Senior Assistant Technical Officer

NHS; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Senior Assistant Technical Officer to provide essential technical support for medical equipment management. The role involves maintenance, repair, and testing of various medical devices, ensuring safety and efficiency in patient care. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, relevant qualifications, and experience in a medical environment. Join a dedicated team committed to delivering high-quality healthcare services to the community.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years in a technical/scientific/craft support role.
• Experience in a technical support role in a medical environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and assistance to the Clinical Engineering equipment management service.
• Carry out scheduled preventative maintenance, servicing, repair, calibration, and safety testing on medical equipment.

Skills

Technical Support

Electrical Safety

Computer Literacy

Education

ONC/BTEC or equivalent qualification in an appropriate science or engineering subject

English Grade C or higher

Mathematics Grade C or higher

Relevant science-based subject Grade C or higher

Job description

Go back Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Assistant Technical Officer

The closing date is 26 May 2025

Provide technical support and assistance to the Clinical Engineering equipment management service.

Special responsibility, under managed supervision, to support and assist the service and repair work activities of the medical equipment support teams.

Responsible for organizing own workload

Main duties of the job

The Medical Engineering Department has responsibility for managing and supporting a wide range of medical, therapeutic and diagnostic devices used throughout the Humber Partnership, to ensure it operates effectively and safely with a minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer software and medical gas systems.

Medical equipment represents one of the organisation's most substantial assets and the way in which equipment is purchased, managed, and used can directly influence the quality of care delivered to patients. Medical equipment can also involve risks to both patients and staff, particularly if it is used improperly.

Working under supervision, the Post holder will carry out scheduled preventative maintenance, servicing, repair, calibration, safety and acceptance testing on a range of medical equipment appropriate to their grader. Work on more complex equipment may be undertaken under the direct supervision of more senior staff. Post holder is required to work to high standards of safety and accountability.

The Post holder liaises with clinical and technical staff to identify faults and repair equipment, which will include working in clinical areas. This often requires a flexible approach to working patterns to ensure work can be undertaken with minimum disruption or delays to patient services.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Goole and District Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary, and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery, and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled, and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership, and our community.

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Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust, we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees. This will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life, and we recognize that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career. If it works for you and for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team, or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery, and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognized and valued by all, and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers, we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice, and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if required for their role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• English Grade C or higher
• Mathematics Grade C or higher
• Relevant science-based subject Grade C or higher
• ONC/BTEC or equivalent qualification in an appropriate science or engineering subject

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years in a technical/scientific/craft support role within a technical service environment or studied Engineering at College or higher education
• Awareness of basic electrical safety
• Basic computer literacy
• Experience in a technical support role in a medical environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a Disclosure check will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust