Assistant Technical Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 14/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role is for an Assistant Technical Officer within the Clinical Technology department, focusing on the maintenance and management of hospital beds and associated equipment. The successful candidate will support the Beds Team, ensuring the safe availability and upkeep of equipment, and will be involved in routine checks, fault identification, and record keeping. It requires an engineering background and a valid full UK manual driving licence, with training provided for medical device safety.
Essential criteria
- ONC or equivalent in an appropriate engineering subject
- Hold a current, valid (non- provisional) FULL UK MANUAL driving licence
Desirable criteria
- On the Clinical Technologist Voluntary register
- Experience of Working in an Engineering enviroment
- Experience & theoretical knowledge in the maintenance of medical devices.
- Be able to produce evidence of CPD in a medical technologies environment.
- Skills, ability and knowledge
- Good knowledge of Microsoft products, able to enter data into equipment management database.
- Experience in fault finding to board level
- Knowledge of Human Physiology
- ONC or equivalent in an appropriate engineering subject
- Hold a current, valid (non- provisional) FULL UK MANUAL driving licence
- On the Clinical Technologist Voluntary register
- Experience of Working in an Engineering enviroment
- Experience & theoretical knowledge in the maintenance of medical devices.
- Be able to produce evidence of CPD in a medical technologies environment.
- Skills, ability and knowledge
- Good knowledge of Microsoft products, able to enter data into equipment management database.
- Experience in fault finding to board level
- Knowledge of Human Physiology
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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Job summary
At present, University Hospitals of North Midlands is unable to offer visa sponsorship for Band 2 to Band 4 roles, as these positions do not meet the minimum salary and skill thresholds required under UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations.
We are seeking to recruit an engineer to support the existing teams working within Clinical Technology. The successful applicant must have an engineering background, ideally with experience in engineering and maintenance. The successful applicant must hold a valid full UK manual driving licence.
The department of Clinical Technology provides a comprehensive medical equipment management and maintenance service to the University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM) and external healthcare bodies. Based at both the Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital sites, the department consists of multidisciplinary teams of medical engineers, including renal, general medical, imaging, critical care and medical gasses, which provide medical equipment maintenance and support to services across the organisation and to other local healthcare providers.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the day-to-day operation of the newly established Beds Team within Clinical Technology, contributing to the safe availability, movement, and upkeep of hospital beds and associated equipment across the Trust.
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