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SalaryA Vacancy at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
The Clinical Engineering team are looking to appoint an Office Supervisor/ Contracts Administrator to provide clerical and administrative support for the Medical Device Management team throughout MFT.
Thousands of medical devices are utilized by clinical staff throughout our health care organisation every day and these range from simple consumable items all the way through to complex biomedical electrical equipment. Medical Device Management is a growing speciality with governance that applies to every division and service within the trust.
You will be responsible for supervising the Administration function and maintaining the safety alerting system via Ulysses the MFT Governance system. That includes receipting alerts on to the system, distributing alerts and chasing updates. Scanning and filing documents.
You will be accessing the Medical Device Inventory (e-Quip) to search for assets that may be affected by Medical Device alerts or Field Safety notices.
You will help manage the monthly medical device training study days through scheduling, organising rooms, booking staff on and booking manufacturers to provide the clinical training.
You may occasionally be called upon to travel to work across site to support training at other sites within the Trust.
You will respond to queries from clinical staff regarding medical device training and assist them in accessing suitable training and assist with administrative duties within Clinical Engineering and Device management.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Jan 2024
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