Equipment Specialist

You will be part of a key team in Blood Supply, using your specialist expertise, and learning new skills every day.

Your specialist knowledge will allow you to deliver practical and technical advice supporting the delivery of essential services, contributing to saving and improving patients' lives.

You will be a role model for NHSBT, demonstrating your values to make sure that NHSBT is an inclusive place to work for others.

In addition to working for a unique, national NHS Employer, we will provide you with development and training to support you in achieving your career ambitions.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will deliver an equipment specialist service providing practical and technical advice on the operation and management of a range of equipment and procedures within Blood Supply Operations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing your own workload and tracking progress / delivery of tasks often to tight deadlines as part of wider Technical and Scientific Development (TSD) delivery schedules and work with multiple departmental stakeholders on equipment matters


• Acting as subject matter expert for best practice maintenance and management of new and existing equipment


• Developing and regularly delivering training for best practice operational techniques and equipment management procedures


• Developing and supporting teams to perform the validation and implementation of new equipment and consumables


• Collecting and interpreting complex data, performing equipment investigations, providing technical reports, identifying trends and managing interventions


• Developing equipment life cycle schedules linked to the capital plan, mean time to failure, and distribution assets to minimize operational downtime.


• Liaising with external suppliers and internal subject matter experts


You will provide regional cover with some national travel. There is an expectation for you to be based within a regional operational site with some flexibility to work remotely.

You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice


• Expert understanding of specialist area e.g. equipment management in a regulated or accredited environment


• Experience of working with quality standards in an environment governed by a range of policies and legislation


• Good understanding of data protection legislation


• Experience in the use of equipment in an operational environment including trending, meantime of failure, validations, advice and operational support


• Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint)


Qualifications and Training

• Degree PLUS relevant experience (see Experience and Knowledge Section)


• Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)
  
  At NHS Blood and Transplant, we're incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.


It's an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality.