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Assistant Clinical Engineer
The closing date is 26 August 2025
We have a great opportunity for you to join our Clinical Engineering Team here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit a Clinical Engineering Technician to provide support in specialist areas such as Critical Care, Neonatal Intensive Care, Cardiac Care and the Emergency Department. You will have experience in providing comprehensive medical device maintenance, repair, commissioning and management services to a wide range of clinical specialties and geographical areas. You will use your knowledge to assist and advise nursing and other staff in the use of medical devices.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Job responsibilities
* To provide comprehensive medical device maintenance, repair, commissioning and management services to a wide range of clinical specialties and geographical areas. To provide those services to one or more specialist areas e.g. Critical Care,Neonatal Intensive Care, Cardiac Care and the Emergency Department.
* Provide assistance and guidance to nursing and other staff in use of medical devices.
* Organise and update service, operation and instruction procedures.
Please note this role is not able to offer sponsorship
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
* Work extensively without supervision using own initiative
* Sound knowledge of a broad range of scientific principles
* Proficient communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to organise own workload
* Able to use standard office and bespoke software applications
* Use of specialised equipment for testing medical devices
* Mechanical workshop practices
* Understanding of clinical measurements and procedures
* Licensed to drive a van to provide technical support at the premises of PCTs and other customers
Qualifications
* BEng/BSc in electronics or a scientific subject OR HNC/HND working towards degree
* Other applicable qualifications and with relevant experience
Experience
* Eighteen months experience of electronic and electromechanical systems.
* (or exceptionally other equivalent combination of qualifications and knowledge)
* Medical devices and healthcare environment
* Manufacturers training courses
* Member of Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT)
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
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