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Job summary

Main area
Clinical Engineering
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on-call duties out of normal working hours may be required)
Job ref
193-8040166PCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/07/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Clinical Technologist (Clinical Engineering)

NHS AfC: Band 6

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Please note: all vacancies automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Job overview

Band 6 Specialist Clinical Technologist (Clinical Engineering)

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Engineering team for a Clinical Technologist in the care of medical equipment in the Critical Care areas of the Trust.

The post is based in Clinical Engineering, where there are over twenty technologists providing a maintenance and repair service for approximately 16000 medical devices across 6 sites – Royal Berkshire Hospital, Prince Charles Eye Unit (Windsor), Windsor Dialysis Unit, Bracknell Health Space, Townlands Hospital (Henley-on-Thames) and West Berks Community Hospital (Thatcham).

Main duties of the job

This post holder will have specialist responsibility for critical care equipment, and will also involve providing guidance and supervision, including elements of training, to other technologists to enable them to provide back-up support.

You will work closely with critical care clinicians and Clinical Scientists, to ensure that devices are maintained and repaired to appropriate standards. Travel to other sites will be required to ensure maintenance is carried out at each location.

The successful candidate will be experienced in maintaining and testing a range of devices from a variety of suppliers. It is essential that candidates have experience and evidence of training in the support of patient monitoring equipment.

Some additional training may be available, to ensure that all makes and models can be incorporated into the maintenance programme. A degree in engineering or science is a pre-requisite.

Registration as a Clinical Technologist is required (or you are eligible to apply for registration within 6 months of starting in post).

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post involves the repair, service, and support of medical devices within the Trust, and the ability to liaise with Clinical Staff when required.

The Specialist Technologist will be responsible for ensuring that the equipment operates effectively and safely with minimum downtime.

The ability to deliver a comprehensive service for specialised high-risk critical devices and cover for an extensive range of medical devices in the Trust is essential.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree Standard of education or equivalent in a relevant subject area (engineering or science)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience of repair, maintenance and QA of Medical Devices
  • Apply multidisciplinary working skills

Registration

Essential criteria
  • Membership of a relevant professional body and Registration as Clinical Technologist (RCT)

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of risk management. Medical devices management and other relevant standards. General Health and Safety regulations

Information Technology

Essential criteria
  • Basic IT skills and ability to use standard packages, e.g. Microsoft Office
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and experience of using Medical Equipment Management Software

Other

Essential criteria
  • Full driving licence

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Florence Nightingale FoundationNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy will automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jeremy King
Job title
Technical Services Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0777 497 1820
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