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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Senior Medical Technologist
Closed for applications on: 16-Dec-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 16-Dec-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: Possibly Annexe 21
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £44,806 - £53,134 p.a inc HCA or (Annex 21)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6 (Possibly Annex 21))
Specialty
- Main area
- Medical Technology
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital ICU Technical Services, provides the Technical Support Service to Critical Care comprising of Adult Intensive Care Unit (one of the largest in Europe), Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care and High Dependency Units.
These units have a worldwide reputation for clinical excellence in tertiary care provision.
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This is a unique opportunity to work in a technical department that supports all these disciplines of Critical Care. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated technologist to join our expanding team.
Duties will involve maintaining all medical equipment within these increasingly “high tech” areas, including teaching/training and testing, calibration of equipment, performing physiological measurements, assisting in diagnostic procedures and supporting Point of Care devices.
There will be a requirement to work nights and weekend shifts.
Successful applicants to the full senior position will have to demonstrate relevant work experience. They will have to have a degree in a relevant science subject (or equivalent experience) and have a major interest in instrumentation and technology.
Trainee applicants are welcomed from recent graduates in a Physiological science background. If necessary, training will be provided under Annex 21 with progression to the senior band 6 position after training (unless already STP registered), completion of our competency log book and a period of consolidation (1-2 years dependent on relevant experience).
If anyone is offered a training contract, you will be paid a training salary as a percentage of the top of Band 6.
Up to 12 months prior to completion of training: 75 per cent of the pay band maximum, more than one but less than two years prior to completion of training: 70 per cent of the pay band maximum.
Working for our organisation
Organisational Values:
Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and reflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.
The post holder will:
Caring – we put patients first
We provide patient and person-centred care. We care about others’ needs and wellbeing. We listen. We are compassionate to ourselves and others. We reflect on our actions. We are respectful and welcoming.
Ambitious – we innovate and strive for excellence
We innovate and strive for excellence. We act with integrity. We act on staff and patient feedback. We seek ways to improve the care and experience of others. We are efficient. We are committed to growth. We find new ways to deliver excellence.
Inclusive – we respect each other and work collaboratively
We respect each other and work collaboratively. We act on diverse views. We put ourselves in ‘others’ shoes’. We are building an anti-racism organisation. We seek opportunities to collaborate. We show sensitivity towards diversity of culture.
Our values and behaviours framework describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action. The framework can be found on our Trust careers pages and Trust Intranet.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ward
To set up, calibrate and connect all types of patient monitoring systems.
To set up calibrate and connect metabolic monitoring equipment.
To clean, sterilise, set up, calibrate and connect all types of patient ventilator / respiratory equipment.
To perform routine maintenance/services on ventilators and respiratory equipment.
To assist in special diagnostic catheterisation procedures and performing advanced haemodynamic measurements.
To perform measurements and derived Oxygen Uptake Studies
To clean and sterilise diagnostic equipment
To be expected to provide a significant amount of fault finding and/or recommend appropriate equipment to meet the demands of a test or patient condition.
To in-service inspect and check operation of all sundry equipment within ITU. E.g. Drip counters, peristaltic pumps, volumetric pumps, syringe pumps, suction pumps heater/cooler mattresses, defibrillators etc.
To perform complicated calibrations and servicing at manufacturers prescribed intervals.
Point of Care Testing
To perform emergency analysis of pathology specimens involving disciplines of blood gas, biochemistry haematology and coagulation.
To ensure daily cleaning and Quality Control procedures and performance checks are carried out, as well as our monthly EQA process. Analyse quality control data to make sure that all results / tests are within the required specification.
To check that Hospital policies on Sample Handling/control of Infection are observed.
To take universal precautions against infection and in the instance of a notifiable Pathogen/Infections to carry out enhanced procedures.
Teaching / Training
To take part in mandatory training programmes. Basic life support, lifting handling fire lectures etc.
To participate in in-service training programs/courses for medical, nursing and junior technical staff
Ad-hoc teaching to Medical/Technical/Nursing Staff
To aid the units programme of research & development
To supervise STP trainees and those on rotation from other specialties when if required.
General
To aid senior technicians in maintaining & troubleshooting activities / checking adequate stock levels of ALL ward and laboratory related disposables.
To uphold all relevant Trust polices and procedures to include Health & safety, Manual Handling, Fire, Infection Control and Basic Life Support.
To take part in patient transfer within the institution to MRI, CT etc.
Takes part in extra duty rotas (nights / weekends)
Flexible approach and must be adaptable to think in a proactive manner, and under stressful situations.
Proactive engagement in educational opportunities and in development of team, and own CPD.
Have good time management skills, and maintain professionalism at all times.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Is able to demonstrate previous work experience in Intensive Care and Critical Care Medicine
- Knowledge of current instrumentation and measurement techniques
Skills
Essential criteria
- Have good written and verbal communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Is computer literate and has a working knowledge of Microsoft windows applications.
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Honours Degree in a biologically based discipline
Desirable criteria
- Higher Degree in biologically based discipline
- Critical Care STP/Equivalence
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Dryer
- Job title
- Chief Medical Technologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071882269
- Additional information
Queries or to arrange informal visit contact
Robert Megwa, Chief Medical Technologist on 02071882269
Hannah Dryer, Chief Medical Technologist on 02071882269
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