Job requirements
Essential
15 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to work with fine tools to tight tolerances
- Skills
Ability to work with complex micro electronic circuitry
- Skills
Ability to read wiring and circuit diagrams
- Skills
Hand/eye co-ordination, multi-skills tasks
- Skills
Able to deal with contact with bodily fluids, smells and infectious patients as required
- Skills
Computer literate using the full range of Microsoft Office programs
- Experience
Experience of relevant operation and maintenance procedures
- Experience
Understand and apply safe working procedures
- Educations, Training and Qualifications
Educated to BTEC ONC in engineering discipline or equivalent level of knowledge gained through experience/vocational training e.g. City & Guilds
- Educations, Training and Qualifications
COSHH Awareness
- Educations, Training and Qualifications
Current UK driving licence
- Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Confident and self-motivated
- Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Energy and enthusiasm
- Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Ability to work on own initiative
- Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes
Ability to travel between sites
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to perform static safe procedures
- Skills
Ability to communicate highly complex technical information
- Skills
Ability to empathise, employ tact and diplomacy when dealing with staff, client or patient complaints.
- Experience
Experience of relevant UK and EU legislation
- Experience
Experience working in a hospital environment
- Experience
Ability to liaise technically
- Experience
Knowledge of clinical physiological procedures
Job overview
The post holder will act as a member of a multi-disciplinary team of medical engineers.
To provide and support an integrated medical Devices service incorporating training, procurement and maintenance. To provide and support cross boundary working in accordance with specific service level agreements and contracts.
Main duties of the job
You will assist the Medical Devices Manager, Medical Engineering Supervisor and other Medical Engineers in:
- Carry out repair and testing of medical devices as direct by the MDM.
- Be responsible for the operational safety of all equipment maintained by the departments.
- Record the arrival of any equipment, risk-assess and initiate or update service records.
- Operate a planned safety testing/planned maintenance scheme
- Participate in the operation of a continuing total care system
- Participate in the Trust quality improvement and clinical governance schemes
- Ensure compliance with Trust policies and procedures
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Take a pro-active role in issues involving Health & Safety and Risk Management.
- Record in a suitable manner any actions carried out upon any equipment tested or maintained by the department.
- Assist in maintaining adequate stores and materials to ensure minimum downtime.
- Assist in maintaining adequate records for equipment and updating departmental records.
- Completion of a work related project assigned by the MDM
- Carries out the Pre-Delivery assessment of equipment to ensure compliance with appropriate legislation. Carry out individual specialist duties as agreed with the MDM and detailed below:
- Liaise with clinical staff at all levels and liaise with manufacturers and suppliers
- Liaise with staff, managers and suppliers to organise equipment trials and loans
- Carry out commissioning of new equipment and notify the MDM and Medical Devices Trainer of training requirements.
- Support others technicians and staff I the maintenance and use of designated equipment specialities as directed by the MDM
- Provide technical advice and resources to support the activities of the Medical Equipment Library.
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This advert is for Medical Electronics Technician with Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Kettering, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Clinical engineering technician role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: Developing role at band 4 raising to band 5 with appropriate training/experience achieved. The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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