Critical Care Technician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing essential technical support in the assessment and management of critically ill patients within the Critical Care Team. You will perform safety checks, manage supplies, prepare and decontaminate specialist equipment, and assist with patient care tasks like manual handling and specific interventions. The position requires a keen eye for detail, strong teamwork, and a passion for high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment.
Key responsibilities
- Performing essential safety checks within the department.
- Supporting the distribution of essential stores, supplies and pharmaceuticals.
- Preparing and decontaminating specialist Critical Care equipment.
- Contributing to the ongoing maintenance of clinical equipment.
- Assisting staff with manual handling of complex patients and therapies team with specific interventions.
- Undertaking cannulation, venepuncture, arterial sampling, ECGs, male and female catherisation where requested.
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE level of equivalent
- Educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
- Understanding of the role of a band 3 technician in the deliverance of patient care
- Cannulation, venepuncture, arterial sampling, male/female catheterisation
- Excellent communication skills combined with the ability to ask and communicate with colleagues in an effective and positive manner
- Good interpersonal skills and able to communicate with patients and healthcare professionals
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to work systematically and under pressure in a busy environment
- Understand the principles of patient confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in maintaining stock levels in the workplace
- Previous healthcare experience in either primary or secondary care
- Ability to work alphabetically and numerically with accuracy and attention to detail
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Able to work to given schedules and rotas whilst executing their personal responsibilities with referral to senior staff when required in a timely and efficient manner
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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Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Critical Care Technician
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated healthcare technicians with a keen interest in caring for the critically ill and their families, to join our Critical Care Team at Dorset County Hospital as a Band 3 Technician. You will be providing essential technical support in the assessment and management of critically ill patients.
This hands-on role is ideal for someone with a keen eye for detail, strong teamwork skills, and a passion for supporting high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment.
Main duties of the job
- Performing essential safety checks within the department
- Supporting the distribution of essential stores, supplies and pharmaceuticals throughout the department, to include contribution to the management of stock.
- Support patient care by preparing and decontaminating specialist Critical Care equipment as per manufacturers guidelines.
- Contribute to the ongoing maintenance of clinical equipment in the department through liaison with the medical engineering department.
- Assisting staff with manual handling of complex patients and where requested assist the therapies team with delivery of specific interventions, such as physiotherapy exercise and mouth care.
- Will be required to provide technical support in the
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