Medical Engineering Team Manager

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Medical Engineering Team Manager to oversee the maintenance and repair of a vast array of medical devices. This role involves managing a skilled team, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and contributing to innovative service developments. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in medical electronics and demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills. Join a forward-thinking organization that values flexibility and professional growth, while making a meaningful impact on healthcare delivery.

Benefits

Flexible Working Arrangements

Professional Development Opportunities

Health and Safety Training

Membership in Relevant Professional Institutes

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior Technician in Medical Engineering.
• Knowledge of standards and regulations for medical devices.
• Degree level knowledge in Electronics or Medical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Manage maintenance and repair of medical electronic devices.
• Plan and implement maintenance programs for medical equipment.
• Lead a team of Medical Engineering Technicians.

Skills

Management Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Skills

Report Writing

Teaching Skills

Education

Bachelor's Level Qualification in Electronics

HNC in Medical Engineering

Tools

Diagnostic Test Equipment

Computer Software (Database, Word Processing)

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Engineering Team Manager

The closing date is 26 May 2025

There is an requirement for an enthusiastic person to join the Trust's Medical Engineering team. The post-holder will be involved in the day-to-day management of staff and resources employed to maintain a wide range of medical/renal/laboratory/CCTV equipment as well as making a practical contribution to the routine maintenance, calibration and repair of over 30,000 medical devices including patient monitoring, ventilators and pathology equipment used within a modern Hospital environment.

Also involved in large and exciting site and service developments, the post holder will be an integral part of design teams modernising and expanding the Trust's Medical Equipment services.

Applicants should be qualified to degree level or equivalent in an electronic related discipline and will be able to demonstrate significant relevant experience at a supervisory/senior level in a medical electronics related field. A full driving licence is required, as the post-holder will participate in an out of hour's on-call rota.

You will need to be a team player, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to use your own initiative when required.

• 37 hours 30 minutes /week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

• Planning, co-ordinating, implementing and delivering a programme of planned maintenance including personal responsibility for the maintenance of specialist equipment or departments.
• Planning and allocating the workload of reactive maintenance of medical devices, sometimes with immediate responses required.
• Planning asset audits to ensure equipment is operating at the required software and hardware levels.
• Managing and lead a team of highly skilled Medical Engineering Technicians.
• Implement necessary remedial actions recommended in Department of Health Safety Alert Bulletins or manufacturer's alerts, modification or software updates.
• Liaise with medical, technical, supplies department, risk management staff and equipment manufacturers regarding technical information including investigating and reporting of adverse incidents and equipment defects and failures to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
• Have a proactive approach in order to help drive continuous improvement.

Please refer to NHS jobs to see other vacancies across our Medical Engineering Department.

About us

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

o Freeman Hospital

o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

o Newcastle Dental Hospital

o Newcastle Fertility Centre

o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

o Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• Part of the Leadership and Management Team within Medical Engineering, the Team Managers role is to support the management of the EME/Dialysis/Loan Library/Instrument Curator departments and take full responsibility in the absence of the Medical Engineering Service Manager and carry out daily management responsibilities.
• The Medical Engineering Team Manager is responsible for the maintenance and repair of a broad spectrum of medical electronic devices, which are highly specialised, complex and technologically advanced requiring an in-depth knowledge of current engineering techniques.
• Plan, manage and carry out planned maintenance, repair and servicing of specialist medical equipment and acceptance test new equipment.
• Train medical and technical staff in the use of medical devices.
• Take a lead role in major installations.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

• Significant experience as a Senior/Specialist Technician in a Medical Engineering field
• A comprehensive knowledge of all relevant standards, regulations and codes of practice relating to the management of medical devices and associated technologies
• A comprehensive knowledge of Department, Trust and NHS policies and procedures
• A comprehensive knowledge of current analogue and digital electronics
• A sound working knowledge of mechanical, pneumatic and electro-mechanical applications
• A full understanding of the operation and calibration of diagnostic test equipment
• Experience of managing in an ISO 9001 environment
• Evidence of CPD including completion of management/leadership and specialist manufacturers training courses
• Extensive knowledge of medical device management and related issues
• Awareness of risk management and Health & Safety protocols.
• Degree level knowledge.
• Interest in Health & Safety matters

Skills & Abilities

• Supervisory, Management and Organisational skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, in person and by telephone
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with staff, suppliers and customers at all levels under all conditions of urgency
• Ability to lead a team of highly skilled technicians and be able to resolve difficult situations involving the maintenance of a wide range of medical equipment
• Excellent analytical skills
• Report writing skills
• Computer use including database, word processing, internet and e-mail
• Teaching and presentation skills

Qualifications & Education

• A Bachelor's Level qualification, or HNC in Electronics or Medical Engineering related subject plus knowledge and experience to Bachelor's Level in a similar role
• Current full UK driving licence
• Recognised IT competency qualification
• Membership of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine or other relevant institute
• Registration on the Register of Clinical Technologists

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust