Assistant Technical Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 14/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
Join the friendly and energetic team in the Cardiac Laboratory at Aintree University Hospital as an Assistant Technical Officer. This role involves performing electrocardiograms (ECGs) in various hospital and community settings, as well as applying ambulatory ECG and blood pressure monitors. You will contribute to a wide range of invasive and non-invasive cardiac investigations. In-service training will be provided for suitable candidates with limited prior experience.
Essential criteria
- GCSE in Maths, English and Science Grade C or above or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience as an ATO
- Previous experience in a healthcare setting
- Good communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to work under pressure and in emotive environment
- Demonstrable competency in Electrocardiography procedures
- GCSE in Maths, English and Science Grade C or above or equivalent
- Previous experience as an ATO
- Previous experience in a healthcare setting
- Good communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to work under pressure and in emotive environment
- Demonstrable competency in Electrocardiography procedures
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Assistant Technical Officer
The closing date is 14 September 2026
Job summary
Aintree University Hospital is a large, complex organisation providing acute healthcare to a population of 330,000 in North Merseyside and surrounding areas. It is also a teaching hospital for the University of Liverpool and provides specialist services to a much wider population of around 1.5 million in Merseyside, Cheshire, South Lancashire and North Wales.
Aintree Cardiac Centre provides a wide range of invasive and non-invasive investigations including ECG and ambulatory monitoring, Tilt table testing, Exercise tolerance testing, Echocardiograms (including Stress , Transoesophageal and 3D echoes), Cardiac catheterisation and Permanent pacing implant and follow up.
We are looking for an assistant technical officer to join our friendly and energetic team within the Cardiac Laboratory.
Main duties of the job
The job role will involve performing electrocardiograms in ward areas, clinics and A&E at Aintree and also in our community based clinics in Litherland and Maghull. The role also includes application of ambulatory ECG and blood pressure monitors.
Suitable candidates would ideally be expected to have prior experience of basic cardiac anatomy, ECG recording and ambulatory monitors. In-service training will be provided to pote
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