Medical Devices Safety Officer


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£66,274 - £73,496
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, NW1 3AX
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	6 Aug 2026
Closing date:	20 Aug 2026

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Summary

Lead the Trust-wide medical devices management ensuring compliance with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Managing Medical Devices framework, including systems for acquisition, deployment, maintenance, training, decontamination and medical devices budget management and capital spend budget management. Act as the named Medical Devices Safety Officer (MDSO) for CNWL, ensuring responsibilities align with NHS England enduring standards for provider organisations. Chair the Medical Devices Maintenance contract and Glucometers Contract meetings, providing expert advice, assurance, and governance updates to relevant committees, including escalation to the Assistant Director of Safety where required. Maintain alignment with CNWLs risk, assurance, procurement, maintenance, incident reporting, and infection prevention frameworks, ensuring robust governance arrangements across all services. Lead investigations of all serious medical device-related incidents, ensuring high-quality reporting, learning, and continuous improvement across the Trust. Ensure all incidents are reported to the MHRA via the Yellow Card system and that national safety notices are actioned within required timeframes. Provide regular reports on device-related incidents, safety themes, and risks to governance committees and the Medical Devices Corporate meetings. Ensure Trust-wide compliance with NHS England safety standards, including maintaining the Medical Devices Safety Officer (MDSO) function, promoting staff competency, and assuring safe procurement and maintenance arrangements. Lead the implementation and monitoring of responses to safety alerts issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and manufacturers, including Field Safety Notices (FSNs) and device recalls, ensuring timely and effective completion of required actions. Lead and oversee a Trust-wide programme of medical devices audits, developing and implementing a sustainable and repeatable audit framework to ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory standards, and best practice. Provide oversight and assurance of audit outcomes, identifying trends, risks, and areas for improvement, ensuring findings are translated into clear action plans that are monitored, delivered, and escalated as required. Ensure robust systems are in place to manage the full lifecycle of medical devices, including procurement, acceptance testing, maintenance, repair, decontamination, and disposal, in line with MHRA guidance. Oversee the accuracy and governance of the Trusts medical devices inventory and support quality standards and accreditation of relevant services. Provide specialist input into procurement processes, including evaluation and approval of new medical devices in collaboration with Procurement and clinical teams. Ensure effective systems are in place for staff training and competency assessment in the use of medical devices, in line with MHRA requirements. This will be done via the Medical Devices Passport documents. Provide expert advice and support to clinical and managerial staff on safe device use, risk management, and best practice. Ensure strong financial governance through budget setting, forecasting, reporting, and risk management, while driving cost improvement, standardisation, and value for money. Lead strategic procurement and contract management for high-value services and work in partnership with Finance, Procurement, Estates, and clinical teams to align asset management with wider organisational strategies, providing assurance to Executive-level committees on financial performance and capital delivery. Lead the strategic management and tendering of contracts for medical devices maintenance providers, including the Trust-wide glucometer service, ensuring performance, compliance, and value for money. Chair medical devices and glucometer contract meetings, providing oversight, challenge, and assurance on supplier performance. Oversee procurement and contract processes, monitor performance against KPIs and SLAs, and take action to address risks or underperformance. Drive standardisation and continuous improvement to deliver safe, high-quality, and cost-effective services, ensuring compliance with Trust policies and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) requirements, and provide assurance reporting to senior governance forums.

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