Renal Engineer

**Location**: UK wide
**Contract Type**: Permanent
**Hours**: Full Time, 37.5 hrs p/w Monday to Friday (weekends as necessary, may be required to participate in on call rota as required)
**Salary**: £38,000 to £42,000 Plus 15% bonus and monthly Car Allowance, 27 days holiday increasing to 30 with service, pension and life cover.

Being one of the world's leading renal care providers, Diaverum offers a holistic approach, from preventive and early-stage renal care to all renal replacement therapies. Diaverum currently operates over 31 kidney treatment centres across the UK. We work in close cooperation with NHS Main Renal Units and deliver dialysis and associated renal services from our network of facilities across the country. As the leading independent renal service provider in the UK, we are fully focused on patient care, and our objectives are closely aligned with our NHS partners.

We focus solely on caring for the individual needs of our patients and take pride in being an equal opportunities employer to achieve this.

We aim to provide life enhancing renal care because everyone deserves a fulfilling life.

Diaverum is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly organized, experienced Renal Engineer to support new clinics based central South UK, from Gloucester area to South London. The positions will be regionally based but will require travel out of assigned regions as and when business need requires.

This is a broad and exciting role where the post-holder will undertake and provide a comprehensive medical equipment support service in respect of Dialysis related medical equipment, Renal Water Treatment systems, dialysis therapy chairs and general medical devices.

Experience with Nipro, BBraun and Nikkiso dialysis monitors is highly desirable.

**Main duties will include but are not limited to**:

- Provide preventative maintenance, acceptance testing, repair, calibration, evaluation, and clinical support for Dialysis related medical equipment and Renal Water Treatment systems
- To ensure the reliability, capability, and safety of all such equipment.
- Carry out acceptance testing and be involved in adaptation of equipment
- To order parts and accessories for equipment as required and be responsible for the safe use of medical equipment and devices to which the parts and accessories are fitted
- Be responsible for equipment maintenance records, ensuring accuracy and up to date information is recorded
- To provide expertise to enable dialysis to be performed where required.
- To provide expert advice to nursing staff and patients on the technical aspects of renal replacement therapies and related equipment for the optimization of such therapies.
- To provide expertise in the monitoring of dialysis water quality and interpretation of results.
- Responsible for the upkeep and management of technical support to assigned clinics.

Due to the nature of the role and geographical spread of the clinics you must have the flexibility in your work approach to change between tasks and work across different locations. Must be able to drive with own car to get in-between sites.

**Who We Are**

Diaverum's mission is to improve the quality of life for renal patients, and we achieve this through our values of being competent, passionate and inspiring.

Being one of the world's leading renal care providers. Diaverum have over 30 nurse led kidney treatment centres in the UK offering haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home therapies, shared haemodialysis care and more. Our nurses are proud to work closely with NHS teams across the country to deliver quality treatments and holistic care to our patients with chronic kidney failure and other comorbidities.

Diaverum offer a fantastic training platform to enable nurses to deliver excellent quality care and develop their career within the renal speciality. Nurses new to Diaverum will undergo a 12-week supernumerary period where they will be trained to deliver the care required within the clinic. You will be supported by a senior team structure to prioritise nurse development and wellbeing.

Our nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:4 giving you the required time to care for your patients holistically. Our nurses work a range of shifts including earlies, lates, and long days between Monday to Saturday (No Sundays) allowing for a flexible working pattern.

We focus solely on caring for the individual needs of our patients and take pride in being an equal opportunities employer to achieve this. We are proud to be the leading independent renal service provider in the UK. We operate in 24 countries globally, with opportunities for our team to move between clinics and even countries.

**Come join us.**

You may have experience in the following: Renal Equipment Engineer, Kidney Care Engineer, Dialysis Machine Technician, Renal Technology Specialist, Kidney Equipment Service Engineer, Dialysis Equipment Engineer, Renal System Technician, Renal Equipment Technician, Kidney Device Engineer, Dialysis Machine Specialist, Renal Device Technician, etc.

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