Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Engineering
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The Library operates from 07.00-20.00 seven days a week at the Northern General Hospital and 07.00-20.00 Monday - Friday and 07.00-13.00 Saturday and Sunday at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The staff work a shift pattern to cover the week.)
- Job ref
- 190-0607-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £24,465 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/08/2025
Employer heading

Medical Equipment Library Operator
NHS AfC: Band 2
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
A vacancy has become available for an enthusiastic and motivated person to work in the Medical Equipment Libraries at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The libraries house a variety of medical devices that are loaned out around the trust for clinical use.
The post is based at the Northern General Hospital but the successful applicant will be required to work on all the sites when required. A cross-city rota is in operation.
The post holders will be responding to requests from clinical staff for the loaning of medical devices and their collection from around the Trust.
Main duties of the job
Loaning, tracking, delivering and retrieving medical equipment from around the hospital sites. This will also require the use of electronic databases and spreadsheets.
This post will require the successful candidate to have a methodical approach with attention to detail which is vital to ensure the safe delivery of the Medical Equipment Library service.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate a practical, logical aptitude with good communication skills and be able to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
The Directorate of Medical Imaging & Medical Physics (MIMP) is the largest Service Directorate within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. Medical Physics employs 135 staff (35 scientists and 100 technical staff) providing a variety of scientific and clinical services to the Trust.
The Department of Medical Physics is divided into 6 sections each managed by a Section Head responsible to the Scientific Director. The Clinical Engineering Section is divided into three groups – Medical Device Management (MDM), Medical Device Innovation (MDI) and Medical Device Healthcare Projects (MDHP)
You will be working for an organisation which 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 commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
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
- English and Maths grade C / level 4 or above or equivalent experience/qualifications
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent Manual Handling Training
- Full Driving Licence
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a stores or portering environment
Desirable criteria
- Some experience of medical equipment and working within hospitals on wards etc
- Some experience of using Patient Management Systems within the NHS.
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
- Dan Betts
- Job title
- Medical Equipment Library Supervisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 226 6397
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