Medical Equipment Librarian

2 months ago


Truro, United Kingdom Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

We are looking for a highly motivated person to assist in the provision of Medical Equipment Library services. This post will involve occasional travel to West Cornwall and St Michael’s hospitals to deliver/retrieve medical devices. The purpose of this post is to ensure the efficient and effective management of the Medical Equipment Library services across 3 sites. The post holder will offer effective, customer-friendly service provision to wards and clinical departments, ensuring prompt and accurate responses to requests for equipment, advice and technical support. Control and ordering of specialist dressing products together with ensuring the Trust has adequate mattress provision.

The post holder will be expected to work as an integral part of the Clinical Technology team whilst working closely with Medical Device Technicians, as well as liaising with external manufacturers, and organising staff to ensure adequate Library coverage is always in place. The post holder will also represent the Library as a mobile “front of house” function, being the team’s liaison with wards/departments to proactively seek medical devices that require maintenance and swap out with other devices or liaising to ensure maintenance arrangements are in place and ensuring best use is made of in-team technical ability. Part of this expanded function will ensure the timely testing of wall suction in all clinical areas.

**The post holder will**:
Coordinate, deliver and collect Medical Equipment Library resources and service provision across the three hospital sites.

Coordinate Kernowflex support staff under the direction of the Medical Equipment Library Lead.

Input to a bespoke work recording and asset management system for work carried out, devices provided to wards and consumables.

Work according to the policies and procedures of the Trust, particularly concerning medical device management, infection control and decontamination.

Flexible working will be required as the role involves out-of-hours and weekend work.

This is for two full-time posts working 37.5 hours per week, and 1 Partime post working 18.75 hours per week

The Department of Clinical Technology (DCT) manages the maintenance of medical devices for RCHT and CFT, The Medical Equipment Library which is a team within DCT provides selected medical devices and consumables to wards and departments across the 3 RCHT sites.

DCT team members are expected to be forward thinking and innovative, can demonstrate a proven track record in supporting change and service improvement, are flexible and adaptable with excellent communication and organizational skills but most importantly, have unlimited enthusiasm

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is a patient centred organisation delivering high quality healthcare to the community. In the pursuit of excellence, we are committed to providing an environment which is responsive to the needs of patients, staff, learners and visitors, while maintaining our core values.

Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

Knowledge, Skill and Experience Required

**Analytical and judgement skills**: significant levels required as the post holder will need to constantly prioritise and re-prioritise output to clinical areas depending on the changing demands at that moment verses the availability of equipment. This could include short-term decision making (e.g. re-allocating of equipment based on a greater clinical need in another Care Group), medium term (e.g. decision to rent additional equipment) or longer term (e.g. recommendation to purchase additional equipment, such as mattresses). Exercising safety-critical critical judgement when faced with conflicting demands to keep non-compliant equipment in use due to clinical urgency-of-need.

**Planning and organisational skills**: planning availability of self and other staff to ensure uninterrupted provision of Library service, deciding to utilise Kernowflex staff as required. Directing such staff in accordance with the current clinical priorities. Planning and executing the maintenance programme for all wall suction and flow meters to ensure no items become non-compliant. Making appropriate arrangements when non-compliant equipment is found which cannot be released due to being in use on patients.



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