Associate Healthcare Scientist – Medical Engineering

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Technician to maintain and test medical devices across King’s Mill Hospital and related sites. The role involves preventive maintenance, fault finding, acceptance testing, and assisting with device rollouts in clinical areas.

Regular weekend work is required. The post is permanent, band 4, with salary around £28,392–£31,157 per year, under Agenda for Change.

Qualifications

• Contribute to Clinical Engineering MEMD services including planned maintenance, repair, acceptance and condemnation
• Knowledge and skills applied to medical equipment include acceptance testing
• PPM and standard fault finding on medical devices
• Electrical safety testing and use of electrical/mechanical tools
• Computer technology and use of test equipment
• Clear communication and liaison with clinical colleagues

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 to identify and resolve issues using appropriate diagnostic techniques
• Support safe condemnation and disposal of medical devices
• Conduct acceptance testing for new and loaned equipment before clinical use
• Assist with rollout of newly accepted devices into clinical areas
• Contribute to Trust‑wide resuscitation equipment schemes to ensure readiness and compliance

Skills

Planned maintenance

Acceptance testing

Condemnation

PPM

Electrical safety testing

Electrical tools

Fault finding

Computer skills

Test equipment use

Communication skills

Education

Level 4 qualification e.g. HNC/D in Electrical/Mechanical/Medical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Test equipment use

Electrical tools

Mechanical tools

Computer technology

Job description

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

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically‑led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as “outstanding” for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only “outstanding” NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Details

Date posted: 25 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 4

Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: 214-CSTO-8186466

Job locations: King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton‑in‑Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• 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

Qualifications

Essential

• 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

Essential

• Additional Knowledge achieved through attendance of manufacturer's training courses for non‑complex and moderately complex medical devices

Experience

Essential

• Experience of maintenance and repairs of a comprehensive range of complex and moderately complex medical electrical/electronic/mechanical devices

Desirable

• Experience working within Healthcare Environment

Contractual Requirements

Desirable

• Driving Licence

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.

Employer details

Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address: King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton‑in‑Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Principal Technician

Chris Moore

[e-mail]

01623622515

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.