# Principal Electro-Biomedical Engineer (EBME)

**Company**: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Tooting, London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £58,133 to £65,261 a year PA
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Principal Electro-Biomedical Engineer (EBME) to join our team at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing key planned maintenance projects/programs of high-priority complex medical equipment in clinical areas that have challenging environments such as theatres, intensive care units, emergency department and endoscopy unit with the aim to achieve maintenance compliance targets to meet CQC regulations.

The post holder will also be responsible for performing the repair and maintenance of a portfolio of complex medical equipment including dealing with related technical problems that are not limited to the equipment alone. They will work closely with the Medical Device Connectivity team to perform planned maintenance as well as resolve issues related to medical devices' IT connectivity and medical systems.

As a principal engineer in the section, the successful candidate will take responsibility for leading in several of the key areas of equipment repair and maintenance and connectivity, and to supervise other staff to achieve the project aim. They will also make a significant contribution to the policies and procedures used by the Section, the development of the services provided, and their efficiency, and to the maintenance of the Section's Quality System.

The post holder will contribute to delivering maintenance and technical services to the department's external customers including NHS and private healthcare organisations.

**Main duties of the job**

- Manage planned maintenance programs alone

- Effectively repair and maintain a wide range of medical devices

- Effective interpersonal and communication skills

**Person Specification**

- BSc/BEng degree in a relevant engineering subject such as Medical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering and/or relevant technical/scientific degree

- In-depth specialist technical training in the maintenance and repair of a wide range of high-risk and complex medical devices

- Many years of practical experience in repairing and maintaining a wide range of medical equipment (including connected devices and high-risk complex equipment) used in large NHS hospitals and experience in supervising and assisting in the management of a significant aspect of equipment repair and maintenance service programs

## Skills

### Required
- Medical Engineering
- Electrical & Electronic Engineering
- specialist technical training in maintenance and repair of medical devices
- planned maintenance programs
- repair and maintenance of medical devices
- interpersonal and communication skills

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