Job responsibilities Due to the nature of this role and the difficulties of achieving guaranteed access to medical equipment during normal working hours, occasional working during unsociable hours maybe required. The post holder shall: Be a specialist engineer for a range of medical equipment. Effectively manage the work they are assigned, including the management of more junior staff assigned to the same/similar task, ensuring service objectives and targets are met. Work under own initiative, manage and prioritise own workload and workload of others and exercise a broad degree of responsibility. Play a role in organising, prioritising and undertaking unsupervised maintenance and repairs to equipment in critical care/surgical areas whilst patients are present. In consultation with the section lead, and senior clinical technologists devise/develop and maintain planned maintenance schedules on all medical equipment. Undertake acceptance testing/commissioning of new equipment, preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, calibration and repair to a wide range of medical equipment. Communicate effectively with clinical users to schedule servicing or gain a clear understanding of the nature of problems with equipment. They shall assess the seriousness and implications of any reported problems and respond appropriately to the urgency of the user request. Undertake fault-finding. Apply suitable fault-finding techniques to diagnose problems, which may be due to user error, equipment failure or environmental issues (e.g. Temperature, RF interference). please see job description/person specification for full details on the role