Technical Support Engineer

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 32,073 to 39,043 £ / Year

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Biomedical Engineer to join the Medical Device Service at Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust. Based at Rochdale Infirmary, this is a Trust-wide role requiring work across multiple NCA sites and community services. You will be part of a multi-professional Medical Devices Team delivering engineering, governance, and training support across various care settings.

Applicants should hold a minimum HNC in electronics or a clinical engineering qualification, with experience maintaining hospital medical equipment and a willingness to develop across a wide range of specialities. Candidates with limited experience may be appointed at a lower band (Band 4) with a structured development plan to progress to Band 5.

A full UK driving licence is mandatory. Non-UK licences must be exchangeable under UK rules: https://www.gov.uk/exchange-nongb-driving-licence/y. Do not apply if you do not meet this requirement.

Main duties of the job

A brief overview of what your day to day duties will include are listed below:

  • Carrying out routine maintenance on a wide range of medical equipment.
  • Investigating and repairing medical equipment reported as faulty.
  • Updating evidence of work done on an equipment database.
  • Driving to community sites to collect, deliver, service and repair medical equipment.
  • Assisting with the commissioning of new medical equipment. This includes testing and configuring of new medical equipment before it
  • is released for clinical use.
  • Supporting users of medical equipment to make the best use of these assets. This will include providing specialist advice to users in
  • their clinical use and application.
  • Assisting in the management of risk associated with medical devices; this will include involvement in training, investigations, testing and
  • repair of medical equipment and acting as the interface between users and other outside agencies / suppliers.
  • Working in a team supporting each other in order to achieve the common goal of providing a high-quality service that is agile and flexible and best serves the need of our service users.
  • Supporting senior engineers to carry out investigations on medical equipment and devices which are reported as being subject to an
  • adverse incident or when supplier recall notifications require action.
  • Working with external suppliers of medical equipment.
  • Working within the organisations policies and local procedures.
  • Regularly updating your Knowledge / Skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • HNC (Level 4/5 BTEC) qualification in electronic engineering
  • Full UK Driving License

Desirable

  • Electronic Engineering Degree

Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge in the application and use of a wide range of medical equipment
  • Knowledge and experience of current legislation recommendations for the management of medical equipment

Desirable

  • Wide range of supplier approved training on the servicing and repair of medical equipment.

Registration

Desirable

  • Register for clinical technologists (RCT)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a field of electronics maintenance and repair in a workshop environment.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with supplier to resolve and manage clinical risk with the use and application of medical devices
  • Experience of working in an ISO9001 environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 1 August 2026

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