Loan Equipment Technical Instructor in Newcastle upon Tyne

Employer The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Algernon Road, Byker Town 317 Geoffrey Rhodes Centre Salary £24,937 – £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 30/01/2026

Loan Equipment Technical Instructor

Band 3

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, w e’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

The Loan Equipment Service is looking for a new Technical Instructor to be involved in the full system process from processing orders to delivering to collecting.

• Interview Date: 30 January 2026

37 hours 30 minutes/week

• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The post will be varied including tasks such as:

Monitoring and updating ELMS system orders

Driving a van up to Luton size to deliver clean and collect equipment from houses e.g. hospital type beds, commodes, mattresses.

Processing orders and warehouse duties., including cleaning equipment.

Routine Maintenance and Equipment Repairs

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work as a member of the Loan Equipment Team to provide an effective cleaning and re‑use service.
• Stores work e.g. replenishing stock, stock inspection/repairs and assembly.
• Collection/delivery and installation services of Loan Equipment items to/from patients homes. This equipment includes larger items such as riser/recliner chairs and beds.
• Undertake planned preventative maintenance programmes.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

• Full UK driving licence
• NVQ level 2

Skills & Abilities

• Be capable of working unsupervised on a wide range of equipment supplied by the loan equipment service.
• Both written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Basic keyboard skills and ability to use hand held recording devices and associated software packages.
• Physically able to undertake moving and handling of a diverse range of equipment.
• Work with or without supervision
• Basic computer skills
• Team Working

Knowledge & Experience

• The post holder must have relevant experience within a health/social care or maintenance environment.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation.
• Ability to work on planned preventative maintenance programmes.
• Comprehensive geographical knowledge of Newcastle City
• Experience of stores work
• Working with disabled or elderly people/the public

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.