Clinical Engineering Technologist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Clinical Engineering Technologist to join a busy medical equipment servicing unit. The post involves activities such as selection, evaluation, acceptance testing, installation, calibration, planned maintenance, repair, routine safety testing, decommissioning, and disposal of electro-mechanical medical equipment. It is suitable for an experienced technologist looking to progress or one seeking to improve their skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for the repair, maintenance, and servicing of a defined range of medical equipment.
Essential criteria
- Good quality academic qualifications in engineering / technology; HNC/HND or equivalent + post-qualification training.
- Additional theoretical knowledge acquired through CPD (professional short courses, personal study, conferences)
- Working towards RCT registration
Desirable criteria
- Honours degree in Clinical Technology/Electronics or equivalent
- Registered Clinical Technologist
- Experience working as a technologist.
- Experience in fault diagnosis.
- Specialist knowledge on the maintenance and repair of a range of medical devicess
- Use of Office and other equipment specific software packages.
- Disassembly and reassembly skills
- Knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical electronic engineering
- Ability to use equipment management data bases
- Knowledge and experience of working in a Health care setting
- Knowledge of MHRA Managing Medical Devices April 2015
- At least 2 years' experience as a technologist
- Communication and Relationship
- Able to communicate complex and varied information across professional boundaries to a range of staff both inside and outside the organisation.
- Good negotiation skills.
- Able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations.
- Analytical & Judgement Skills
- Interpretation of legislation/policy/complex test results where there is no precedent
- Analysis and interpretation of engineering test results.
- Investigate and manage causes of problems with users/ patients / equipment, escalating to managers if required
- Use of special computer packages.
- Planning & organisation skills
- Plan programmes of work within own service and other services, involving a wide range of other professionals.
- Work independently and under pressure, prioritising workloads .
- Physical skills
- Keyboard skills
- Ability to lift items of equipment up to 15kg, following Trust manual handling policy and practices.
- Ability to work in small or awkward spaces; when installing or maintaining equipment
- Able to calibrate and test equipment with small margins of error
- Colour vision and good eyesight
- Other
- Be able to work within broad occupational policies and establish how these should be interpreted for the Trust
- Full UK driving licence
- Compassionate - demonstrates a caring nature towards patients, colleagues and the public.
- Training & Qualifications
- Good quality academic qualifications in engineering / technology; HNC/HND or equivalent + post-qualification training.
- Additional theoretical knowledge acquired through CPD (professional short courses, personal study, conferences)
- Working towards RCT registration
- Honours degree in Clinical Technology/Electronics or equivalent
- Registered Clinical Technologist
- Experience working as a technologist.
- Experience in fault diagnosis.
- Specialist knowledge on the maintenance and repair of a range of medical devicess
- Use of Office and other equipment specific software packages.
- Disassembly and reassembly skills
- Knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical electronic engineering
- Ability to use equipment management data bases
- Knowledge and experience of working in a Health care setting
- Knowledge of MHRA Managing Medical Devices April 2015
- At least 2 years' experience as a technologist
- Communication and Relationship
- Able to communicate complex and varied information across professional boundaries to a range of staff both inside and outside the organisation.
- Good negotiation skills.
- Able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations.
- Analytical & Judgement Skills
- Interpretation of legislation/policy/complex test results where there is no precedent
- Analysis and interpretation of engineering test results.
- Investigate and manage causes of problems with users/ patients / equipment, escalating to managers if required
- Use of special computer packages.
- Planning & organisation skills
- Plan programmes of work within own service and other services, involving a wide range of other professionals.
- Work independently and under pressure, prioritising workloads .
- Physical skills
- Keyboard skills
- Ability to lift items of equipment up to 15kg, following Trust manual handling policy and practices.
- Ability to work in small or awkward spaces; when installing or maintaining equipment
- Able to calibrate
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 6d ago · Closes in 9d
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Clinical Engineering Technologist
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Engineering Technologist to join a large team in a busy medical equipment servicing unit.
This post is ideal for an experienced Technologist looking to progress their career in a challenging and busy environment. Alternatively we are looking for a Technologist seeking to improve their experience and capabilities.
This post will include activities, selection and evaluation, acceptance testing and installation, calibration, planned maintenance, repair, routine safety testing, decommissioning and disposal. These services are provided for a defined range of electro-mechanical medical equipment within the care of Clinical Engineering that are owned by or used by the Trust and certain organisations outside the Trust.
Main duties of the job
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development o
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