Band 7 Senior Renal Technologist

NHS; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 58 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Renal Technologist to provide expert technical support across renal services, including maintenance and fault-finding of dialysis machines and water treatment systems. You will monitor water quality and assist home dialysis patients while training junior staff.

The role requires experience with renal equipment, regulatory knowledge, and the ability to lead within a technical team, including 24-hour on-call duties and potential deputising

Qualifications

• Experience with hemodialysis equipment and water treatment systems.
• Knowledge of equipment safety testing and regulatory standards.
• Ability to train colleagues and work under pressure.

Responsabilités

• Provide specialist technical support across renal services, including maintenance, fault finding and planned servicing of dialysis machines, water treatment systems and associated medical equipment.
• Monitor water quality, support home dialysis patients, provide technical advice and training, and contribute to equipment safety and service improvements.
• Play a leading role within the technical team, support junior colleagues, participate in the 24-hour on-call service and deputise for the Technical Manager when required.

Connaissances

Renal dialysis equipment

Water treatment systems

IT proficiency

On-call readiness

Formation

BTEC/HNC/Degree in Electronics

Registered Renal Technologist

Outils

Equipment management software

Description du poste

Our current vacancies

If you want to be part of the Royal Free London team, search our current vacancies below to find the job for you.

Site Royal Free London Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 13/11/2026 23:59

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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A fantastic opportunity to join the Renal Technical Team at Royal Free London, working as part of a skilled and experienced team supporting specialist renal services. This is an ideal role for someone looking to develop their technical knowledge while contributing to high-quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Renal Technologist will provide specialist technical support across renal services, including the maintenance, fault finding and planned servicing of dialysis machines, water treatment systems and associated medical equipment. The role includes monitoring water quality, supporting home dialysis patients, providing technical advice and training, and contributing to equipment safety, risk management and service improvements. The post holder will play a leading role within the technical team, support junior colleagues, participate in the 24-hour on-call service and deputise for the Technical Manager when required.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow linkhttps://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Education & Professional Qualifications

• BTEC/HNC/Degree in Electronics or equivalent
• Ability to travel between sites in timely manner sometimes with heavy equipment
• Registered as a Renal Technologist

Experience

• Extensive experience of working on heamodialysis & associated equipment
• Robust experience of renal water treatment systems
• Experience of medical device safety testing
• Experience of helping deliver projects within renal services
• Experience of using equipment management software
• The post-holder will have highly developed specialist knowledge of the principles of dialysis, dialysis equipment and water treatment
• A desire to constanly improve knowledge and reflect this in the service provided
• Ability to train and present work
• Proficient in IT & software
• Determination to help deliver sustainability research and projects
• Good communication/organisational skills and attention to detail
• Detailed knowledge of relevant regulations (Equipment management, water quality, H&S etc)
• Mature, flexible attitude to individual & team working
• The desire to improve personal knowledge & take on new challenges
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Ablitity to Travel between sites
• The post holder will be required to occasionally move moderatley/heavy equipment

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  • Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
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