Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Engineering - Medical equipment maintenance, repair and commissioning.
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8.00am to 4.00pm Mon to Fri 30 mins lunch)
- Job ref
- 389-25-7402858
- Employer
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clinical Engineering Dept, Bradford Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Bradford
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Engineering Healthcare Scientist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Closing Date: 24.08.25
Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 25.08.25
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 01.09.25
The post-holder will be a member of a team providing Clinical Engineering Services for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and other Locations. These Services cover the management of medical devices within the Trust and the maintenance and repair of medical equipment.
Safety and good working practices are an essential component to the duties which are extremely specialised and non-routine and demand a high level of responsibility and independent judgement.
The Clinical Engineering service is working within a quality system ISO9001
Main duties of the job
· Planned preventive maintenance and calibration of a wide range of equipment.
· Planning and prioritising of own workloads allocated by the Team Leaders.
· Working in the close proximity to patients most days.
· Ability to work on heavy pieces of equipment where physical effort could be demanded.
· Fault finding and repair on complex medical equipment.
Working for our organisation
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To undertake duties in and be involved with the maintenance work of the section, as directed by the Team Leaders.
· To carry out any project work as directed by the Team Leaders.
· To work within the quality system and assist in its maintenance and development.
· To ensure that equipment service records are accurately kept in the Clinical Engineering e-Quip system.
· To report to the Team Leaders any perceived deficiencies in the tools required or the personal training required to competently performing your duties.
· To keep equipment stock spares at correct level as directed by the Team Leaders. These will require re-ordering when stocks are low.
· To work flexibly when required meeting the requirements of the service.
· To perform such duties at a comparable level of responsibilities, as may normally be agreed with the job holder.
· To travel to other hospitals when necessary in the execution of their work to which end a driving licence holder is desirable
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience in Engineering
Desirable criteria
- Experience within Clinical Engineering
- Registered as a Clinical Technologist or Engineering Technician
Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed physical accuracy and eye coordination, for working on complex equipment
- Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues within own area of competence
- Able to concentrate when subject to unpredictable working patterns and when working on complex equipment
- Able to deal with distressing circumstances when working in clinical areas most days
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified to HND/Foundation degree or *equivalent in engineering
Desirable criteria
- Specialist knowledge gained through courses with regular updates.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrew P Wagstaff
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Engineering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01274 364147
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