# Clinical Engineering Team Leader > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-engineering-team-leader/8ebdebfb-0af7-4173-9cd5-34625a7dcf07 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-engineering-team-leader/8ebdebfb-0af7-4173-9cd5-34625a7dcf07.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust - **Location:** Derriford Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Health science services - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T12:05:14.943Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Devon/Derriford_Plymouth/University_Hospitals_Plymouth_NHS_Trust/Clinical_Engineering/Clinical_Engineering-v8262064 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8262064?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Team Lead for Theatres and Anaesthetic Medical Device maintenance Team within Clinical Engineering. The Clinical Engineering department, within the Healthcare Science and Technology service line at Derriford hospital is responsible for the reporting, management and maintenance of 46,000 individual, active medical devices within our database. This post is to lead a team of Technicians, Engineers and Senior Engineers supporting the team to fulfil their duties and maintain patient safety through well maintained and available medical devices. ***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.*** ### Main duties of the job - Manages a team of technicians/engineers providing expertise in one or more technologies, work processes and clinical disciplines. - Manages and leads in the selection and recruitment of new staff. - Performs Individual Performance Reviews on members of their team or delegates this task as appropriate. - Manages and leads on disciplinary and performance issues in relation to members of their team. - Authorises leave ensuring minimum staffing levels and operation effectiveness are maintained during core hours. - Manages and monitors sickness and absence of members of their team. - Plans work of members of their team, as required. - Proactively manages prioritisation and allocation of incoming work to ensure that staff resources are effectively employed, and customer needs are fulfilled. And ensures completion in compliance with the Quality System. - Responsible for agreeing staffing cover in the event of sickness, annual leave or absence from the department, deputising for other Team Leaders and occasionally for Clinical Engineering Management. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Participates in and facilitates team huddles, team leader and altogether meetings with the Head of Clinical Engineering other Team Leaders and other staff as required, deputising for management when required. - Develops Team productivity key performance indicators (KPI) and provides data for production boards, supporting development of wider KPI’s. - Manages development, and support of their team, ensuring expertise in specific technologies, work processes and clinical disciplines. For further details please see attached job description and person specification. ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - Relevant level 6 degree or equivalent level of knowledge and demonstrable experience - Postgraduate qualification at level 7 in relevant subject or demonstrable equivalent level of knowledge and experience - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Membership of a relevant professional body - Registration on a register for Clinical Technologists or with Engineering Council ### Aptitudes and abilities **Essential** - Proven ability to influence, inspire and champion people and issues. - Comprehensive leadership skills - Able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations - Proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Proven competence in senior technical role associated with the use, management and development of engineering technologies - Proven Knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 Standard for Quality Management Systems - Extensive practical demonstrable experience in electro-mechanical engineering workshop practices and techniques - Demonstrable experience in team management - Knowledge of MHRA Managing Medical Devices - April 2015 ## Documents - [clinical engineering team leader (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10583034) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.