Junior Clinical Engineer - EBME

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Stevenage is seeking a Junior Clinical Engineer to manage the lifecycle of medical equipment. This role involves preventative maintenance, repairs, and compliance tasks. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Biomedical Engineering and experience with medical devices. The Trust values flexible working arrangements to support a positive work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Supportive work environment

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree in Biomedical Engineering or a related field is required.
• Experience with medical equipment is preferred.
• Ability to perform fault diagnosis and repairs.

Responsibilities

• Manage lifecycle of medical equipment and ensure compliance.
• Perform maintenance and repairs on medical devices.
• Liaise with clinical users to assess and prioritize equipment issues.

Skills

Fault diagnosis

Preventative maintenance

Calibration

Team collaboration

Technical troubleshooting

Education

Degree in Biomedical Engineering or relevant field

Tools

Medical equipment software

Calibration tools

Job description

We are recruiting for a Junior Clinical Engineer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Junior Clinical Engineer will be responsible for the lifecycle management of medical equipment within the EBME Equipment Library, ensuring all devices are maintained, calibrated, and compliant with safety standards. Additionally, the engineer will assist with other clinical engineering tasks and projects as needed to support the EBME Services.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

The successful candidate will provide clinical technical services including preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, and repair for a variety of medical equipment.

You will liaise effectively with clinical users to clearly understand equipment issues, assess the severity and potential impact, and prioritize responses based on urgency.

You will also perform fault diagnosis using appropriate fault-finding techniques; report any novel or unusual faults to the Team Lead. Exercise sound judgment to identify root causes of equipment malfunctions.

The post holder will also repair equipment faults, conducting repairs down to the component level as needed.

Additionally, you will be able to verify that equipment functions in accordance to the manufacturer’s specifications.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We Run The Following Hospitals

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
  
  

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Finny John Job title: EBME Service Supervisor Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01438284016