Clinical Engineering Community Technician

Employer Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Castle Hill Hospital Town Cottingham Salary £26,530 – £29,114 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/06/2025 23:59

Clinical Engineering Community Technician

Band 4

Job overview

The Clinical Engineering Department has responsibility for managing and supporting a wide range of medical, therapeutic and diagnostic devices used throughout the Humber partnership, to ensure it operates effectively and safely with a minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer software and medical gas systems.

Medical equipment represents one of the organisations most substantial assets and the way in which equipment is purchased managed and used can directly influence the quality of care delivered to patients. Medical equipment can also involve risks to both patients and staff particularly if it is used improperly.

We are currently seeking a full-time Community Technician to work from Castle Hill Hospital but will be predominantly working out in the Community of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire .

Main duties of the job

The Post holder will carry out scheduled preventative maintenance, servicing, repair, calibration, safety testing and commissioning of a range of medical equipment appropriate to the grade in the community.

Work on more complex equipment may be undertaken under the supervision of more senior staff. Post holder is required to work to high standards of safety and accountability. Post holder must have a full UK Driving Licence.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Relevant ONC/NHC or equivalent knowledge and experience or working towards that level.
• Be prepared to work towards registration as a Clinical Technician
• Registered as a Clinical Technician

Experience

• Practical experience in engineering workshop practices and techniques, which includes practice in preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, repair, calibration, quality control, safety and acceptance testing.
• Experienced in the use of precision test equipment with the skills to interpret and analyse results.
• Experience in applying workshop technology to patient-critical equipment and techniques in healthcare.
• Specialist training on the maintenance and repair of a range of medical devices would be desirable
• Good level of understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment use and failure

Knowledge

• Knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering of electronic workshop practice and computer systems
• Knowledge of medical electronics, electro-mechanical systems, computing and medical device support.
• Knowledge of medical device operation and management.

Other

• Able to prioritise and manage own work
• Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence
• Capable of working without close supervision
• Full UK driving Licence
• Maintain a flexible approach to changes in working practices and accept change readily

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Craig Murdock Job title Head Of Clinical Engineering Email address craig.murdock@nhs.net Telephone number 01482 461323 Additional information

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