Job summary
- Main area
- EME
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-LC136-G
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £31,469 - £38,308 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
EME/Clinical Engineer Infusion Pumps Support
Band 5
Job overview
Join Our Team: EME/Clinical Engineer – Infusion Pumps Support (Band 5)
Base location: Frimley Park Hospital (FPH)
Salary: Band 5 – NHS Agenda for Change
Contract: Permanent | Full-time
Please note: This role does not offer sponsorship
Are you a dedicated and driven clinical or biomedical engineering professional with a passion for improving patient care through cutting-edge technology and service excellence? We’re offering an exciting opportunity to be part of a brand-new, specialist team within the EME/Clinical Engineering department – focused on supporting and maintaining the Trust’s infusion systems.
Main duties of the job
This newly created post forms a vital link between internal teams and external stakeholders, helping us take the next step in transforming how we manage over 3,500 infusion devices Trust-wide.
You will play a key role in delivering a safe, efficient, and fully in-house service for the maintenance and repair of a wide range of infusion systems – including syringe drivers, PCA pumps, epidural and TCI devices, and enteral feeding pumps.
You’ll be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high standards of equipment availability, compliance, and patient safety – aligning with national guidance and the Trust’s long-term strategy.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Deliver preventative and corrective maintenance for infusion devices across all Trust sites
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Support a dedicated in-house service model and contribute to equipment lifecycle management
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Provide hands-on repairs, safety checks, and performance testing to ensure manufacturer compliance
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Act as a key liaison with clinical teams, supporting staff with technical queries and device safety guidance
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Mentor and support apprentices and junior staff within the engineering team
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Lead initiatives to integrate infusion systems with digital platforms like EPIC/EPR
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Help develop, review and implement policies, SOPs, and risk assessments relating to infusion equipment
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Monitor and escalate safety notices, product recalls, and regulatory compliance action
What We’re Looking For
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Relevant engineering qualification (e.g. HNC/HND or degree in Clinical Engineering, Medical Electronics, or equivalent experience)
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Practical experience with infusion devices or similar electro-medical systems
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Strong understanding of safety and regulatory standards for medical equipment
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Confident communicator, able to work collaboratively with clinical and technical colleagues
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Passionate about innovation, service development, and improving patient outcome
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For a full list of duties, responsibilities and essential criteria, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
If you are motivated by the opportunity to make a real difference in healthcare technology and want to contribute to a growing and respected service, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us build a safer, smarter future for our patients.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/HND/HNC or equivalent in Electronics, Physics or Biomedical Engineering
- In depth knowledge of modern medical devices, systems and standard, particularly with respect to testing and evaluation
- Some knowledge of modern computer-based systems and some IT knowledge/awareness
Desirable criteria
- Specific studies / qualifications in Medical Instrumentation both generic and specific equipment courses including relevant study/ knowledge of physiology and aspects of medicine.
- Qualifications in Physics and Maths to A level or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Professionally gained experience in several different areas of electronics, preferably including medical electronics e.g. infusion devices, ventilators, incubators, ultrasound machine, etc.
- Extensive experience of troubleshooting to board level on a wide variety of electronic and computer-based systems
- Extensive experience of electrical testing using varied range of test equipment
- Supervisory experience in a workshop environment
- Proven level of responsibility where mistakes directly impinge on the safety/well-being of others
Desirable criteria
- Specific servicing experience in medical equipment in NHS or commercial environment.
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 Kirkby
- Job title
- Head of EME/Clinical Engineering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 6134276
- Additional information
In the event I cannot be contacted please contact my deputy head of EME/Clinical Engineering at [email protected] or on 03006 153211
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