Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Engineering
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-CSS-7740409-RL4
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Manchester General Hospital
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Engineering Team Lead - North Manchester
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
The Clinical Engineering Department is looking to appoint a Clinical Engineering Team Lead to support the services provided within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. This is a permanent position with development opportunities to allow the successful candidate to develop leadership skills, while leading an engineering team. You will be responsible for prioritising workloads, while providing service and technical support to a wide range of medical devices within a hospital environment. As a highly experienced medical or clinical engineer, experience of undertaking repairs and maintenance activities on medical devices would be a requirement of this post.
The post holder will have an initial fixed base at North Manchester General Hospital but will be expected to rotate within our other Trust and Community sites.
All Team Leaders will be expected to lead within a particular specialization, which could be across multiple Trust Hospital sites, and we are looking to increase our resilience within the Team for someone with an interest at leading on Quality Management as well as providing cover for the other Team Lead posts in the MEAM Department at Oxford Road, Wythenshawe, Trafford or North Manchester .
Main duties of the job
Your day to day duties will include but may not be limited to:
Using your highly developed engineering skills to analyse and diagnose faults in a wide range of complex patient-critical electro-mechanical equipment
Organising and delivering service schedules, leading a team to perform maintenance tasks ranging from routine maintenance to reactive maintenance on a range of complex medical devices in the hospital environments.
To help lead procurement projects for specialist medical devices. Identify training needs of the team and ensure that systems are in place for ensuring devices are maintained and repaired as required.
To develop new working practices and techniques to improve team efficiency as monitored by key performance indicators
The ideal candidate will:
Have a highly specialist knowledge of medical engineering and experience of electro-medical devices through their lifecycle from acceptance to disposal to master’s equivalent.
Detailed knowledge of computer systems, using Microsoft office applications for spreadsheets and presentations. Detailed knowledge using equipment management systems for controlling the equipment lifecycle and history.
*** Previous applicants need not apply ***
Working for our organisation
| Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe - what better place to shape and develop your leadership career. We deliver care to over 1 million patients & users each year through our 10 hospitals and extensive community services. Our 30,000 plus strong workforce is central to our success and innovation. You will play a pivotal part in supporting our operational excellence and strategic ambitions. You’ll work collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams, driving improvements that enhance patient experience, staff wellbeing, and service efficiency across the Trust. MFT offers a dynamic, inclusive environment where your leadership, ideas, and expertise are valued. You’ll have access to professional development, digital tools and opportunities to contribute to transformational projects that shape the future of healthcare delivery. We are committed to supporting your growth and wellbeing, recognising the vital role you play in our organisation’s success. Join us and help shape the future of our Trust—make a real difference to our teams, our services, and our communities, and fundamentally, our patients. |
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
| To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. Explore ‘Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place’ To help you feel confident, prepared and fully informed before you apply, we invite you to explore Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place. This welcoming one stop hub gives you a real sense of who we are — what we stand for, how we reward and support you, and the many ways we care for you as you care for others. You’ll also find practical hints and tips for submitting a great application, along with the essential information you need to know before you apply. To access ‘Inside MFT – Your Candidate Place, simply click on the relevant PDF document under the ‘Supporting Documents’ section and once opened, you can where either scan QR code or click on the link provided. Closing vacancy listings early We welcome applications from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. To help us manage applications fairly and give each one the time it deserves, our adverts may close early if we receive a high level of interest. Early applications are therefore encouraged. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, we’re proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOU—for our patients, our communities, and each other. As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your application—especially personal statements and responses to role-specific questions—is written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment process remains equitable and meaningful for everyone. Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application. |
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Electronics knowledge through B Eng or equivalent, plus specialist knowledge
- Specialist knowledge acquired through courses & experience to master’s level or equivalent
- Degree or Masters equivalent level of knowledge. HNC / HTEC / HND / Foundation Degree in electronics, plus specialist knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Registered with an appropriate Professional Body, or Institution
- Management Qualification – eg I.L.M. 3/5
Experience
Essential criteria
- Servicing – experienced in maintaining a broad range of medical equipment
- Evidence of competency
- Specialist knowledge gained through post graduate diploma or specialist training and experience
- Experience at a supervisory level of servicing a wide range of medical equipment
- Experience of contract management
- Knowledge of medical device management standards
- Experience of staff management and knowledge of NHS structures and organisation
Desirable criteria
- Significant experience in a Medical Equipment Service environment with technical and people management experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joe Emmerson
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Engineering, MFT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 276 4825
- Additional information
Terry Timmons
Deputy Head of Clinical Engineering, MFT
0161 701 2810
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