Job summary
- Main area
- Electro Medical Engineering
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-NN-7398130-SC-FM
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom and St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Epsom and St Helier
- Salary
- £35,763 - £43,466 per annum, pro rata incl HCAS Outer
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Equipment Technician
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
The Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering Department incorporating Medical Electronics and Medical Engineering sits within the Estates Directorate. We are seeking a highly motivated and organised individual to work as a Medical Engineer
Medical Engineering is primarily concerned with providing maintenance to a wide range of highly complex diagnostic and therapeutic medical equipment both within the Trust and in other Trusts by arrangement. Such equipment embraces electrical, electronic, and mechanical and software based technologies requiring both broad and specialist knowledge.
The post holder will provide administrative and technical support generally to department and end user staff
The quality of service and response is crucial, the post holder will communicate effectively with clinical staff, suppliers, manufacturers, contracts and procurement staff regarding maintenance of medical equipment acting as a first contact for advice.
This role is of vital importance and will require the individual to be proactive and highly organised individual who continually strives for service improvements.
You will provide outstanding customer service to our service users, taking a ‘can do’ approach to your duties. You will need to demonstrate good communication skills and the ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the organisation.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a high quality preventative maintenance, repair, calibration, safety and acceptance testing service on beds, trolleys, patient hoists, mattress pump and other patient care equipment in acute and community hospitals, including electrical and mechanical equipment. Additionally, the post holder will be responsible for the regular cleaning and decontamination of specialist mattresses.
In addition the post holder will provide technical advice and training on both general and highly specialized equipment to ensure safe and efficient use by others. They will also liaise with and negotiate with clinical staff, suppliers, manufacturers, and contracts and procurement staff over the selection and maintenance of medical equipment acting as a first contact for advice.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will deliver high-quality preventative maintenance, repair, calibration, safety checks, and acceptance testing services for beds, trolleys, patient hoists, mattress pumps, and other patient care equipment across acute and community hospitals. This includes both electrical and mechanical equipment. Additionally, the post holder will be responsible for the regular cleaning and decontamination of specialist mattresses.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Qualifications, developed knowledge and experience in Electronics Engineering to NVQ4 level equivalence
Desirable criteria
- BSc/BEng in an appropriate Electronics Engineering subject.
- Member of an appropriate professional organisation
- Possesses an up-to-date professional portfolio.
- Registered as a Clinical Technologist
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of some post qualification medical equipment maintenance experience working in a relevant healthcare environment.
Desirable criteria
- Specialist equipment training on complex multi-parameter medical equipment
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Repair, preventative maintenance, safety testing & acceptance testing.
- Broad knowledge of medical device operation & management
Desirable criteria
- Specialised knowledge of medical applications of engineering
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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
- Muhammad Saleem
- Job title
- Head of Medical Engineering and Technical Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082962268
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