Associate Healthcare Scientist – Medical Engineering
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves ensuring the safe and reliable operation of medical devices across the Trust. You will perform maintenance, servicing, and repair on various medical equipment, including fault-finding and acceptance testing for new devices. The position also includes supporting resuscitation equipment schemes and requires regular weekend working.
Essential criteria
- Contribute to the Clinical Engineering services of MEMD including planned maintenance, repair, acceptance and condemnation
- Knowledge and Skills applied to medical equipment will include
- Acceptance testing
- PPM
- Electrical Safety Testing
- Electrical and Mechanical Tools
- Fault Finding
- Computer Technology
- Use of test Equipment
- Communication/interpersonal skills, commensurate with effective team working and liaison with clinical and professional colleagues
- Level 4 qualification e.g. HNC/D in Electrical/Mechanical/Medical Engineering or equivalent. Candidates with the lower qualification would be taken on via Annex 21 in a training role to reach this minimum level
- Further Training
- Additional Knowledge achieved through attendance of manufacturer's training courses for non-complex and moderately complex medical devices
- Experience of maintenance and repairs of a comprehensive range of complex and moderately complex medical electrical/electronic/mechanical devices
Desirable criteria
- Experience working within Healthcare Environment
- Contractual Requirements
- Driving Licence
- Knowledge Requirements
- Contribute to the Clinical Engineering services of MEMD including planned maintenance, repair, acceptance and condemnation
- Knowledge and Skills applied to medical equipment will include
- Acceptance testing
- PPM
- Electrical Safety Testing
- Electrical and Mechanical Tools
- Fault Finding
- Computer Technology
- Use of test Equipment
- Communication/interpersonal skills, commensurate with effective team working and liaison with clinical and professional colleagues
- Level 4 qualification e.g. HNC/D in Electrical/Mechanical/Medical Engineering or equivalent. Candidates with the lower qualification would be taken on via Annex 21 in a training role to reach this minimum level
- Further Training
- Additional Knowledge achieved through attendance of manufacturer's training courses for non-complex and moderately complex medical devices
- Experience of maintenance and repairs of a comprehensive range of complex and moderately complex medical electrical/electronic/mechanical devices
- Experience working within Healthcare Environment
- Contractual Requirements
- Driving Licence
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Join a dynamic multi-disciplinary team dedicated to one mission: ensuring safe, reliable medical devices are always available to support high-quality patient care across the Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a service known for its innovative approach and hands-on clinical support.
You'll play a key role in areas such as Trust-wide resuscitation trolley equipment provision, Equipment Library operations, and technical support within weekly respiratory clinic settings. Regular weekend working is part of the role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Carry out planned preventive maintenance (PPM), servicing, inspection and repair on a range of non-complex to moderately complex medical devices
- Perform routine fault-finding, using appropriate diagnostic techniques to identify and resolve issues
- Support the safe condemnation and disposal of medical devices
- Conduct acceptance testing for new and loaned equipment before clinical use
- Assist with the rollout of newly accepted devices into clinical areas
- Contribute to Trust-wide resuscitation equipment schemes to ensure readiness and compliance
This role has a requirement to regularly switch between Thursday/Friday off to carry out weekend working.
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