Estates - Medical Engineering Entry Level Technologist

  • Department Medical Engineering
  • Salary £26,530.00 – £29,114 per annum
  • Closing Date 27/05/2025
  • Location The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 4
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  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Permanent
  • Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job overview

 

Medical Engineering provides a wide range of maintenance services to Shropshire and the surrounding regions. Technical skills and qualifications are required as the technologist will require an understanding of inspections and test procedures relating to maintenance. The post holder will be expected to undertake routine servicing, acceptance checks and repairs on medical devices including hospital beds, trollies and couches across the department’s portfolio for the lifetime of the devices i.e. commissioning through to disposal. As requested, the post holder will be required to provide cover in instances of annual leave and sickness for either site within the organisation

 

Main duties of the job

 

This position is for an Entry level Technologist with Medical Equipment servicing experience who will have a degree of autonomy. The position will involve the servicing and repair of equipment used in the Trust under the supervision of senior engineers. The post holder will commission, safety check, maintain and repair and ultimately dispose of a broad range of medical devices. 

 

Working for our organisation

 

Medical Engineering scope is approximately 33,000 medical devices of which approximately 21,000 belong to SATH.  MES also service external contracts, including some private customers.  the department is split between two main sites (RSH & PRH) with a general maintenance team based at each site.  The department also is responsible for service and maintenance support for the Renal Dialysis service in Shropshire, which includes three Renal Units plus a cohort of home patients.

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In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
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We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
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Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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