Equipment Stores Technician

Job Description

Equipment Stores Technician Peterborough City Hospital Our client is the leading service provider of Managed Equipment Services (MES) for the NHS and the Private Health Sector in the UK. They are currently looking for an Equipment Stores Technician to join their team based at Peterborough City Hospital.Purpose of the Role

• Provide an efficient and effective Equipment Library Service to North West Anglian Trust based at the Peterborough City Hospital
• Provide Support to the onsite management team & staff in the delivery of high quality Managed Equipment Service

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure items in the library are ready and fit for use
• Ensure requests are completed within agreed time frames
• Ensure collections are completed when items are no longer required, within agreed time frames
• Accurate record keeping and ensuring the equipment database is up to date
• Responsible for informing of any health and safety concerns you identify and for completing an adverse event form for any accidents, incidents or near-misses that happen to you or that you are aware of to reduce injuries or loss
• Confidentiality of all matters that they may learn in the course of their employment, meeting the requirements under the Data Protection Act
• Any other relevant duty that assists in the smooth operation of the Equipment Library
• Assisting the EBME Team in the management of medical devices including collection and delivery and administrative duties as required

Performance Indicators

• Accurate and timely communication with MES Operations Manager
• Delivery of medical equipment to requesting clinical area, within agreed time ensuring that all durables are complete
• Regular collections throughout the day as required by clinical need
• Ensure that returned equipment is fit for purpose by carrying out inspection and functional check on return to the Equipment Library is escalated to designated technician
• Maintain a basic knowledge of equipment function
• Advise the MES Operations Manager of any equipment issues that occur e.g. prescribing, advice on usage, maintenance, transportation or decontamination and highlight issues to the MES Operations Manager
• Respond to telephone requests for equipment
• Record all requests for loans on form and enter details onto equipment database. Ensure all requests, including those unable to be honoured or requested out of hours are transcribed
• Ensure equipment is decontaminated in accordance with Trust Infection Control Policy, prior to collection and return to Equipment Library
• Assist in monitoring the quality of the service provided
• Assist in the training and induction of new staff
• Ensure that equipment returned or collected which is approaching planned maintenance date is isolated and removed from service
• Ensure that all battery powered equipment is recharged whilst in the Equipment Library
• Assist the EBME department in meeting KPI’s by assisting in providing an effective Managed Equipment Service

Essential Qualifications

• English O Level / GCSE
• Maths O Level / GCSE

Essential Skills

• Good communication skills - verbal and written
• Literate and numerate
• Ability to prioritise
• Computer literate, especially MS Office, Outlook, Word
• Working as part of team

Experience

• Follow processes and procedures - Essential
• Use of equipment database - Desirable
• Working in an equipment library - Desirable
• Working within NHS environment - Desirable

Benefits

• Royal London Pension - 5% employer contribution
• Death in Service Scheme after probation - 4 times salary
• Maternity - 21 weeks full enhanced maternity pay; this is inclusive of Statutory Maternity pay. Plus, after the employee has returned from Maternity Leave for 3 months, a 10% bonus will be paid, (with a commitment to work for 6 months plus)

A DBS Enhanced Disclosure is required for all applicants. If you have all the skills above and feel this is the role for you, please do not hesitate to contact us at One to One Personnel on or forward your CV to