Senior Medical Engineering Technician

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Medical Engineering Technician to support the maintenance and repair of medical equipment within their busy electronics department. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring a high standard of equipment performance across multiple hospital sites. Ideal applicants will possess an HND in Electronic Engineering and have experience in a healthcare environment. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and is suited for those who can work independently while collaborating with a team.

Qualifications

• Completed an approved training programme in Electronic Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continuous professional and personal development.
• Membership in a professional association.

Responsibilities

• Provide repair and maintenance service on medical equipment.
• Responsible for remedial repairs and planned maintenance.
• Participate in daily rounds to troubleshoot medical equipment.

Skills

Ability to work with other professions

Work independently using own initiative

Good dexterity with an eye for detail

Be computer literate

Knowledge of relevant medical equipment maintenance policies

Education

HND in Electronic Engineering or equivalent

IOSH Certificate

ECDL

Job description

Senior Medical Engineering Technician

The closing date is 31 December 2025

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit a Senior Medical Engineering Technician within our busy Medical electronics department to help us develop and extend the range of services we currently provide.

With your Electronic engineering & manufacturers specialised courses or equivalent work experience, you will ideally have some prior experience of working in a hospital medical engineering, maintenance environment.

The successful candidates will be required to work across our main sites i.e. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Hospitals and at other specialist sites such the Boston House and the Thomas Linacre Centre in Wigan.

This is a full time post working 37.5 hours per week.

Please note that this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage interested candidates to apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

Your duties will include working with and supporting the Team Leader in providing a cost-efficient repair and maintenance service on medical equipment within the Trust.

The post holder will be responsible for all remedial repairs, Planned Preventative Maintenance, and calibration of a wide range of medical devices. This will include Anesthesia Machines, Ultrasounds, ventilators, patient monitors, etc... In addition, the acceptance testing and configuration of newly delivered medical devices.

The position will be part of the department's monthly rotating rota, wherein he or she will participate in daily rounds to attend to reported malfunctions and troubleshoot various types of medical equipment, ranging from complex to basic models.

The post holder will possess extensive medical equipment training and electronic engineering background, capable of managing their own workload and planning their work independently.

He/she will demonstrate an understanding of and have the ability to develop further the technical aspects of the

The individual must be flexible, continuously develop technical knowledge and skills, and work as part of a team, liaising with colleagues and providing training as needed.

The post holder will work towards the highest possible standards of patient

About us

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

On-Call

Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on‑call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Completed an approved training programme to a minimum of HND in Electronic engineering & manufacturers specialised courses or significant equivalent work experience
• Evidence of continuous professional and personal development (CPD)
• IOSH (Institute of Safety and Heath) Certificate.
• ECDL, European Computer Driving Licence
• Be a member of a professional association to Incorporated level
• The Register of Clinical Technologists (the RCT))

Experience

• Evidence of extensive equipment maintenance experience
• Specialist equipment training on complex multi-parameter medical equipment
• Evidence of experience gained working in a relevant health care environment
• Will ideally have some prior experience of working in a hospital medical engineering, maintenance environment
• Evidence of experience of maintaining a wide range of medical devices

Skills

• Ability to work with other professions
• Must be able to work independently using own initiative
• Versatile and receptive to training initiatives and change
• Have good dexterity with an eye for detail
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant medial equipment maintenance policies
• Be computer literate in the use of Microsoft operating systems and applications and knowledge of databases

Knowledge

• Fully conversant with electrical safety testing techniques
• Working knowledge of physiological measurement techniques and terminology
• Knowledge of good equipment management practice
• Interested in pursuing technical developments relevant to medical devices

Additional

• Ability to travel independently between all Trust sites
• Concentrated attention for "micro" work
• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.

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.

Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working