# Assistant Technical Officer - Medical Engineering

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- **Location:** Trust Headquarters, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical engineering technician
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum/pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T10:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16T08:40:46.787Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/TELFORD/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/ATO_Medical_Engineering/ATO_Medical_Engineering-v8298979
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8298979?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking to appoint an Assistant Technical Officer who will be responsible for the day-to-day support to the Medical Engineering Department function and staff.

Educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, the successful applicant will have previous experience within a maintenance environment with an understanding of health and safety legislation.

### Main duties of the job

- The Assistant Technical Officer is responsible for the day to day support to the Medical Engineering Department function and staff; duties will include provision of the medical device library service, maintenance of a range of basic medical devices and will include the provision of electrical safety testing, routine service/calibration and minor device repair.
- The role also includes a range of administrative support duties including the management of stock and the commissioning of new devices and disposal of redundant equipment. Booking in of medical devices, theatre instrument processing, hoist work, Ward rounds, reupholstering of couch sections.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- An appreciation of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and electro mechanical applications.
- An understanding of the operation and calibration of diagnostic test equipment
- Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation
- Knowledge of Audio Visual Equipment

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience in an electronic related discipline.

**Desirable**

- Experience of PAT testing

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- A minimum NVQ3 or equivalent qualification / experience

**Desirable**

- ECDL or recognised IT competency qualification

## Documents

- [job pack (pdf, 664.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10618093)
- [ai use in recruitment (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2345)
- [relocating to shropshire? (pdf, 1.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2313)

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