Healthcare Skills Technician (Part - time)

Bournemouth University; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in the UK is seeking a part-time Healthcare Skills Technician to support practical teaching and research in healthcare. The role includes setting up classes, maintaining equipment, and ensuring health and safety compliance. Ideal candidates will have experience in manual handling environments and strong communication skills. This position offers a collaborative team environment and opportunities to work with modern healthcare simulation facilities. Flexibility in working hours is required.

Benefits

Professional development and training opportunities

Supportive and collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Experience working in a manual handling environment.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills.
• Good IT skills, including use of databases and standard office software.
• Ability to undertake manual handling duties safely.
• Commitment to maintaining a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Support practical teaching, learning, and research activities across healthcare skills areas.
• Set up and clear practical classes.
• Maintain and repair equipment, manage consumables and inventories.
• Support use of simulation and learning technologies.
• Contribute to health and safety compliance and first-line equipment maintenance.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Good IT skills

Manual handling experience

Job description

About The Role

Working closely with academic staff, students, and technical colleagues, you will support practical teaching, learning, and research activities across healthcare skills areas. Your responsibilities will include setting up and clearing practical classes, maintaining, and repairing equipment, managing consumables and inventories, and supporting the use of simulation and learning technologies. You will also contribute to health and safety compliance, first‑line equipment maintenance, and the ongoing development and efficient operation of skills rooms across the faculty. This post is offered at 0.6 FTE, with example working patterns including mornings Monday to Friday or three full days per week. Some flexibility will be required to meet operational needs.

About You

You will be an approachable and organised individual with excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively both as part of a team and independently. You will have experience working in a manual handling environment and a strong awareness of health and safety requirements. Experience supporting skills or laboratory environments, particularly within education or healthcare, would be advantageous. You will be willing to engage with new technologies, adapt to changing priorities, and work across campuses when required.

Key Requirements

• Experience working in a manual handling environment
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills
• Good IT skills, including use of databases and standard office software
• Ability to undertake manual handling duties safely
• Commitment to maintaining a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment

What We Offer

• A supportive and collaborative team environment
• Opportunities to work with modern healthcare simulation facilities
• Professional development and training opportunities
• A role that directly supports the education of future healthcare professionals

Contact

For further information about this role, please contact [e-mail].

Part‑time Details

This position is available part‑time for 22.2 hours per week (0.6 FTE).

Sponsorship

This position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service’s Points Based System. Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who require permission to work to carry out this position.

About The Department

Bournemouth University is seeking a Healthcare Skills Technician (Grade 3) to join our established and supportive technician team within the Faculty of Health, Environment & Medical Sciences (HEMS). This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery of high‑quality, simulation‑based education for healthcare students. This is a Grade 3 post reporting to the Healthcare Skills and Technology Team Leader (HEMS). The post holder will be expected to work in accordance with Bournemouth University’s policies on equality, diversity, health and safety, and environmental sustainability. Based primarily in the Bournemouth Gateway Building, Lansdowne Campus, you will play a key role in supporting the safe, effective, and efficient operation of our healthcare skills facilities and equipment.

About Us

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled and creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe, who reflect a variety of backgrounds, talents, perspectives, and experiences that help to build our global learning community. BU values and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We seek a diverse community through attracting, developing and retaining staff from different backgrounds to contribute to inspirational learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society. To support and enable our staff to achieve a balance between work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.