Salford Care Organisation

Job Description & Person Specification

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you’re thinking
of joining us!
Our new Northern Care Alliance NHS
Group unites five local hospitals to
deliver high quality care across the
North East of Greater Manchester.
The Alliance provides the benefits of
scale but delivers this locally through
multiple hospital sites which make up
four new Care Organisations –
Bury/Rochdale, North Manchester,
Oldham and Salford. Using our mantra
of ‘Saving lives, Improving lives’, the
aim is for our Care Organisations to
work closely with the communities they
serve to deliver safe, high quality and
reliable care, which are trusted,
connected and pioneering.
Our Care Organisations are designed
to operate within our group
arrangement of hospitals, community
and healthcare services which bring
together over 17,000 staff and the
services of The Pennine Acute
Hospitals NHS Trust and Salford Royal
NHS Foundation Trust. Our size and
geographical reach means we are
creating an environment each
individual will be inspired and
empowered by to be the best they can
be. This is a really exciting time to join
our new team.
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
was rated an ‘Outstanding Trust’ for
the second time by the Care Quality
Commission (CQC) in 2018. This
achievement marked Salford Royal as
the only NHS acute and community
Trust in the UK to be rated as
Outstanding on two consecutive
occasions.
The Trust is consistently rated as one
of the best places to work in the NHS
and here are just a few of the reasons
why:
 Major teaching hospital for the
Universities of Salford &
Manchester.
 Recent investment of £200 million
to develop our main hospital site.
 Leading Major Trauma Centre for
Greater Manchester, largest
Dermatology Centre in Europe,
leading UK centre for
Neurosciences, leading centre for
clinical trials and other studies.
 Identified as a Global Digital
Exemplar, a key part of the NHS
Driving Digital Maturity
programme.
The Trust has many nationally and
internationally renowned clinicians who
are pioneering the latest techniques
and treatments. The Trust has an
excellent reputation for quality and
innovative clinical services, teaching
and research.
In Salford the NCA was proud to be
able to develop one of the country's
first integrated health and social care
services. This joins up the best of
health, social care and support within
the integrated care division of Salford
Care Organisation. Focussing on
person centred approaches for better
outcomes, improved service user
experience and utilising local
resources to support people to live
independently and with the highest
possible quality of life.
Our Values
We have four core values which are a
focus for how our staff and volunteers
work with each other to provide care
for our patients and service users. We
think of our values as a set of guiding
principles to refer to when making
decisions and interacting with people
and they help us to work together to
continuously improve the organisation
and ourselves.
These core values form part of the
Organisations Performance
Framework which regularly reviews
how staff are performing.
Patient & People Focus
This value enables us to place the
patient and service user first with
everything we do.
All staff are required to demonstrate
that they:
 Communicate effectively with
patients, service users, families
and colleagues
 Pro-actively personalise the
service, connecting with patients
and carers
 Adopt and practice the ‘safe, clean,
personal’ ethos.
Continuous Improvement
This value ensures that the
organisation including individual staff
are always moving forwards and
improving the ways things are done.
All staff are required to demonstrate
that they:
 Look at ways of measuring and
auditing improvements
 Pro-actively develop goals and
objectives in support of the Trust’s
vision
 Identify opportunities to reduce
waste and inefficiency.
Accountability
This value enables us all to recognise
our own part in keeping our
organisation ‘safe, clean and personal’
in the way we care for people.
All staff are required to demonstrate
that they:
 Are transparent and results
focused
 Display personal accountability
towards problem-solving
 Recognise and accept
accountability beyond job role.
Respect
This value is about respecting patients
and colleagues alike, and also the on-
going reputation of the organisation.
All staff are required to demonstrate
that they:
 Are supportive and empower staff
involvement
 Are consistent and understanding
of others and their needs
 Job Description
Job Title: Clinical Scientist (Clinical Engineering)

Band: 7

Reports to: Clinical engineering team leader

Responsible to:Head of Clinical Engineering

Base/Department:Clinical Engineering R&D, Medical Physics Department, Salford

Royal Hospital

Main purpose of the job:

Develop innovative engineering solutions according to clinical and research needs, biased
towards clinical computing and software solutions. Provide specialist advice to users in the
safe use of medical devices and assist in the associated risk management. Carry out
regular quality assurance performance testing of photodermatology therapeutic and
diagnostic equipment.

Main Tasks &Overview of Responsibilities

The post is within the Clinical Engineering Research and Development team of the
Medical Physics Department, Salford Royal Hospital. This team of specialist engineers
and technologists supports both clinical service development and clinical research
through innovative clinical engineering and a varied mix of hardware, software and
system-integration solutions. Strong collaborative relationships exist with key clinical
and clinical research groups, local universities, and industry supplier.

The research and development work of the post-holder will be biased towards clinical
computing and software solutions for clinical measurement, data capture, and data
visualisation, increasingly needed to provide state-of-the-art integrated care systems
and tele-health.

With the others in the team, the post holder's specialist expertise will also contribute as
necessary to the wider medical equipment management and user-support roles of the
Medical Physics Department. In particular the post-holder will be responsible for
carrying out a regular programme of quality assurance performance testing of
photodermatology therapeutic and diagnostic equipment.
Communications and Relationships

 Communicate complex clinical engineering and technical advice to users of

the service.
 Develop highly complex software solutions by translating researcher and
clinician bespoke needs.
 Converting complex clinical processes into technical solutions.
 Working with universities and research supplier, converting complex clinical
information into a simplified engineering solution.
 Discuss and offer advice on complex technical matters to staff.
 Communicate with users of medical equipment on safety and risk.

Analytical and Judgmental Skills

 Complex measurement and interpretation of results.

 Analysis, interpretation and comparison of information and data to develop
bespoke software solutions.
 Data entry of analysis of results when testing medical equipment.
 Carry out performance measurement analysis, assess clinical impact, advise
service users and produce reports
 Maintain clinical diagnostic accuracy and clinical engineering design and
construction accuracy through appropriate quality assurance procedures.

Planning and Organisational Skills

 Plan and organise workload to meet performance targets and deadlines.

 Plan and maintain a regular programme of photodermatology quality
assurance.
 Plan availability around meeting targets and project implementation dates.

Physical Skills

 Ability to work for long periods using a VDU.

 Ability to concentre for long periods when designing systems and analysing
results
  Some physical effort on occasions when lifting and handling heavy
equipment.
 Sitting for long periods of time.

Responsibility for Patient Care

 Provide a specialist clinical engineering service which includes providing
scientific knowledge and advice on medical devices and their application in
clinical practice.
 Assure a safe and effective photodermatology diagnosis and treatment
through quality assurance testing and expert advice to service users
 Maintain the calibration chain to support photodermatology quality assurance
programme
 Calibrate, service and repair medical equipment which is used for patient
care.
 Assist users of medical equipment to obtain optimum and safe use of devices
used for patient care.
 Assist in the monitoring and investigation of incidents involving medical
devices used for patient care.

Responsibility for Policy/Service Development

 Identify and develop research ideas in the area of innovative clinical
engineering and clinical service development, ensuring that proper project
management and cutting-edge engineering solutions result.
 Take an active role in the development of new clinical measurement
techniques. Working with clinical teams and industry.

Responsibilities for Financial and Physical Resources

 Advise users on purchase of consumables and scoping out aids to support
research.
 Responsible for managing the assets assigned to this group of staff.
 Liaise with suppliers on technical queries over invoices for work done or
goods provided.
 Responsible for the installation, repair and maintenance of Trust assets.
 Scope out costs for bespoke research and development projects, advising
clinical teams on typical costs.
  Support clinical teams and managers with costing for research grants. This
may include applications for internal and external funding applications.

Responsibilities for Human Resources

 Responsible for training and development of junior staff in this group, this
includes induction and assistance with competency sign off.
 Responsible for assigning and monitoring tasks assigned to the staff in this
group.
 Training and assessing staff in safe clinical engineering and device
construction standards, following good manufacturing standards and
departmental ISO 9001 procedures.
 Ensure that the required standards of work and performance are monitored
and departmental KPI are reported to the Head of Clinical Engineering.

Responsibility for Information Resources

 Data entry of results and testing on medical equipment into an equipment

management database
 Ensure clinical engineering design procedures conforms to departmental ISO
9001 quality management system.
 Maintain photodermatology diagnostic and therapeutic accuracy through
appropriate quality management procedures.
 Compile evidence master records of design and research documentation,
ensuring full traceability at all times.

Responsibilities for Research and Development

 Identify and develop research ideas in the area of innovative clinical

engineering and clinical service development, ensuring that proper project
management and cutting-edge engineering solutions result.
 Support users of research equipment, to ensure patient and user safety,
whilst maintaining compliance to external regulatory requirements.
 Offer advice and support to the Trust’s R&D directorate.
 Takes an active role in the development of new clinical measurement
techniques.
 Support clinicians and researchers with bespoke solutions both software and
hardware. Maintain evidence portfolio for all design concepts.
 Maintain all Intellectual property rights of the care organisation when working
 on research work with outside organisations.

Freedom to Act

 Works within Trusts policies and local departmental policies and protocols
ensuring these policies are interpreted and necessary steps are introduced so
they are achieved.
 Makes decisions on medical equipment safety and use, advising other users
as necessary.
 Manages own workload. Often working independently using own
interpretation of the task and necessary actions.
 Developing innovation solutions both software and hardware using latest
cutting edge technology in design solutions.

Partnership Working
 Provide specialist advice and direction to all users of medical devices and
staff in this team.
 Agree timescales and deadlines with users for completion of tasks reporting
any variation to the Head of Clinical Engineering.
 Interact with colleagues internally and with outside suppliers / agencies.
 Work with clinical, research, R&D directorate and suppliers as necessary to
develop innovation solutions.

Equality and Diversity

 Awareness of other staff and colleagues needs.

 Assist any staff with specific needs as necessary.

Making Every Contact Count

 Front line staff are in an ideal position to offer support and advice on how to
improve health and wellbeing
 Staff should use their interactions with the public to give them additional
advice on health and wellbeing
 Staff will be given training and support to help them to signpost people to
other services which may improve their health and wellbeing.
Health & Safety
You have a personal responsibility to support your department/ward/clinic in
reducing hospital acquired infection. You must comply with the Trust’s policies on
infection, prevention and control and maintain your competency to effectively
discharge your responsibilities. You must bring deficiencies to the attention of your
manager.

All design and innovation solutions always consider patient and user safety as a key
step in the process and all potential and actual risk are documented.

Risk assessments are carried as part of any design process following ISO risk
processes.

You will follow safe working practice in the workplace, following best work practice
and department ISO processes.

All people (including consultants) who manage others

You are accountable for the effective deployment of activities that ensure that your
department/ward/clinical team is reducing hospital acquired infection. You will
ensure that you and your staff comply with the Trust’s policies on infection,
prevention and control. You will ensure that you and your staff receive the training
required to maintain competence to execute the Trusts policies on infection,
prevention and control. You have a responsibility to bring deficiencies in the
deployment of such policies to the attention of your line manager.

General Staff (including junior

doctors/volunteers/contractors/honorary contract
holder/locums/agency bank
You have a personal responsibility to support your department/ward/clinic in
reducing hospital acquired infection. You must comply with the Trust’s policies on
infection, prevention and control and maintain your competency to effectively
discharge your responsibilities. You must bring deficiencies to the attention of your
manager.

Safeguarding
To be included in all job descriptions

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young
people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this
commitment. You will be expected to fulfill your mandatory safeguarding training at
the level applicable to this role.

Electronic Patient Record

To be included in all Clinical job descriptions

Salford Royal uses an Electronic Patient Record (EPR). All Clinicians must use EPR
as the primary patient record. It supports delivery of Safe, Clean and Personal
patient care. Paper is used only for clinical record components (e.g. fluid charts) that
do not at present have an EPR replacement.

The majority of clinical documentation is entered directly on the EPR including health
issues, case histories and continuation notes, condition specific structured records
and risk assessments. EPR also provides systems for prescribing, requesting most
tests and some services, and for viewing results, a local integrated record and
correspondence.

Access to this comprehensive EPR is via a unique login and password. All Clinicians
working at Salford Royal must receive EPR training.

Code of Conduct
Professional staff that have a national Code of Conduct are expected to adhere to
that Code and failure to do so could result in disciplinary action being taken. Staff
who do not have a regulatory body are expected to conduct themselves in a
professional manner and in line with the Trust values and polices are all time.
 Physical & Mental Requirements
Physical effort:
Occasional need for some physical effort
when lifting and handling heavy equipment.
Sitting for prolonged period of time
Mental effort:
Frequent need for long periods of
concentration when designing complex
systems and analysing results
Emotional effort:
Occasional need to work in patient areas with
critically ill patients
Working conditions:
Long periods of work using a VDU
Occasional need to work in patient areas with
critically ill patients
Occasional need to work on equipment which
is still connected to a patient
Occasional need to work in unpleasant
conditions due to electricity, gases,
contaminated equipment, fumes and noisy
environment