An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join a team dedicated to the maintenance and repair of a diverse range of medical devices, ensuring adherence to rigorous quality standards. The successful candidate will be responsible for guiding complex information to staff at all levels, including consultants, nurse managers, nurses, healthcare professionals, and suppliers. They will also deliver a high-quality, rapid response service for patient-connected medical devices. Additional responsibilities will include offering repair services for highly complex and specialized medical devices at the component level. This work requires thorough analysis and interpretation, utilizing state-of-the-art technology. If you are passionate about medical technology and keen to make a difference in patient care, we encourage you to apply!
Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Engineering
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0528-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals - Northern Campus
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 30/07/2025
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Engineer
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Main duties of the job
- To work under own initiative and organise complex programs of work as part of a team, but often working alone in isolated environments.
- To work following the departmental ISO 9001 quality system.
- Ensure all servicing tools and test equipment are functional and organise repair and maintenance as required.
- To participate as required in overtime duties.
- To participate in an out-of-hours emergency on call service.
- Examples of the types of medical devices are lasers, ultrasound, gamma cameras, anaesthetic machines, ventilators, renal dialysis and other types of complex life support devices.
- As there is direct patient contact and the post holder will work in environments where patients are undergoing treatment or in a patient's home, confidentiality is paramount.
- Participation in ‘in house and external courses and seminars
- Undertake continuing professional development, maintain a professional portfolio and to have a commitment to the training and development of other professional colleagues.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation that values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it’s staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Engineering/Physics or an allied subject, or equivalent qualification and experience
- Extensive additional theoretical knowledge acquired through CPD (professional short courses, personal study, conferences) and professional training in relevant working environments.
Desirable criteria
- Professional registration (e.g., Incorporated Engineer; Registered Clinical Technologist, etc.).
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Full Uk driving License (Car)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post graduate (or equivalent) engineering experience working in a relevant field that has delivered knowledge to an equivalent level as a post graduate diploma.
- Significant experience of medical device servicing including fault finding and repair
- Experience of scheduled maintenance programmes and in meeting targets
- Medical Device Specialist training courses
- Experience of working within a Quality System
- Experience of teaching and training
- In depth understanding of medical equipment management within NHS hospitals
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to work under pressure and meet targets
- To be able to plan workloads
- Competent user of IT tools such as office and database applications etc.
- An up-to-date awareness of relevant guidelines and regulations
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Good communication skills
Values and Behaviours (PROUD)
Essential criteria
- Patients first - • Able to keep the patient in mind in all activities undertaken. • An understanding of the importance of confidentiality.
- Respectful – • A professional approach and personality that promotes good relations with other staff and colleagues. • Demonstrate sensitivity and consideration to other staff and colleagues.
- Ownership - • Reliable and trustworthy • Professional integrity
- Unity – • Ability to work effectively as a part of a team. • Works across boundaries, looks for collective success.
- Delivery – • Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines. • Energised and driven to complete work activities.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Spark
- Job title
- Operational Senior Clinical Engineer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01142715076
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