Main area Clinical Engineering Medical Equipment Technician Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 390-COR-BA-0472
Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Basildon Town Basildon Salary £29,970 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 23/06/2025 23:59
Band 5
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.
We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of the team.
MEMS provide total medical equipment management services to Basildon, Southend, Broomfield and other external organisations. This includes Procurement, Acceptance, Maintenance and Service, co-ordinate clinical staff training and decommissioning and disposal.
The role is responsible to ensure that equipment operates effectively and safely with the minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates complex electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer and medical gas-based systems.
Main duties of the job
* You will provide support to electrical and electronic related medical equipment, which includes the scheduled planned preventative maintenance (PPM), servicing, repair, calibration and acceptance testing on a wide range of medical equipment within the electrical / electronic field.
* You will help promote understanding of the medical equipment concept within the Trust and support development and delivery of associated work programmes.
* Perform a range of technical duties, guided by procedures involving autonomous work on both general and complex medical equipment in the clinical (external organisations) and workshop environment to ensure the optimum effectiveness, reliability, availability and safety of medical devices which may involve travelling across sites.
* To commission, calibrate, deploy and maintain a wide range of complex medical devices e.g. Infusion Devices, Patient Monitoring, Defibrillators, etc
Working for our organisation
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description. We look forward to your application!
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE
* Medical equipment servicing
* Degree Level Electronics / appropriate experience
* Knowledge of Microsoft application software
Experience
* Working knowledge in electronic servicing
* Proven knowledge of Medical Equipment Safety IEC 601
* Knowledge of specialist test equipment.
* Ability to work with technical manuals and schematic diagrams
* Experience of Equipment management information systems and databases
* Ability to plan and prioritise workload to ensure maximum efficiency
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.
Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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