Equipment Specialist

2 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom NHS Blood and Transplant Full time

**Equipment Specialist**

**Job Summary**

You will be part of a key team in Blood Supply, using your specialist expertise, and learning new skills every day.

Your specialist knowledge will allow you to deliver practical and technical advice supporting the delivery of essential services, contributing to saving and improving patients’ lives.

You will be a role model for NHSBT, demonstrating your values to make sure that NHSBT is an inclusive place to work for others.

In addition to working for a unique, national NHS Employer, we will provide you with development and training to support you in achieving your career ambitions.

**Main duties of the job**

In this role you will deliver an equipment specialist service providing practical and technical advice on the operation and management of a range of equipment and procedures within Blood Supply Operations. Your responsibilities will include:

- Managing your own workload and tracking progress / delivery of tasks often to tight deadlines as part of wider Technical and Scientific Development (TSD) delivery schedules and work with multiple departmental stakeholders on equipment matters
- Developing and regularly delivering training for best practice operational techniques and equipment management procedures
- Developing and supporting teams to perform the validation and implementation of new equipment and consumables
- Collecting and interpreting complex data, performing equipment investigations, providing technical reports, identifying trends and managing interventions
- Developing equipment life cycle schedules linked to the capital plan, mean time to failure, and distribution assets to minimize operational downtime.

You will provide regional cover with some national travel. There is an expectation for you to be based within a regional operational site with some flexibility to work remotely.

You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice

**About You**

**Experience and Knowledge**
- Expert understanding of specialist area e.g. equipment management in a regulated or accredited environment
- Experience of working with quality standards in an environment governed by a range of policies and legislation
- Good understanding of data protection legislation
- Experience in the use of equipment in an operational environment including trending, meantime of failure, validations, advice and operational support
- Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint)

**Qualifications and Training**
- Degree PLUS relevant experience (see Experience and Knowledge Section)
- Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

**About Us**

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

Three small words, one big difference - **Caring, Expert** and **Quality**.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 3rd March 2024.

For informal enquiries please contact - Name: Gillian Grafton, Job Title: Head of Manufacturing Development, Technical & Scientific Development


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