(**) Medical Equipment Technician (Commercial)

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest trusts in the country, following the merger of Mid Essex, Basildon and Southend hospitals in April 2020.

Band 5

Main area Clinical Engineering Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 390-NR-COR-5813

Site Southend Town Westcliff on sea Salary £32,073 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 04/11/2026 23:59

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

Join our Medical Equipment Management Service (MEMS) and play a key role in ensuring vital medical equipment remains safe, reliable and ready for use across our hospitals.

MEMS provides a comprehensive medical equipment management service across Basildon, Southend and Mid Essex Hospitals, as well as supporting external clients. Our service covers the full equipment lifecycle, including procurement, acceptance testing, maintenance and servicing, clinical staff training, and the safe decommissioning and disposal of equipment.

In this varied and hands-on role, you will help ensure that a wide range of medical equipment operates safely and effectively, with minimal downtime. You will work with complex electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer-based and medical gas systems used across clinical environments.

Your responsibilities will include planned preventative maintenance (PPM), servicing, fault finding, repairs, calibration and acceptance testing across a diverse range of electrical and electronic medical equipment.

You will also have the opportunity to work closely with clinical colleagues, helping to promote a greater understanding of medical equipment management across the Trust and contributing to the development and delivery of associated work programmes.

Main duties of the job

You will provide specialist technical support for a wide range of medical devices, ensuring equipment is safe, reliable and available for clinical use. Working across clinical and workshop environments, you will:

• Commission, calibrate, maintain, repair and deploy complex medical equipment, including infusion devices, patient monitors and defibrillators.
• Investigate faults, analyse test results and provide effective technical solutions.
• Carry out planned maintenance and ensure accurate equipment and maintenance records are maintained.
• Support clinical users with the safe and effective operation of medical devices, providing guidance and training where required.
• Work closely with clinical teams, technical colleagues, IT and equipment suppliers to resolve issues and maintain service standards.
• Ensure equipment is ready for deployment from the Medical Equipment Library and respond appropriately to urgent faults involving patient-connected equipment.
• Monitor stock levels and support the timely procurement of parts and accessories.
• Prioritise your workload effectively and contribute to audits, quality monitoring and service improvements in line with ISO 9001:2015.
• Support, supervise and mentor junior MEMS staff while maintaining your own professional development.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting new role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE

• Medical equipment servicing
• Degree Level Electronics / appropriate experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft application software

EXPERIENCE

• Working knowledge in electronic servicing
• Working knowledge in Medical equipment servicing
• Ability to work with technical manuals and schematic diagrams
• Ability to work within the confines of a quality system
• Fault find to component level
• Knowledge of specialist test equipment.
• Proven knowledge of Medical Equipment Safety IEC 601

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Ability to plan and prioritise workload to ensure maximum efficiency

PHYSICAL SKILLS

• UK Driving Licence
• Ability to perform tests requiring high level of manual dexterity

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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.

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