To provide leadership and management in delivering high quality clinical engineering services in a multi-disciplinary environment.

1. Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc

Candidates must,

   (i) Hold as a minimum a recognised qualification at National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ), Level 7 or higher, in one of the following engineering disciplines;

     (i.1) Electronic,

     (i.2) Electrical,

     (i.3) Instrument Physics,

     (i.4) Industrial Instrumentation,

     (i.5) Applied Physics,

     (i.6) Mechanical,

     (i.7) Mechtronic,

     (i.8) Biomedical Engineering;

                                                         or;

(ii) Hold a recognised qualification at least equivalent to one of the above;

                                                        and;

(iii) Have a minimum of five years postgraduate satisfactory and relevant experience in an appropriate medical industrial field including at least three years in a clinical engineering environment;

                                                         and;

Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability and administrative capacity) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.

2.Age

Age restriction shall only apply to a candidate where s/he is not classified as a new entrant (within the meaning of the Public Service Superannuation ( Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004) A candidate who is not classified as a new entrant must be under 65 years of age on the first day of the month in which the latest date for receiving completed forms for the office occurs

3.Health

A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

4.Character

Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

CavMon3284 _Principal Clinical Engineer Job Spec