# Associate Healthcare Scientist – Medical Engineering

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Trust Headquarters, King's Mill Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Health science services
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Expected to regularly contribute to weekend work on flexible basis)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13T12:40:33.235Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/SuttoninAshfield/Sherwood_Forest_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Healthcare_Science/Healthcare_Science-v8105635
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8105635?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Join a dynamic multi‑disciplinary team dedicated to one mission: ensuring safe, reliable medical devices are always available to support high‑quality patient care across the Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a service known for its innovative approach and hands‑on clinical support.

You’ll play a key role in areas such as Trust‑wide resuscitation trolley equipment provision, Equipment Library operations, and technical support within weekly respiratory clinic settings. Regular weekend working is part of the role.

Key Responsibilities:

- Carry out planned preventive maintenance (PPM), servicing, inspection and repair on a range of non‑complex to moderately complex medical devices
- Perform routine fault‑finding, using appropriate diagnostic techniques to identify and resolve issues
- Support the safe condemnation and disposal of medical devices
- Conduct acceptance testing for new and loaned equipment before clinical use
- Assist with the rollout of newly accepted devices into clinical areas
- Contribute to Trust‑wide resuscitation equipment schemes to ensure readiness and compliance

Apply now to join our team!

This role has a requirement to regularly switch between Thursday/Friday off to carry out weekend working.

### Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of maintenance and repairs of a comprehensive range of complex and moderately complex medical electrical/electronic/mechanical devices

**Desirable**

- Experience working within Healthcare Environment

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Level 4 qualification e.g. HNC/D in Electrical/Mechanical/Medical Engineering or equivalent. Candidates with the lower qualification would be taken on via Annex 21 in a training role to reach this minimum level

### Further Training

**Essential**

- Additional Knowledge achieved through attendance of manufacturer’s training courses for non-complex and moderately complex medical devices

### Knowledge Requirements

**Essential**

- Contribute to the Clinical Engineering services of MEMD including planned maintenance, repair, acceptance and condemnation
- Knowledge and Skills applied to medical equipment will include
- Acceptance testing
- PPM
- Electrical Safety Testing
- Electrical and Mechanical Tools
- Fault Finding
- Computer Technology
- Use of test Equipment
- Communication/interpersonal skills, commensurate with effective team working and liaison with clinical and professional colleagues

### Contractual Requirements

**Desirable**

- Driving Licence

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 392.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10400630)
- [benefits leaflet (pdf, 834.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2702)
- [application guide (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2448)
- [our staff networks (pdf, 810.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2938)
- [nursing, midwifery & ahp strategy 25-28 (pdf, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2492)

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