Senior Technician (Paramedicine) (REDEPLOYEE APPLICANTS ONLY)

City St George's; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

City St George’s, University of London is seeking a Senior Technician to support Paramedicine teaching and simulation facilities across the School of Health and Medical Sciences. The role involves setting up, maintaining and operating clinical skills and immersive simulation environments, including ambulance and projection-based spaces, with hands-on, on-site work every day.

The successful candidate will have experience supporting simulation facilities or immersive learning environments in

Qualifications

• Experience supporting simulation facilities, immersive learning environments or specialist equipment in an educational, healthcare or training setting.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical problems and provide guidance to staff and students.
• Able to supervise technicians and manage stock and maintenance records.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day operation of clinical skills and simulated learning environments.
• Ensure equipment, teaching areas and resources are prepared, maintained and operated safely and effectively.
• Provide technical support to students and academic staff, assist with immersive simulation scenarios and troubleshoot equipment issues.
• Supervise technicians, manage stock and maintenance records, and contribute to service improvements while ensuring health and safety compliance.
• When required, provide support to other programmes and conduct on-site work every day.

Skills

Simulation facilities support

Technical troubleshooting

Team leadership

Educational environment experience

Job description

Please note: This role is only open to redeployee applicants at City St George's. Applications from individuals who are not redeployee applicants will not be considered at this time.

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

** Background –

The Senior Technician plays a key role in supporting innovative teaching and learning across Paramedicine programmes within the School of Health and Medical Sciences. The postholder supports the setup, maintenance and operation of clinical skills and simulation facilities, including immersive simulated environments such as ambulance simulations, home care settings and projection-enabled teaching spaces. Working closely with academic staff and students, they provide expert technical support, contribute to scenario-based learning, supervise technicians, and help deliver an outstanding student experience through high-quality technical and simulation services.

** Responsibilities –

Support the day-to-day operation of clinical skills and simulated learning environments supporting Paramedicine education, including ambulance, home and projection-based simulation spaces. Ensure equipment, teaching areas and resources are prepared, maintained and operated safely and effectively. Provide technical support and guidance to students and academic staff, assist with the delivery of immersive simulation scenarios, and troubleshoot equipment issues. Supervise technicians, manage stock and maintenance records, and contribute to service improvements while ensuring compliance with health, safety and regulatory requirements. When required by the Technical Manager, the post-holder will also provide support to the Physiotherapy and Occupational Health programmes. This is a hands-on technical post requiring on-site working every day.

** Person Specification –

The successful candidate will have excellent technical and organisational skills, with experience supporting simulation facilities, immersive learning environments or specialist equipment in an educational, healthcare or training setting. They will be an effective communicator who can build positive relationships with students, staff and stakeholders while delivering a high standard of customer service. The ability to troubleshoot technical problems, work independently, manage competing priorities and lead a small team is essential. Experience supporting Paramedicine based scenario-based learning environments would be highly advantageous.

Additional Information

** Closing date for applications: 11 October 2026 at 11:59pm

** Interviews are scheduled to take place from 2nd November

The selection process will involve an interview. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

The University of business, practice and the professions