Medical Engineering Technician (Home Ventilation & Community)

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Medical Engineering Technician. You will maintain and calibrate vital medical devices in community and hospital environments, ensuring quality healthcare delivery. Candidates should have an HNC in a related field and significant electronic maintenance experience.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in electronic maintenance.
• Knowledge of NHS regulations for medical device maintenance.
• Experience as a field service engineer.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance and calibration of medical devices in community and hospital settings.
• Technical support for home ventilation and paediatric services.
• Training staff on medical devices.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Analytical Skills

Manual Dexterity

Education

HNC in Medical/Electronics/Electrical Engineering

Current full UK driving licence

Recognised IT competency qualification

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Engineering Technician (Home Ventilation & Community)

The closing date is 25 June 2025

There is a requirement for an enthusiastic person to join the Trust's Electronics & Medical Engineering Team. The successful candidate will be involved in the maintenance, calibration and repair of a wide range of medical devices including home ventilation equipment, patient monitoring and other complex specialist equipment used within a modern hospital environment and the community.

• Interview Date: 04 July 2025

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

A Higher National Certificate or equivalent specialist study/experience in a medical electronic maintenance related discipline is essential, as is a current driving license as the post-holder will be required to carry out maintenance in the community, patients homes and on hospital sites.

The successful candidate will be required to rotate to any hospital site/location to meet the demands of the service. The base site will be confirmed at interview.

About us

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

o Freeman Hospitalo Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)o Newcastle Dental Hospitalo Newcastle Fertility Centreo Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbriao Northern Genetics Serviceo Cramlington Manor Walks

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

• The Medical Engineering Technician Home Ventilation & Community is responsible for the maintenance, calibration and repair of a range of medical electronic devices, some of which are complex and technologically advanced requiring an in-depth knowledge of current engineering techniques.
• Carry out planned maintenance, repair, calibration and servicing of medical equipment within patients homes and community sites. There may be some limited requirement to service hospital-based equipment from time to time.
• To provide technical support to the Northern Regional home ventilation department and paediatric service which covers from the Scottish borders in the North to York in the South and Cumbria in the West of the region. Approx 3 days per week on road.
• To provide technical support to community sites such as walk in centres.
• Acceptance tests new equipment.
• Train medical and technical staff in the use of medical devices.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties as required by the department or management to support the effective functioning of the team

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.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• HNC in Medical/Electronics/Electrical Engineering related subject plus short courses, or equivalent training and experience.
• Current full UK driving licence
• Recognised IT competency qualification
• Biomedical Equipment Practice Course (e.g., Eastwood Park)

Knowledge & Experience

• Significant experience in an electronic maintenance related discipline.
• A sound working knowledge of current analogue and digital electronics is essential.
• An appreciation of mechanical, pneumatic and electro-mechanical applications
• A full understanding of the operation and calibration of diagnostic test equipment
• Knowledge of NHS regulations and guidance relating to medical device maintenance
• Previous experience working in a medical electronics maintenance field.
• Experience working within an ISO 9001 environment
• Previous experience as a field service engineer

Skills & Abilities

• Good interpersonal skills, in person and by telephone
• Ability to effectively communicate with NHS staff at all levels
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Computer use including database, word processing, internet and email
• Good levels of manual dexterity.
• Report writing skills.

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