Job overview
Clinical Engineering provides a clinical scientific / technical support service to clinical users of patient connected diagnostic and therapeutic medical equipment throughout the trust. A particularly high level of support is provided to critical care areas such as ICU, operating theatres, neonatal intensive care, coronary care areas, where the potential for patient harm is greater.
Clinical Engineering also has a lead role in safety critical areas when medical equipment is used. This includes: the adaptation of existing equipment; investigation of adverse incidents (adverse events and near misses involving medical equipment) and initiating appropriate action; determining necessary action required following receipt of DoH Safety Notices and ensuring that the work is completed; contribution to the training of clinical staff in the safe use of medical equipment.
Main duties of the job
Applications are welcomed from candidates who do not currently hold formal registration, or who are working towards technician-level competence, where they can demonstrate the required values, aptitude, experience, and ability to meet the relevant essential criteria.
Candidates who do not hold current formal registration should review the Band 4 Trainee Job Description and Person Specification. Where a candidate meets the requirements for the Band 4 Trainee role, appointment may be made at that level, subject to the outcome of a fair and consistent recruitment process. Where appropriate, apprenticeship, inhouse training, and structured training routes may be supported in line with service needs, role requirements, and organisational policy. Progression into a more senior role, such as a Band 6 post, would not be automatic. Any future appointment to a higher-banded role would be subject to an open, fair, transparent, and merit-based recruitment process, in line with UK employment law, equality legislation, NHS recruitment standards, and local organisational policy. Candidates would be assessed against the agreed job description, person specification, and role requirements at the time of recruitment.
The post-holder provides a calibration, maintenance and repair service to critical care areas, Operating Theatres, Accident & Emergency, Endoscopy, medical wards and outpatient departments. Post is based at Lincoln County Hospital but travel to other ULTH sites is required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A-Level or equivalent Level 3 qualification in science, engineering or maths. Alternatively, equivalent level of experience
Desirable
- Degree in engineering
Previous Experience
Essential
- Practical engineering experience
- Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries.
Desirable
- Workshop practices and techniques.
- Independent practice including preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, repair, calibration, quality control, safety.
- Understanding of the clinical application of a wide range of general medical devices and how the design achieves that safely.
- Electrical Safety Testing
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Practical Aptitude
- Computer literate
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to maintain accuracy
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Desire to continue learning
- Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework:
Desirable
- Range of IT skills including understanding of networked medical equipment systems.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel across sites
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This advert is for Trainee Medical Engineering Technician/Specialist - Band 4/6 with United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust in Lincoln, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Health science services role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent: This role is not a work‑from‑home position. Flexible working arrangements may be considered, but only within Clinical Engineering core business hours, and the postholder is required to work on site for a minimum of five days per week.. The application deadline is 27 Jul 2026.
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