Closing Date: 17/03/2025

Band 6 with the view of Annex 21

Job overview

We require an experienced and dedicated Senior Medical Technologist specialising in respiratory equipment to join our dynamic team at the Lane Fox Unit. In this critical role, you will be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and technical support of life-support equipment. You will be required to work closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the highest standards of patient care, contributing directly to the well-being of patients in both hospital and community settings.

We are inviting applications for a new Technologist to join the Technical Services team, working on a range of standard and specialist medical equipment with particular emphasis respiratory care.

Successful applicants to the full senior position will have to demonstrate relevant work experience.  They will have to have a degree in a relevant science subject (or equivalent experience) and have a major interest in respiratory technology.

Trainee applicants are welcomed from recent graduates in a Physiological science background. If necessary, training will be provided under Annex 21 with progression to the senior band 6 position after training.

If anyone is offered a training contract, you will be paid a training salary as a percentage of the top of Band 6. 

Up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum, more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake routine servicing and maintenance of respiratory / ventilation equipment in both the Hospital and Community including satellite units. UK Full Driving Licence essential. 
• To ensure that repaired equipment is mechanically and electrically operational and safe by checking in accordance with Unit/ Department test procedures and policies.
• To record defects in any equipment and report defects and repairs to appropriate officers and to ensure that unsatisfactory equipment is withdrawn from service.
• To apply specified procedures when dealing with equipment which has been contaminated.
• To maintain test and calibration equipment
• To participate in an On-Call Rota.

Working for your organisation

Organisational Values:

Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and reflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.

The post holder will:

Caring – we put patients first

We provide patient and person-centred care. We care about others’ needs and wellbeing. We listen. We are compassionate to ourselves and others. We reflect on our actions. We are respectful and welcoming.

Ambitious – we innovate and strive for excellence
We innovate and strive for excellence. We act with integrity. We act on staff and patient feedback. We seek ways to improve the care and experience of others. We are efficient. We are committed to growth. We find new ways to deliver excellence.

Inclusive – we respect each other and work collaboratively
We respect each other and work collaboratively. We act on diverse views. We put ourselves in ‘others’ shoes’. We are building an anti-racism organisation. We seek opportunities to collaborate. We show sensitivity towards diversity of culture. 

Our values and behaviours framework describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action. The framework can be found on our Trust careers pages and Trust Intranet.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide maintenance of medical equipment and repair of ventilators
• To provide technical support, advice and assistance in setting up and operation of all equipment on the Lane Fox ward.
• To assist Chief Technologist in developing and maintaining policies and guidelines
• To assist in training of multidisciplinary teams
• To undertake any such technical tasks as instructed by Chief Technologist.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake routine servicing and maintenance of respiratory / ventilation equipment in both the Hospital and Community including satellite units. UK Full Driving Licence essential. 
• To ensure that repaired equipment is mechanically and electrically operational and safe by checking in accordance with Unit/ Department test procedures and policies.
• To record defects in any equipment and report defects and repairs to appropriate officers and to ensure that unsatisfactory equipment is withdrawn from service.
• To apply specified procedures when dealing with equipment which has been contaminated.
• To maintain test and calibration equipment
• To participate in an On-Call Rota.

Working for your organisation

The Technical department provides a service to: -

The Lane Fox Respiratory Unit, consisting of 14 beds which provide invasive and non-invasive management of chronic respiratory failure, the satellite unit also has a 20 bedded weaning unit that opened on the East Surrey Hospital site in October 2014.  The service also supports a large population of patients in excess of 2600 using ventilation in the community.

Technical Support to the Evelina Hospital London Paediatric respiratory and ventilation service.

These are all supported with 24-hour technical back up with an on–Call service. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To undertake routine servicing and maintenance of respiratory / ventilation equipment. To ensure that repaired equipment is mechanically and electrically effective and safe by checking in accordance with Unit/ Department test procedures and policies. To report and record defects in any equipment including repairs to the appropriate officers and to ensure that non-compliant equipment is withdrawn from service. To apply specified procedures when dealing with equipment which has been contaminated.
  
  
• To maintain test and calibration equipment
• To take part in on call duties.

Research and Development.

• To aid in researching new equipment and projects in conjunction with medical and nursing staff. To evaluate / assess suitability of new equipment prior to purchase.

Training:

• To participate and lead in-service training programs for medical staff, Nursing staff and junior Technologists.
• To provide instruction on equipment provided for patients, participating in the discharge of patients from the ward including the training of both the patients / relatives and carers in the correct use and care of the issued devices.
• Where home installation is to be handed to other authorities to provide instruction to technical staff in operation adjustment and repair procedures.
• To participate in Unit/Department/Trust mandatory training programs.

Services in Patients Home: 

• To identify equipment faults and undertake maintenance work on all medical equipment installed or provided by the Trust as per Unit/Departmental policies.
• To transport necessary equipment to and from patients’ homes
• To establish mechanical efficiency and electrical safety of equipment and to act as appropriate
• To install equipment in patients’ home
• To operate Department / Trust vehicles under current guidelines
• To keep secure and in good condition all Trust property supplied i.e. Vehicles, tools, test equipment, phones pagers etc.
• To carry out such duties as may be required by the consultants or senior medical staff in the Lane Fox Unit.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Rakesh Shukla

Job title

Head of Technical Services 

Email address

rakesh.shukla@gstt.nhs.uk

Telephone number

02071883437

Additional contact information

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Rakesh Shukla
Job title: Head Of Technical Services
Email address: rakesh.shukla@gstt.nhs.uk

Name: Mike Mackie
Job title: Chief Medical Technologist
Email address: mike.mackie@gstt.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02071883437

Name: Nick Weston
Job Title: Chief Medical Technologist
Email Address: nick.weston@gstt.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02071883437