Job summary
- Main area
- Administation
- Grade
- Band 4 - Annexe 21
- Contract
- Apprenticeship: 4 years (Post is Band 4 annexe 21)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 197-UT5866C-A
- Employer
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Lewisham
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £18,008 per annum plus HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Biomedical Engineering Technician Apprentice
Band 4 - Annexe 21
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
We are looking to employ two highly motivated, enthusiastic, and hardworking apprentices to join our expanding and friendly Clinical engineering team here at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.
The Clinical Engineering team is responsible for the management of medical devices throughout their lifecycle; from commissioning newly purchased devices, to periodic maintenance and breakdown repair, to the safe decommissioning of devices at the end of their lifecycle.
The post holder will be required to work predominantly across our main sites of University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, depending upon department workload demands and your own development needs. The post holder will also be expected to occasionally visit our community sites across south east London.
The medical devices that you will work with on a day to day basis will vary in their purpose; from delivering therapy and surgical care, taking physiological measurements and monitoring vital signs, providing life support, and assisting or guiding in diagnosis and treatment. As part of our clinical engineering team you will help to ensure that these devices are fit and safe to use by our clinical staff to treat our patients.
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship you will have gained the required knowledge, skills, and qualifications, and acquired the necessary hands on practical experience to pursue both a fulfilling and rewarding career in the field of Clinical Engineering.
Main duties of the job
• Qualifications and Training
You will be trained to maintain and repair modern medical devices used throughout the Trust. Depending upon previous qualifications and experience the apprenticeship with last up to 4 years.
Your first year will be spent completing the Level 2 Healthcare Science Assistant award/qualification which will take place on site. Once completed you will then be enrolled onto the Level 3 Healthcare Engineering specialist technician. Both courses will be overseen by a recognised college.
During training:
• To learn and perform the duties of an Associate Clinical Technologist, under the guidance and supervision of qualified members of the Biomedical Engineering team.
• To undertake a structured and comprehensive training and education programme.
On completion of training:
• To provide technical and engineering support as part of the Clinical Engineering service catering for all general clinical areas within the Trust.
There will be a particular focus on assisting other technologists in locating and tracking medical devices, liaison with nursing staff to organise access for servicing of equipment, and carrying out basic servicing and planned maintenance.
This requires updating of records in the department equipment database so as to ensure all medical device service records and histories are accurately maintained.
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Technical
1. Under the supervision of a member of Clinical Engineering, undertake repair, calibration and maintenance of a range of medical equipment located in Trust wards, department and community services.
2. Integrate conflicting elements and work to international standards and departmental quality system when identifying, evaluating and selecting solutions.
3. In association with the Head of EBME and other staff, identify customer requirements. Review requirements against safety and other standards to identify conflicting issues, and any limitations and implications.
4. Assist with the risk assessment and evaluation of devices.
5. Adapt existing equipment to meet changing customer requirements.
6. Carry out calibration and quality control on a range of medical equipment under supervision of a member of Clinical Engineering.
7. Work carried out will comply with set procedures and conform to the appropriate quality and safety standards as directed a member of Clinical Engineering.
8. Take responsibility for the quality of own work produced.
Managerial
1. Keep careful records of all work performed and complete other appropriate records.
2. Participate and have input in regular Section meetings.
3. Take care of high value tools, equipment and systems while in use by the post holder. Keep workshop facilities clear and well ordered. Ensure damage to, or faults are reported to the EBME Technicians Supervisors.
4. Propose changes to the Departmental Quality System and other policies and procedures.
5. Report to the Head of EBME any perceived deficiencies in personal training required to competently perform required duties.
6. Be familiar with and follow the Trust’s incident reporting procedure.
7. Receive goods and equipment into the Section and process required paperwork.
Teaching, training and research
8. Assist in the development, clinical trials and evaluation of medical equipment.
Professional
9. Keep abreast of technical developments. Enrol in appropriate Continuing Professional Development programmes. Attend suitable seminars and courses as part of personal development and to further the work of the Department.
10. Ensure all activities are carried out within a quality framework and meet regulatory requirements, professional standards and accepted guidelines.
Miscellaneous
1. Implement and ensure compliance with an accredited Quality System in the areas of work for which the post holder carries responsibility.
2. Propose changes to Departmental Quality System and other policies and procedures.
3. Carry out all duties in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act, relevant Statutory Regulations, Approved Codes of Conduct and Local Rules.
4. Work outside normal working hours on occasion when required.
5. When working in other departments, the appointee will liaise with local heads of department, medical consultants, superintendents, senior nursing staff or their representatives as appropriate, adhering to local policies and practices. The post holder will behave courteously and professionally at all times and seek to ensure that the highest level of service is provided by Clinical Engineering.
6. Manual dexterity and good hand-eye coordination for fine adjustment of equipment settings
7. Perform other appropriate duties, which may be required from time to time by the Head of EBME
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • A minimum of five GCSEs at grade A* to C/9-4) (or equivalent qualification) including Mathematics, English, and Science.
- • A-levels or equivalent such as BTEC in a relevant science or engineering subjects.
Desirable criteria
- • Basic understanding of Clinical Engineering settings in Hospital environment
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working on projects either in school/college or outside studies
- • Work experience
Desirable criteria
- • Work experience in Clinical Engineering
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- • Computer literacy (word processing, spreadsheets and databases)
- • Knowledge of health and safety awareness and safe working practices.
- • Confidence in the use of numerical and technical data.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrate a willingness to undertake and complete the apprenticeship scheme.
- • Show a willingness to learn and apply new skills as required.
- • Show a willingness to work unsocial hours when required
- • Flexible approach to introduction of change in working practices
- • Professional appearance and behaviour.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Keith Douglas
- Job title
- Senior Clinical Engineer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07353 898299
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