Medical Devices Safety Officer

1 week ago


Macclesfield, United Kingdom East Cheshire NHS Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Device Safety Officer to join the Risk Management Team.

You will act as the Trust Medical Devices Safety Officer (MDSO) ensuring the Trust responds effectively to all manufacturer and MHRA device safety notices.

As the MDSO your key role is to promote reporting and learning and safe use of medical devices across the organisation and be the main expert resource in this practice area. In addition to improving the quality of reporting.

As the MDSO, you will be the link between the identification and implementation of (local and national) medical device safety initiatives and the daily operations to improve the safe use of medical devices.

**Hours per week**: 37.5

Main duties of the job

Be an active member and represent East Cheshire NHS Trust at the National Medical Device Safety Network.

Provide authoritative and reliable advice in supporting healthcare staff in the safe use of medical devices.

Responsible for ensuring the execution of any device recalls or safety enhancements issued either by the manufacturers or the MHRA.

Be responsible for reporting Medical Device incidents to the MHRA via the Yellow Card system.

Provide quarterly reports on incidents, risks and safety for devices to the Risk Management Sub-committee.

Responsible for assurance relating to agreed Key Performance Indicators.

Work with the trust Medicines Safety Officer where appropriate.

Communicate to individuals, medical equipment information which will include policy changes, new policies, guidelines and regulations.

Encourage medical device incident reporting in the organisation to improve reporting and learning from medical device incidents.

Be an active member of the Medical Device Group, providing safety reports on the use of medical device and provide scrutiny on the safety of proposed new medical devices being submitted to the group for trial / purchase approval.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, East Cheshire NHS Trust is the right employer for you. An organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care, delivering the right care first time, every time.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.



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