Trainee Engineering Technician

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

An esteemed orthopaedic hospital is seeking a Trainee Engineering Technician to join their team. The role involves providing rehabilitation engineering and medical device support services, assisting in designing and maintaining orthotic devices. Candidates with a BTEC National Certificate in Engineering are preferred. This is a permanent, full-time position, providing opportunities to work directly with patients, including children with mobility disabilities, in a supportive and professional environment.

Benefits

Outstanding professional development opportunities

State-of-the-art facilities

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications in Mechanical Engineering.
• Aptitude for electronics/computing preferred.
• Experience working with children and/or vulnerable adults is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the build and maintenance of patient devices.
• Record patient activity using video and store securely.
• Maintain records for compliance with quality standards.
• Organize own workload to meet deadlines.

Skills

Basic computer literacy

Education

BTEC National Certificate/Diploma in a relevant engineering discipline

Job description

Job Summary

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Engineering Technician within our Orthotic Research and Locomotor Assessment Unit. The role involves training an engineering technician to provide rehabilitation engineering and medical device support services both at the hospital, in the community and beyond. The postholder will play a key role in the design, manufacture, monitoring and maintenance of orthotic devices and other assistive technologies that are used to enhance the treatment of severely disabled patients and will involve contact with patients, including children who have moderate to severe mobility disabilities.

Main Duties

• Assist the Senior Engineering Technician and other Rehab Engineering staff in the build, supply and maintenance of patient devices to customary levels of engineering precision.
• Assist with general tasks around the workshop, such as maintenance, tidying and stock level monitoring.
• Assist the Movement Analysis team with routine tasks, such as video recording patient activity and safely transferring those recordings to relevant storage media.
• Assist the Patient Pathway Co‑ordinator in the general administration of patient devices, such as parcelling and sending devices to patients and checking devices have arrived from suppliers.

About Us

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust (RJAH) is one of the leading orthopaedic hospitals in the country, with some of the highest levels of staff and patient satisfaction, as well as a strong reputation for research and innovation. We offer outstanding professional development opportunities and state‑of‑the‑art facilities, including our recently‑opened £6 million Headley Court Veterans' Orthopaedic Centre.

Details

Date posted 02 January 2026
Pay scheme Agenda for change
Band Band 3
Salary £24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Full‑time
Reference number 224‑PA20202802
Job locations The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHSFT, Oswestry, SY10 7AG

Job Description

• Work as a member of a multi‑disciplinary team that includes orthopaedic consultants, physiotherapists, orthotists, engineers, administrative staff and other professional disciplines.
• Have direct contact with patients, including children, with severe mobility disabilities and accompanying communication and learning difficulties.
• Set up, adjust and customise equipment and show due regard to patient safety and ease of use.
• Record patient use of assistive technologies using video cameras and store images securely on the ORLAU server.
• Maintain records of work undertaken for inclusion in patient notes and to comply with the ORLAU Quality Management System to ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and other management requirements.
• Plan own work schedule to ensure that equipment for patient supply is prepared beforehand in a timely manner in accordance with the clinical diary.

Technical Responsibilities

• Undertake a wide range of manufacturing tasks to customary levels of engineering precision, including machining, fitting, welding (TIG) and fabrication.
• Manufacture, assemble, adjust, modify, service and maintain highly specialist equipment for use by patients with physical disabilities.
• Assist with the receipt, repair and dispatch of externally manufactured assistive technology devices.
• Maintain high engineering standards and appropriate levels of precision to ensure quality of product.
• Execute programmes of servicing and preventative maintenance of workshop tools and plant. Identify and manage necessary repair work (in‑house or sub‑contract) to workshop plant and equipment. Calibrate precision workshop measuring instruments.

Research and Development

• Contribute to ORLAU's research and development activities by participating in group discussions, suggesting new developments in patient equipment and manufacturing components for prototype designs under the supervision of senior colleagues.

Management/Organisational Responsibilities

• Organise own workload, with support from senior colleagues, to ensure completion dates agreed with patients and staff are met.
• Monitor levels of stock items such as medical device consumables, raw materials, tooling and other goods and request purchase by others as necessary in a timely manner.

Education and Training

• Participate in training courses to build skills, as specified by the senior engineering staff and technicians.

Person Specification

• Essential Qualifications/training BTEC National Certificate/Diploma or City & Guilds Certification in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent combination of training and experience in Mechanical Engineering.
• Desirable Aptitude for electronics/computing; experience of working with children and/or vulnerable adults.
• Skills and competences Basic computer literacy.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.