Salary for critical care technologist

Responsibility

• maintain accurate records of all maintenance and location of equipment
• to calibrate equipment as per company policy, and perform daily quality control and performance checks
• to identify, troubleshoot and resolve problems encountered with equipment and escalate appropriately as necessary
• to participate in the external Biochemistry quality control scheme
• to assist in the management of medical, scientific and laboratory equipment within Adult Critical Care Units
• maintenance of the equipment will be expected to a high standard, ensuring that it is decontaminated and sent for service and repair in an appropriate time frame
• to keep in stock spare parts for monitoring e.g
• to provide daily maintenance and cleaning of all point of care testing equipment i.e. blood gas analysers, osmometer, ACT analysers and glucometers
• NIBP cuffs, transducers, SPO2 probes, temperature cables etc
• to assist in operating physiological measurement equipment e.g. patient monitors, cardiac output monitors
• to assist in preparing monitoring equipment for use on a daily basis, checking the patient bedside monitor is functioning correctly, and that all cables and leads such as ECG, pressure, SPO2, NIBP are in place
• to assist with decontamination of patient ventilators, reassembling ventilator parts, and performing calibrations and full functional tests
• to assist with the cleaning and decontamination of the intubating fiberscopes as per company and Trust policies