# Medical Electronics Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-electronics-technician/4193c395-08c0-44d8-8bae-08ebfb4c02b9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-electronics-technician/4193c395-08c0-44d8-8bae-08ebfb4c02b9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kettering General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical engineering technician - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: Developing role at band 4 raising to band 5 with appropriate training/experience achieved - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T18:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T12:20:35.698Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Northamptonshire/Kettering/Kettering_General_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical_Devices/Medical_Devices-v8339646 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8339646?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kgh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to work with fine tools to tight tolerances - Ability to work with complex micro electronic circuitry - Ability to read wiring and circuit diagrams - Hand/eye co-ordination, multi-skills tasks - Able to deal with contact with bodily fluids, smells and infectious patients as required - Computer literate using the full range of Microsoft Office programs **Desirable** - Ability to perform static safe procedures - Ability to communicate highly complex technical information - Ability to empathise, employ tact and diplomacy when dealing with staff, client or patient complaints. ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of relevant operation and maintenance procedures - Understand and apply safe working procedures **Desirable** - Experience of relevant UK and EU legislation - Experience working in a hospital environment - Ability to liaise technically - Knowledge of clinical physiological procedures ### Educations, Training and Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to BTEC ONC in engineering discipline or equivalent level of knowledge gained through experience/vocational training e.g. City & Guilds - COSHH Awareness - Current UK driving licence ### Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes **Essential** - Confident and self-motivated - Energy and enthusiasm - Ability to work on own initiative - Ability to travel between sites ## Documents - [person spec (pdf, 118.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663646) - [job description (pdf, 280.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10663645) - [staff privacy notice (pdf, 300.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1830) ## 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.