Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Clinical Technologist to join our Anaesthetics and Theatre Technical Services team in delivering Clinical Engineering services to the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Clinical Engineering is primarily concerned with providing medical device management services in terms of procurement, repair, calibration and maintenance to a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic medical equipment across the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It is the responsibility of Clinical Engineering to ensure equipment operates effectively and safely with a minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer software and medical gas systems. The department works to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 quality standards and is responsible for the management of over 60,000 medical devices used across the hospital and in the community throughout East Anglia.
The post is one of a number within the Anaesthetics and Theatre Technical Services section of Clinical Engineering.
Main duties of the job
You will work in a busy team undertaking a wide range of technical engineering work within the Clinical Engineering department. You will carry out scheduled preventative maintenance, servicing, repair, calibration, safety and acceptance testing on a wide range of medical devices. You will be required to work to extremely high standards of workmanship, safety and accountability within a quality management system and will be expected to work with a high degree of autonomy. You will be required to liaise with clinical and technical staff to identify faults and repair equipment, including working in all clinical areas and with manufacturers. This post also provides maintenance and repair services to healthcare providers across remote sites and a driving licence is desirable. You will oversee trainee medical technical staff and provide direction.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Anaesthetics and Theatre Technical Services section provides servicing and repair support to varied patient support equipment encompassing high-dependency/intensive care ventilators and anaesthetic machines, equipment which use medical gases including suction, flowmeters and nebulisers, and high-dependency equipment within the Theatre environment.
Applicants should possess HNC/HND/Relevant degree or the equivalent level of knowledge/experience in electrical/electronic/mechanical engineering. In the event of candidates not meeting the required qualifications/experience or skill at Band 5 criteria in the first instance, consideration will be given to candidates for Annex 21 under NHS terms and Conditions of Service Handbook and be expected to undertake a full training program.
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
The vacancy will close at midnight on 23rd February 2026
Face-to-face interviews are due to be held on 12th March 2026
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
For further details of our fantastic benefits please refer to the attachment below - CUH Benefits.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
HNC/HND/BEng/BSc in Electronics/Electrical or Mechanical engineering or a scientific subject or other equivalent combination of qualifications and knowledge
Desirable criteria
Member of an appropriate professional institute
Voluntary member of Clinical Technologists register
Experience
Essential criteria
Experience of electronic and electromechanical systems
Extensive practical experience of Mechanical and electromechanical engineering workshop practices and techniques, equivalent of independent practice including preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, repair, calibration, quality control, safety, acceptance testing and procurement
Information Technology experience
Experience of working with the general public
Desirable criteria
Knowledge and operation of a quality management system such as ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016 etc
Experience of fault finding in Electronic/Electromechanical/Pneumatic systems
Specialist training on the maintenance and repair of a range of medical devices.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
Awareness of the need to demonstrate a professional appearance and behaviour.
Understands the importance of confidentiality and data protection.
Knowledge of a broad range of scientific principles
General knowledge of Electrical/Mechanical workshop practice
Desirable criteria
Knowledge of medical device operation and management
Able to use Excel, Word etc to set up documents and spread sheets and extract information, use equipment management database.
Working knowledge of relevant legislation, national standards, professional and other guidelines [e.g. ISO 9001 2000, BSI standards, RIDDOR, MDA/MHRA guidance, Health and Safety, COSHH]
Skills
Essential criteria
Well-developed verbal and written and communication skills
Well-developed interpersonal skills – able to liaise effectively with a wide range of people including medical staff, patients and relatives.
Capable of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise a demanding workload
Use of fine tools for equipment adjustment, calibration or repair
Able to deal with occasional distressing circumstances when working in clinical areas (e.g. when visiting wards and theatres fault finding on patient connected equipment).
Able to prioritise and manage own work
Able to exercise own initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence.
Desirable criteria
Able to communicate complex information across professional boundaries
Good negotiation skills
Able to concentrate frequently when subject to unpredictable working patterns.
Creative approach to the application of science and technology to solve clinical problems especially in the rehabilitation context
Full valid driving licence required as will need to drive Trust owned vehicle (minimum 6 months driving experience post achieving a full licence)
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 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.
Documents to download
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Mike Mancuso
Job title
Head of Anaesthetic & Theatre Technical Services
Email address
michael.mancuso@nhs.net
Telephone number
01223 348591