Job vacancy: Medical Engineering Assistant Technician - Royal Lancaster Infirmary, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lancaster

Job summary

Main area: Medical Engineering Assistant Technician
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 435-1LSC-UHMBT-011-25 - A

Employer: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Lancaster Infirmary
Town: Lancaster
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/05/2025 23:59

Medical Engineering Assistant Technician - Royal Lancaster Infirmary

NHS AfC: Band 4

Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (OneLsc)

The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.

Together, we aim to drive up quality by sharing skills and best practice, pooling our resources and standardising the way we work to reduce variation and duplication.

We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.

One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post will include the following duties

Service and repair of medical devices located on the Furness general site and surrounding community operated sites

Support clinical colleagues with any technical information required to ensure medical devices are used and operated in a safe manner

Acceptance testing of new medical devices

Safe Disposal of Medical devices at the end of their clinical life

Implantation of safety alerts as required by monitoring and regulatory bodies

Actively work within the services ISO9001 quality system and identify areas of improvement

Undertake the management of delegated secondary duties as required, these may include COSSH management, Health and safety department lead, Scrap/Waste management , Indemnity control for loan devices

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Professional electronics knowledge acquired through ONC/BTEC in electronics, medical engineering or equivalent with additional practical knowledge gained through technical training, and developed practical experience.

Desirable criteria

HNC in either Medical device maintenance or electrical and electronic engineering Physiology training to cover a range of equipment.

Experience

Essential criteria

Analysis and diagnosing of faults in Electronic/Mechanical equipment.
Experience of safe operating systems used in the maintenance and repair of electronic equipment.
Routine maintenance, prioritising breakdown maintenance.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of regular training courses to further skills and experience.
Experience of Medical device calibration and maintenance.
Medical device calibration and maintenance.

Skills, ability and knowledge

Essential criteria

Effective verbal and written communication with colleagues at all levels of the organisation and with external agencies and industry.
Highly developed skills:-manual dexterity, co-ordination and sensory skills for use of precision tools & materials in the maintaining of delicate equipment.
Ability to work in awkward positions and unpleasant environments e.g. plant rooms, behind patient bed heads and within theatre environments

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and understanding of Health Service issues.
Experience of working within the scope of MHRA Managing Medical Devices (April 2015)
Medical Device and Equipment Management for Hospital and Community based Organisations.
Evaluation of medical devices-acceptance testing.
Quality systems and database management

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

An ability to demonstrate initiative, enthusiasm, problem solving, together with sound judgement and a professional approach.
Ability to travel

Desirable criteria

Current driving licence

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

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The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible. By telephone 01254 732075 or email [email protected] or write to Employment Services, Parkview Offices, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB2 3HH

PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be Effortlessly Inclusive .

The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.

We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.