Biomedical Engineering Technician Apprentice

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; Lewisham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking two apprentices to join their Clinical Engineering team. The role involves training to maintain and repair medical devices, working across multiple sites. Apprentices will complete relevant healthcare qualifications over four years, gaining hands-on experience. The position emphasizes teamwork, commitment to diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Must be motivated and committed to learning in a clinical engineering environment.
• Previous qualifications may influence the duration of the apprenticeship.
• Willingness to work across multiple sites and adapt to different workloads.

Responsibilities

• Learn duties of an Associate Clinical Technologist under supervision.
• Provide technical support for medical devices across the Trust.
• Maintain accurate medical device service records and histories.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Hardworking

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Level 2 Healthcare Science Assistant award

Level 3 Healthcare Engineering specialist technician

Job description

We are looking to employ two highly motivated, enthusiastic, and hardworking apprentices to join our expanding and friendly Clinical engineering team here at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

The Clinical Engineering team is responsible for the management of medical devices throughout their lifecycle; from commissioning newly purchased devices, to periodic maintenance and breakdown repair, to the safe decommissioning of devices at the end of their lifecycle.

The post holder will be required to work predominantly across our main sites of University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, depending upon department workload demands and your own development needs. The post holder will also be expected to occasionally visit our community sites across south east London.

The medical devices that you will work with on a day to day basis will vary in their purpose; from delivering therapy and surgical care, taking physiological measurements and monitoring vital signs, providing life support, and assisting or guiding in diagnosis and treatment. As part of our clinical engineering team you will help to ensure that these devices are fit and safe to use by our clinical staff to treat our patients.

You will be trained to maintain and repair modern medical devices used throughout the Trust. Depending upon previous qualifications and experience the apprenticeship with last up to 4 years.

Your first year will be spent completing the Level 2 Healthcare Science Assistant award/qualification which will take place on site. Once completed you will then be enrolled onto the Level 3 Healthcare Engineering specialist technician. Both courses will be overseen by a recognised college.

During training:

• To learn and perform the duties of an Associate Clinical Technologist, under the guidance and supervision of qualified members of the Biomedical Engineering team.
• To undertake a structured and comprehensive training and education programme.

On completion of training:

• To provide technical and engineering support as part of the Clinical Engineering service catering for all general clinical areas within the Trust.

There will be a particular focus on assisting other technologists in locating and tracking medical devices, liaison with nursing staff to organise access for servicing of equipment, and carrying out basic servicing and planned maintenance.

This requires updating of records in the department equipment database so as to ensure all medical device service records and histories are accurately maintained.

We are committed to improving Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in our workplace. Our key aspirations include:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship you will have gained the required knowledge, skills, and qualifications, and acquired the necessary hands on practical experience to pursue both a fulfilling and rewarding career in the field of Clinical Engineering.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement.