Deputy Head of Medical Engineering - ASPH

NHS; Ashford; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Ashford is seeking a Deputy Head of Medical Engineering to provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure the effective management of medical devices and technologies. This role includes overseeing device lifecycle management and compliance with regulatory standards. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in electro-medical engineering and a degree in Engineering or Physics. Competitive salary and full-time permanent contract offered.

Qualifications

• Degree-level knowledge in engineering or related field.
• 6+ years of experience in medical engineering management.
• Registration as a Clinical Engineer/Technologist.

Responsibilities

• Manage medical device lifecycle including procurement and maintenance.
• Provide leadership for the Medical Engineering team.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic management

Electro-medical engineering management

HR processes

Budget management

Education

Honours degree in Engineering/Physics

Chartered status with scientific/engineering body

Job description

Job summary

Healthcare Partners are focused on attracting, retaining, developing and advancing our workforce. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer, inclusion and diversity are key to the success of our company.

If you are looking to join a dynamic company with ambitious growth plans over the next ten years, look no further. You will have the opportunity to shape your career within an organisation where talent is recognised and where we will empower you to learn and develop. We aren't about putting people into boxes – we want people to break the mould and the boundaries to fulfil their potential. Our team here at Healthcare Partners know that everything they do makes a difference to patients' lives. This isn't just a job – it's a real career, a way of making a difference every single day. We are a true team of diverse, incredible people, all pulling together to fulfil our vision of enabling our clinicians to provide the ultimate care – using the latest innovations to achieve the best outcome for their patients.

If you meet the requirements for this role and are looking to join an organisation that supports a Healthcare Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC, apply today. This could be the start of your new and rewarding career!

Main duties of the job

• Line manages the ASPH workshops across 2 main sites, providing technical and professional leadership at a strategic level, ensuring the medical equipment management and maintenance services meets the needs of the trust and Healthcare Partners.
• The post holder is required to provide leadership to resolve problems associated with the day to day running of the department, including taking actions as appropriate to remedy issues in the short, medium and long term.
• Manage the end-to-end medical device lifecycle, including procurement support, commissioning, maintenance, performance monitoring, and safe disposal.
• Uses management skills to develop teams, to ensure services are responsive to corporate and service user's needs.
• Acts as the Deputy Head of Medical Engineering with staff management and budgetary control.
• Will operate in a senior clinical technical role with a significant professional leadership function.
• Responsible for the delivery and KPI compliance of EME and Equipment Library service provision across ASPH sites.
• Health and Safety representative for the department.
• Deputies for Head of Medical Engineering.
• Support the Head of Medical Engineering in achieving and maintaining formal quality accreditation in medical engineering, equipment and devices at ASPH, to ensure HPL's ISO registration – e.g. ISO 9001.

About us

Established in 2018, Healthcare Partners Ltd (HPL) is a wholly‑owned subsidiary of the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

We offer a consultative, collaborative approach – based on a genuine desire to make healthcare provision outstanding, and respecting the opinions and skills of our fellow clinical professionals to produce exceptional outcomes.

We are a substantial company in our own right, with an annual turnover of around £50m and over 80 staff. We partner with other healthcare providers throughout the UK in both the public and private sectors, reinvesting our profits and savings back into the NHS.

At Healthcare Partners Ltd, the patient is at the heart of all we do. We're proud to be part of the NHS, helping to make healthcare better.

Details

Date posted: 24 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£58,475 to £65,816 a year Per annum (pro rata) including High Cost Area Supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full‑time

Reference number

384‑SB‑EMF19553

Job locations

Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals

London Road

Ashford

TW15 3AA

Job description

The Deputy Head of Medical Engineering provides strategic and operational leadership for the ASPH Medical Engineering and Equipment Library team, ensuring the safe, effective, and efficient management of all medical devices and related technologies across ASPH sites. This role is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the service, aligning it with Healthcare Partners objectives, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory standards (e.g., MHRA, CQC, ISO9001). The post‑holder will lead on medical device lifecycle management including procurement support, commissioning, maintenance, performance monitoring, decommissioning, and disposal to ensure equipment is safe, reliable, and cost‑effective. Working collaboratively with clinical teams, procurement, estates, and external suppliers, the Deputy Head of Medical Engineering will ensure that device‑related risks are identified, managed, and escalated appropriately. The post‑holder will also play a key role in driving innovation, introducing new technologies, and supporting digital transformation and EPR integration. The role includes leadership and development of a multidisciplinary team of engineers, technicians and administration, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, staff engagement, and professional development. The post‑holder will be accountable for financial management of the department, delivery of cost‑improvement plans, and ensuring that services are delivered within agreed budgets and performance targets.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Degree‑level knowledge/experience of leadership, strategy and management.
• Honours degree or time served equivalent in Engineering/Physics or an allied subject.
• Registration as a professional Clinical Engineer/Technologist or working towards accreditation.
• Registration as a Fellowship of Professional bodies (e.g. IPEM), or with the potential to achieve this imminently.
• Chartered status with a scientific/engineering body.

Knowledge Essential

• Extensive practical experience in electro‑medical engineering management practice and techniques with at least 6 years practice in supervising preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, repair, calibration, quality control, safety, acceptance testing and procurement.
• Demonstrable knowledge and implementation of HR processes.
• Significant experience managing complex scientific and/or engineering services and engaging with and leading a team.
• Highly developed experience in applying engineering technology to patient‑critical equipment and techniques in a healthcare setting.
• Experience of workforce planning and recruitment and retention strategies, budget and resources.
• Significant experience of managing budgets and financial resources, including the associated processes such as budget setting and financial planning.
• In‑depth knowledge of the clinical governance agenda including clinical risk and safety.
• Experience in developing and implementing medical devices related policy within a healthcare context.
• Comprehensive knowledge of medical devices management including inspection, repair, calibration, quality control, safety, acceptance testing and procurement.
• Able to act as a HPL expert in the area of specialist expertise (technical authority for all matters relating to medical devices).

Desirable

• Experience in contracts negotiation and contracts management in highly complex environments, for example healthcare.
• Experience of client management, commercial contracting and managing large programmes of commercial or grant‑funded programmes.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals

London Road

Ashford

TW15 3AA

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)