Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Engineering
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 252-7808008
- Employer
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 7 Newtons Court
- Town
- Dartford
- Salary
- £32,602 - £39,686 per annum inclusive of allowances
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Engineering Technician Higher Level
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Band 5 Subject to Evaluation
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Clinical Engineering Department to support the delivery of safe, effective, and reliable medical equipment services across the Trust and partner organisations.
The department is responsible for the evaluation, selection, acceptance testing, repair, calibration, and maintenance of a wide range of patient-connected medical devices and equipment. The post holder will support frontline clinical services by ensuring equipment is maintained to the highest safety and quality standards.
The role requires close liaison with departmental colleagues, clinical users, manufacturers, and external contractors. Duties will be carried out under the supervision of the Clinical Engineering Operations Manager and in line with ISO9001 (2015) quality standards.
This position will not be supported for visa sponsorship. All applicants are expected to have valid right to work document to work in the UK when applying for this position.
Please note, this post may close earlier than the given closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) across a wide range of medical equipment
Perform first-line troubleshooting, calibration, and repair of complex medical devices
Undertake acceptance testing and commissioning of new equipment
Provide application and user support to clinical staff
Coordinate servicing and repair activities with external contractors
Work safely within clinical environments in accordance with Trust policies and procedures
Maintain accurate service and maintenance records within the Clinical Engineering database
Support gap analysis activities and rectify identified data or compliance gaps
Assist in updating service manuals, SOPs, operational instructions, and maintenance documentation
Support training and mentoring of junior Clinical Engineering staff
Working for our organisation
We are committed to being an inclusive and diverse employer. We strive to employ people who reflect the communities we serve, and aim to create an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential. Whatever your race, ethnicity, belief, generation, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability or experience, you’ll appreciate the opportunities we give you to work in an inclusive atmosphere. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences to build on the progress we’ve achieved to make our Trust diverse and the best place to work. We celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that help us overcome challenges and embrace new possibilities. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant Pledge and have a commitment to the Armed Forces Community.
We are dedicated to using our Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) approach as our shared organisation model of change to enhance our services and ensure excellence in patient care.
If you are considering applying for a role, please be aware that as an NHS Employee you may have contact with vulnerable service users. We strongly encourage that all our staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 and are vaccinated annually against Flu, in order to protect the health and safety of our staff and patients. Your commitment will help us to put the safety and care of our patients first, as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities:
Repair and maintain medical devices to maximise clinical use and compliancy.
Assess critical equipment breakdowns to determine the seriousness, implications and respond appropriately
Advance fault-finding techniques to diagnose problems within complex and interrelated systems (where necessary to component level) including those beyond the scope of the manufacturer supplied information.
Ensure that repaired or serviced equipment works to manufacturers’ specifications before being put into service
Collate feedback and analysis of faults with the aim to reduce the chance of similar faults reoccurring. Share learning with team help populate risks and incident logs on trust systems.
Act as identified “ROTA TECH” for one or more of the Trust sites, for clinical and technical response, acting as first point of contact for Clinical Engineering.
Always contribute to efficient team working and support the goals/targets of the department ensuring KPI delivery across department targets are met or escalated to Clinical Engineering Operations Manager if Post Holder anticipates that any KPI may not be met.
Please see attached job description for further information.
Person specification
Education and Training
Essential criteria
- HND degree equivalent level or equivalent training and experience.
- BTEC ONC / HNC in relevant field plus substantial biomedical engineering experience.
- Relevant medical engineering courses.
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) training
- A full UK driving licence, including Category B entitlement for long wheelbase (LWB) vans
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
- BEng in Electronics or Biomedical Engineering
- Professional electronics knowledge to higher degree equivalent level
- Personal record of training competencies
- Willingness to undertake training for Category B entitlement licence – to drive Clinical Engineering vehicle or hired / lease vehicle.
- Training can be offered if lacking experience of driving LWB vehicles
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent computer skills – Microsoft 365 packages (word, excel, power bi and databases)
- Able to understand and be confident in the use of numerical and technical data
- Experience in working to set protocol and procedures
- Able to work autonomously or as part of a team and be able to prioritise own workload.
- Knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering and practices.
- Ability to deal with demands and tight deadlines and prioritise competing demands
- Able to use specialist diagnostic tools in the repair and maintenance of electronic equipment.
- ISO experience
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines
- Ability to contribute towards and manage assigned medical device projects.
- Great written and oral communication skills.
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of patient and staff risks arising from equipment failure.
- Knowledge of interactions between equipment, patient and operator
- Knowledge of medical device operation and management.
- Medical device Cyber security and resilience practices and procedures
- Integration and communication of systems, software and networks related to medical devices management
- Worked in a NSH, EME – EBME – Clinical Engineering Department.
- Carry out investigations and incident report creation related to medical devices.
- Ability to contribute towards and manage assigned medical device projects.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience in medical devices maintenance
- Substantial broad experience of electronic engineering workshop practices and techniques or equivalent of independent practice including preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, repair, calibration, quality control, safety, acceptance testing and procurement.
- Working knowledge of relevant legislation, good working practice and national standards in the field of clinical information systems.
Desirable criteria
- Medical device OEM contractor experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- David Blackwell
- Job title
- Clinical Engineering Operations Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01322 941730
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