Junior Technical Support Engineer (Mechanical)

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Manchester is seeking a Medical Device Service professional to provide first-line support for medical equipment. The role involves supporting maintenance, repair, and ensuring compliance levels for medical device usage. Candidates should ideally hold an HNC in Mechanical or Operations engineering, and have knowledge in medical equipment applications. A Full UK Driving Licence is mandatory. The position offers a competitive benefits package and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Opportunities for career development

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum HNC in Mechanical or Operations, or Mechatronics engineering with relevant experience.
• Knowledge in the application and repair of a wide range of medical equipment.
• Full UK Driving Licence required.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line support to users of medical equipment.
• Support maintenance and repair of medical equipment.
• Ensure compliance levels for device repair and maintenance.

Skills

Knowledge of medical equipment

Technical knowledge

First-line support skills

Education

HNC in Mechanical or Operations or Mechatronics engineering

Job description

Overview

The Medical Device Service supports users of medical equipment across all hospital sites within the Northern Care Alliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line support to users of medical equipment to optimise uptime and maximise system usage.
• Support maintenance, repair and sub-contractor management of medical equipment.
• Provide specialist technical knowledge for the implementation and delivery of a long-term operational plan for cost-effective and efficient management and deployment of safe medical devices across the Care organisations.
• Work towards achieving compliance levels for medical device repair and maintenance, including downtime, and ensure that systems are available to enable clinical teams to have insight into progress with maintenance and repair of their devices.

Qualifications and experience

• Ideally, a minimum of HNC in Mechanical or Operations, or Mechatronics engineering, and relevant experience since qualifying in the field of Medical Equipment.
• Knowledge in the application and repair of a wide range of medical equipment used in hospital and community settings; some specific training will be provided.
• Consideration may be given to applicants with reduced knowledge and skills who follow a personnel development program on a reduced grade.
• Full UK Driving Licence is required.

About Northern Care Alliance

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

What we offer

We are committed to delivering consistently high standards of care and sharing our values of care, appreciate and inspire. In return, we offer a role with purpose and flexibility, opportunities for career development, and a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities to support personal downtime and work-life balance.

How to read more

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

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