Clinical Scientist | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A large acute healthcare trust in England is seeking a professional to manage healthcare technologies and medical devices. The ideal candidate will provide expert advice, lead procurement projects, and support clinical staff through training. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with standards and helping develop strategies for safe device use. This position is vital for enhancing healthcare practices across the Trust while promoting a focus on patient welfare and safety.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing healthcare technologies and medical devices.
• Ability to provide expert advice on the safe use and maintenance of medical devices.
• Capability to support training programmes for clinical staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead delegated projects related to medical device procurement and evaluations.
• Advise clinical staff on healthcare technology suitability and usage.
• Manage medical devices procurement projects, including specifications and budgets.
• Analyze trust data for monitoring device-related incidents and compliance.
• Act as a resource for medical device users and champion best practices.
• Support in the delivery of medical device training programmes.

Job description

Overview

The CESS team supports the Trust in developing systems to achieve compliance with legal, regulatory, quality, professional and best practice standards relating to the safe acquisition, use and management of healthcare technologies. This post also supports the CESS manager’s advisory role in the development of Trust strategies, policies and operational practices relating to medical devices.

Responsibilities

• Lead delegated projects e.g., rolling replacement programmes, clinical evaluations and writing specifications as specified by the medical device governance lead.
• Act as a point of contact for all enquiries involving medical devices and emerging healthcare technologies.
• Advise clinical staff on a broad range of healthcare technology, assessing devices available on the market and making judgements on suitability for the intended purpose, taking into account UK based maintenance support, ease of use and balancing this against clinical preference.
• Manage medical devices procurement projects, including writing specifications, monitoring expenditure of allocated capital funding, following tender and purchasing processes, planning clinical evaluations.
• Extrapolate and analyse information from Trust data systems to produce reports e.g., monitoring of device related clinical incidents supporting device replacement programmes, planned maintenance requirements and evidence for regulatory standards.
• Act as a visible, accessible, and assertive resource for medical device users; to be a credible authoritative source of expert advice to managerial, medical, clinical, and technical staff and patients on the safe use, maintenance and management of medical devices and a pro‑active champion of best practice in their clinical application throughout the Trust.
• Provide support to the Medical Device Training Co‑ordinator in the delivery of medical device training programmes.

Training and Mentoring

• Act as mentor for Clinical Scientist trainees and participate in joint training programmes in collaboration with external education organisations.

About the Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, serving a core population of over 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to designing services around the needs of individual patients.

Additional Information

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026.