Clinical Scientist

A development role designed to assist with the workload of the Clinical Engineering Scientific Services (CESS) manager.The CESS team’s ever-expanding role supports the Trust in developing systems to achieve compliance with legal, regulatory, quality, professional and best practice standards relating to the safe acquisition, use and management of healthcare technologies. This post will also support the CESS manager’s advisory role in the development of Trust strategies, policies and operational practices relating to medical devices.This role will include leading on delegated projects e.g., rolling replacement programmes, clinical evaluations and writing specifications as specified by the medical device governance lead.Act as a point of contact for all enquiries involving medical devices and emerging healthcare technologies.Support system change to enable senior management and clinical staff to maximise benefits and minimise risks and costs associated with use of medical devices. This will require providing advice and explanations to senior management roles and clinical staff relating to complex technical and medical device regulatory issues, requiring persuasion, diplomacy and influencing skills.Advise clinical staff on a broad range of healthcare technology, assessing devices available on the market and making judgements on suitability for the intended purpose, taking into account elements such as UK based maintenance support and ease of use etc. and balancing this against clinical preference.Participate in the analysis, audit and review of medical device governance processes, policies, and procedures.Manage medical devices procurement projects, including writing, specifications, monitoring expenditure of allocated capital funding, following tender and purchasing processes, planning clinical evaluations.Responsible for auditing and ensuring implementation of Trust wide policies relating to medical device governance e.g. Managing Medical Devices Safely, Management of Safety Alerts.Give guidance and advice to CAS Officer relating to appropriate assessment and distribution of safety alerts published by the Central Alerting System (CAS) and monitoring implementation of actions required.University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Brett Cohen Job title: Clinical Engineering Scientific Services Manager Email address: ##### Telephone number: 0117 34 23446
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