# Clinical Equipment Courier/Librarian

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Derby
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Administrative and IT
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 pro rata /pa
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (08:00-16:00)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-11T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-04T00:05:24.492Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Derby/University_Hospitals_Derby_Burton_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical_Devices/Medical_Devices-v8036124
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8036124?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An  opportunity has arisen to join the Medical Equipment Library team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB).

The Medical Equipment Library is a centralised service responsible for issuing, tracking, maintaining, and managing medical devices across Trust sites, ensuring equipment is safe, available, and fit for use.

In this role, you will support wards and departments by ensuring timely access to essential medical equipment required to deliver safe and effective care to patients within our acute hospital environments. The role is operational, hands-on, and contributes directly to patient safety and service delivery.

### Working Pattern and Requirements

- Part-time: 22.5 hours per week
- Core hours: 08:00 – 16:00 (subject to service needs)
- Includes weekend working
- Flexibility required to support service demand, including holiday and sickness cover
- Required to work across Derby and Burton hospital sites
- This role is not a driving position

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the day-to-day operational delivery of the Equipment Library service, ensuring equipment is available, safe, and appropriately managed.

Key duties include:

- Collecting, delivering, and distributing medical equipment across wards and departments
- Receiving, checking, cleaning, and preparing equipment for reissue in line with infection prevention and control guidance
- Ensuring all equipment is functional, safe, and ready for clinical use prior to issue by following work instructions
- Maintaining equipment in a charged and ready-to-use state where applicable
- Recording all equipment loans and returns accurately using Trust systems
- Maintaining the medical equipment asset database in line with Trust policies
- Supporting stock control processes, including monitoring equipment levels and consumables
- Identifying faulty equipment and arranging transfer to Clinical Engineering for repair
- Responding promptly to equipment requests
- Acting as a point of contact for clinical staff requiring equipment
- Liaising with nursing, clinical, and support staff to ensure service needs are met
- Following all relevant Trust policies, including infection control and health and safety requirements
- Maintaining accurate records to support audit and compliance processes

Closing date of applications: 11 June 2026

Interview date: 25 June 2026

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click on the link to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship Impacts of the changes to the UK immigration policy | NHS Employers

## Job Details

An opportunity has arisen to join the Medical Equipment Library team at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB).

The Medical Equipment Library is a centralised service responsible for issuing, tracking, maintaining, and managing medical devices across Trust sites, ensuring equipment is safe, available, and fit for use.

In this role, you will support wards and departments by ensuring timely access to essential medical equipment required to deliver safe and effective care to patients within our acute hospital environments. The role is operational, hands-on, and contributes directly to patient safety and service delivery.

Part-time: 22.5 hours per week

Core hours: 08:00 – 16:00 (subject to service needs)

Includes weekend working

Flexibility required to support service demand, including holiday and sickness cover

Required to work across Derby and Burton hospital sites

This role is not a driving position

## Job Description

The post holder will support the day-to-day operational delivery of the Equipment Library service, ensuring equipment is available, safe, and appropriately managed.

Key duties include:

Collecting, delivering, and distributing medical equipment across wards and departments

Receiving, checking, cleaning, and preparing equipment for reissue in line with infection prevention and control guidance

Ensuring all equipment is functional, safe, and ready for clinical use prior to issue by following work instructions

Maintaining equipment in a charged and ready-to-use state where applicable

Recording all equipment loans and returns accurately using Trust systems

Maintaining the medical equipment asset database in line with Trust policies

Supporting stock control processes, including monitoring equipment levels and consumables

Identifying faulty equipment and arranging transfer to Clinical Engineering for repair

Responding promptly to equipment requests

Acting as a point of contact for clinical staff requiring equipment

Liaising with nursing, clinical, and support staff to ensure service needs are met

Following all relevant Trust policies, including infection control and health and safety requirements

Maintaining accurate records to support audit and compliance processes

Closing date of applications: 11 June 2026

Interview date: 25 June 2026

## Responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click on the link to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship Impacts of the changes to the UK immigration policy | NHS Employers

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to plans and organise own workload within a changeable environment

### Experience

**Essential**

- Ability to input and retrieve data, database management
- Basic IT skills

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Good standard of general education, numeracy skills, reading and writing ability

**Desirable**

- GCSE level C Maths and English,

## Documents

- [jd&ps 2026 (pdf, 371.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10324167)
- [positive action statement (pdf, 3.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1946)

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