Junior Technical Support Engineer (Mechanical)

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS foundation trust in the UK is seeking a dedicated Medical Device Service Technician to support the maintenance and management of medical equipment. The ideal candidate will possess an HNC in Mechanical or Operations engineering and have experience in the medical equipment field. Responsibilities include providing first-line support and contributing to compliance in repair and maintenance of devices. Benefits include flexible working opportunities and a solid annual leave package.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Generous annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• Experience in the field of Medical Equipment is essential.
• Full UK Driving License is required.

Responsibilities

• Support maintenance, repair, and sub-contractor management of medical equipment.
• Provide first-line support to users to optimize systems uptime.
• Implement and deliver a long-term operational plan for medical devices.

Skills

Knowledge in application and repair of medical equipment

Mechanical or Operations engineering

Problem-solving skills

Education

HNC in Mechanical or Operations, or Mechatronics engineering

Job description

Overview

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

Responsibilities

You will have a key role in supporting the departments responsibility for the maintenance, repair and sub-contractor management of Medical equipment. This will Include first line support to users of Medical equipment to Optimise systems up time to gain maximum use of Medical equipment.

The post holder will 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.

They will be working towards achieving compliance levels for medical device repair and maintenance including down time and ensure that systems are available to enable clinical teams to have insight into progress with maintenance and repair of their devices.

Qualifications

Ideally, you will possess a minimum of HNC in Mechanical or Operations, or Mechatronics engineering and have relevant experience since qualifying in the field of Medical Equipment. Knowledge in the application and repair on a wide range of Medical equipment used in a hospital and community is essential although some specific training will be provided.

Consideration may be given to applicants will reduced knowledge and skills, who follow a personnel development program on a reduced grade.

Please note that, for this post, you will be required to have obtained a full UK Driving License

Company Overview

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.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

Benefits

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Closing Date

This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Jan 2026