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 Clinical Engineer supports the safe and effective use of medical devices by performing preventative maintenance, repairs, calibration and safety testing across a wide range of patient‑critical equipment. The role requires technical problem‑solving, independent working and close liaison with clinical teams to diagnose faults, plan servicing and ensure equipment meets regulatory and safety standards. Acting as a core technical specialist within the department, the postholder contributes to quality improvement, risk management and the wider lifecycle management of medical technology.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for working in clinical or technical (workshop) areas to carry out scheduled preventative maintenance, servicing, repair, calibration, safety and acceptance testing. The Post holder should have the ability to work independently and will liaise with clinical, technical and supplier staff to identify faults and repair a wide range of medical equipment and is required to work to high standards of safety and accountability.

The post will adhere to any training guidance created for the training pathway to senior level and the core of the post is to supply technical expertise at the department level acting as key person for problem solving within the trust for medical devices. The option to repair the machinery both electrical and mechanical for a complete in-depth PPM task needs to be considered for part of this role.

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.

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