reliable and effective operation of specialist equipment used in diagnostic imaging and cancer treatment.