Job Description

We're looking to expand and develop the Clinical Engineering team as it provides expert support and partnership to a wide range of senior clinical

staff and managers in the largest hospital Trust in the country. Our overall goal is to maximise the value we derive from medical technologies,

using our expertise in health technology management.



We achieve this in a number of ways, and we have defined strategic work streams. We support team members to build experience across work

streams (including those relating to governance and continuous improvement in the areas of Medical Devices Safety and User training, for

example) and to develop their contribution, though they may hold responsibilities in particular areas.



While In general our team is flexible and holds opportunities for Clinical Engineers to be involved in various work-streams, we would like to fill a

specialist senior (8A) role pertaining to innovation support, evaluation and health technology assessment.



The role is key to the successful delivery of our grant funded activities that include the NIHR Health Tech Research Centre, MRC, GSTT Foundation Grant (with CITI, for technology evaluation work). It provides the day to day operational coordination for the following activities:



Health technology evaluation, including development and use of frameworks for assessing device usability.



Coordinating and/or delivering the design or delivery of clinical investigation.



Delivery of assessment and approval of medical devices used in clinical research



Governance and operations of clinical investigation activities.



Increasing the cohort of trained and capable technology evaluators, to support our services and our partners.



Teaching/ lecturing MSc in Clinical Sciences (Clinical Engineering) and supervision of related academic projects



The technological functions that the role supports will drive optimal adoption and safe use of medical technology. We work in partnership with others to apply techniques in the field of HTA to help the NHS to adopt efficient and cost-effective medical devices and diagnostics more rapidly and consistently. We welcome candidates with experience and/or aspirations in HTA. This person would act as the point of contact for our HTA related activities, attend the weekly staff team meetings and provide updates to the project management team for Trust-led work that they are responsible for developing.



If successful in the recruitment process, you would be responsible for developing and delivering specialist technology management services. This means showing leadership and an ability to collaborate with a diverse range of team members within Clinical Engineering and beyond.



You'd find our team to be dynamic, diligent, collaborative, and accommodating, and the same would be expected of you.



You would undertake and manage service development projects which require a high level of scientific understanding, technical ability, analytical, innovation and communication skills. In terms of conduct, you would be expected to have understanding and appreciation of the organisation's values.



Please see the attached job description and the 'main duties' described above. Please note: although registration as a Clinical Scientist is highly desirable, we are flexible and keen to welcome candidates from the wider pool of Engineers and Scientists. For those who are interested in pursuing professional registration, we are well equipped to support you.