Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

The Equipment Library Assistant supports clinical areas by delivering, collecting, cleaning and checking medical devices to ensure they are safe and ready for use. The role includes assisting with basic preventative maintenance, first‑line repairs and device tracking using systems such as e‑Quip and RFID. It combines equipment logistics with developmental technical experience, requiring strong communication, organisation and adherence to safety and infection‑control standards while supporting the work of Clinical Engineering and contributing to service improvement.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will support the Trust’s clinical areas by delivering and collecting medical devices and ensuring they are cleaned, checked, and fit for use. In addition to equipment logistics, the postholder will assist Clinical Engineering staff in carrying out preventative maintenance on low-risk medical devices and undertake basic repairs and servicing under supervision. This developmental role is designed to provide training and practical experience in medical equipment maintenance and supports career progression into technical or clinical engineering roles. The postholder will work with digital asset management systems such as e-Quip and RFID and contribute to service quality by supporting audits, equipment performance monitoring, and improvement initiatives.

Due to the operational nature of the Clinical Engineering and Equipment Library services, postholders are required to work on-site on a full-time basis to ensure effective day-to-day service delivery and timely response to clinical needs. Working patterns will be agreed in accordance with the needs of the service and the organisational structure. Where applicable, staff may also be expected to participate in an on-call rota to support out-of-hours service continuity.

As the Equipment Library service operates on Saturdays, postholders will work on a rota basis covering 37.5 hours per week. This includes participation in a rotating schedule to provide Saturday cover as required by the service.

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