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Senior Equipment Manager
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
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Reference: 2452857
Job summary
Working with Medical Equipment management Unit, procurement, company representatives and the clinical teams to provide support and ensure necessary instruments, implants and consumables are ordered, received, checked, processed and available in a timely manner for operative procedures. Ensuring adherence to infection control, decontamination processes and theatre specific processes at all times. Ensuring all invoices checked and items used match, invoices to be receipted. Accurate data information maintained for all details and costs of all orders raised.
Main duties of the job
Communicate with all stake holders, company representatives, procurement, Clinical teams to raise requested orders, check, receive and process same and ensure items are all available for specific operations. Ability to use data management systems to update information and maintain accurate records.
Work with the clinical team to ensure all items required for specific procedures and for general use in theatres available.
Understand theatre equipment and be able to troubleshoot and escalate as required.
About us
The North Middlesex Hospital is a very busy local hospital serving a highly populated diverse community. You would be working in a very busy, diverse multidisciplinary theatre environment, including preassessment, day surgery and recovery. The operating suite consists of seven theatres undertaking a variety of both elective and emergency surgery. Including Gynaecology, orthopaedics, trauma, urology, general surgery, breast surgery, colorectal and ophthalmology. You will be working in a friendly supportive environment, with a diverse group of staff and patients.
Details
Date posted
27 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£36,943 to £44,900 a year Inclusive of Outer London HCAS,per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
391-NMUH-8344606
Job locations
North Middlesex Hospital
Sterling Way
Edmonton
N18 1QX
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communicate effectively with staff at all levels, external contractors and company representatives, using different forms of communication as appropriate to the person and situation.
Ensure all relevant information is relayed to the appropriate staff in a timely manner to facilitate effective perioperative patient care
Receive, record and transmit information accurately, by face to face, written, electronic or telephonic means
Liaising with the Head of MEMU and theatre management team regarding the maintenance, safe storage and usage of all medical and surgical equipment within the operating theatres.
Be proficient with use of theatre information system, identify specific equipment required for future surgery, liase with appropriate company reps to ensure equipment available, ordered and processed within correct time frame for use.
Liaising with Theatre Matron, TSSU and MEMU to ensure equipment is decontaminated appropriately, appropriate records kept and decontamination charges are correct.
Ensuring any instruments are processed in a timely manner for required procedure date, and ensuring they are processed appropriately after use and available for collection by company by the required date.
Maintain national registries, such as national joint registry, as required by NHS
Identify potential equipment problems which may affect the care of the patient and action accordingly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communicate effectively with staff at all levels, external contractors and company representatives, using different forms of communication as appropriate to the person and situation.
Ensure all relevant information is relayed to the appropriate staff in a timely manner to facilitate effective perioperative patient care
Receive, record and transmit information accurately, by face to face, written, electronic or telephonic means
Liaising with the Head of MEMU and theatre management team regarding the maintenance, safe storage and usage of all medical and surgical equipment within the operating theatres.
Be proficient with use of theatre information system, identify specific equipment required for future surgery, liase with appropriate company reps to ensure equipment available, ordered and processed within correct time frame for use.
Liaising with Theatre Matron, TSSU and MEMU to ensure equipment is decontaminated appropriately, appropriate records kept and decontamination charges are correct.
Ensuring any instruments are processed in a timely manner for required procedure date, and ensuring they are processed appropriately after use and available for collection by company by the required date.
Maintain national registries, such as national joint registry, as required by NHS
Identify potential equipment problems which may affect the care of the patient and action accordingly.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Qualification if perioperative care or equivalent NHS experience
- Evidence of literacy and numeracy skills to GCSE or equivalent
- estates and facilities knowledge
Desirable
- project management course or relevant experience
- ability to identify common surgical instruments and power tools
essential
Essential
- experience in procurement process in nhs
- Intermediate IT skills
- Intermediate administration skills
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Qualification if perioperative care or equivalent NHS experience
- Evidence of literacy and numeracy skills to GCSE or equivalent
- estates and facilities knowledge
Desirable
- project management course or relevant experience
- ability to identify common surgical instruments and power tools
essential
Essential
- experience in procurement process in nhs
- Intermediate IT skills
- Intermediate administration skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Middlesex Hospital
Sterling Way
Edmonton
N18 1QX
United Kingdom
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Employer details
Employer name
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Middlesex Hospital
Sterling Way
Edmonton
N18 1QX
United Kingdom