# Medical Device Service Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-device-service-assistant/0ff911fb-47f3-49c2-a382-83ab0e1f6395 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-device-service-assistant/0ff911fb-47f3-49c2-a382-83ab0e1f6395.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Oldham Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Assistant - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday, core office hours.) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-01T07:22:56.006Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Oldham/Northern_Care_Alliance_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Administration_Medical_Devices/Administration_Medical_Devices-v8251727 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8251727?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Medical Device Governance Team is looking to recruit a Band 3 Administration Assistant with a positive attitude and is a motivated team player to join our small friendly department. Should you not meet all the criteria for the post, please do not be deterred. Development of a suitable individual would be considered, working as a band 2 during a period of academic or experiential learning with guaranteed progression to a band 3 on successful completion of the agreed pathway. The successful candidate will be required to visit clinical areas, establish relationships with the staff and assist and support them in achieving medical device training compliance as well as helping with retrieving and reporting faulty devices with the support of the team. A full UK driving licence is required for this role. ### Main duties of the job - You will be responsible for maintaining a database of training records for clinical teams, extracting data, producing reports and monitoring targets. - The role is a combination of office-based duties and visits to clinical areas to deliver training compliance reports. - You will be organising training events alongside the clinical training team, including room booking, provision of audio-visual aids, taking attendance bookings, monitoring attendance and escalating information to managers as required. - You will need to be a car driver as the role requires work on all sites as well as with the community teams. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ### 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** - Knowledge of administration practices ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of working in an administrative capacity - Previous experience of working in a team ### Qualifications **Essential** - Level 2 qualifications in numeracy and literacy - NVQ level 3 or equivalent in administration or care - ECDL or evidence of ability to use databases, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft word - Full UK Driving Licence ### Knowledge, skills and Experience **Essential** - Evidence of building positive relationships and partnerships with clients - Able to use Microsoft Windows based programs - Able to concentrate when subject to unpredictable working patterns - Evidence of good organisational skills - Able to deal with enquiries or take clear and full messages when callers need to be referred. - Able to provide positivism and enthusiasm in support of the team - Able to manage and prioritise own work load to meet deadlines - Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues ## Documents - [fr form (docx, 62.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10564196) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3016) - [sponsorship & visa information (pdf, 106.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2708) - [medical device service assistant (docx, 80.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10564195) ## 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.