Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Engineer

The closing date is 21 July 2025

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join a team dedicated to the maintenance and repair of a diverse range of medical devices, ensuring adherence to rigorous quality standards. The successful candidate will be responsible for guiding complex information to staff at all levels, including consultants, nurse managers, nurses, healthcare professionals, and suppliers. They will also deliver a high-quality, rapid response service for patient-connected medical devices. Additional responsibilities will include offering repair services for highly complex and specialized medical devices at the component level. This work requires thorough analysis and interpretation, utilizing state-of-the-art technology. If you are passionate about medical technology and keen to make a difference in patient care, we encourage you to apply!

Main duties of the job

  • To work under own initiative and organise complex programs of work as part of a team, but often working alone in isolated environments.
  • To work following the departmental ISO 9001 quality system.
  • Ensure all servicing tools and test equipment are functional and organise repair and maintenance as required.
  • To participate as required in overtime duties.
  • To participate in an out-of-hours emergency on call service.
  • Examples of the types of medical devices are lasers, ultrasound, gamma cameras, anaesthetic machines, ventilators, renal dialysis and other types of complex life support devices.
  • As there is direct patient contact and the post holder will work in environments where patients are undergoing treatment or in a patient's home, confidentiality is paramount.
  • Participation in 'in house and external courses and seminars
  • Undertake continuing professional development, maintain a professional portfolio and to have a commitment to the training and development of other professional colleagues.

About us

You will be working for an organisation that values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it's staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.

Details

Date posted

08 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-0528-DIR

Job locations

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals - Northern Campus

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Engineering/Physics or an allied subject, or equivalent qualification and experience
  • Extensive additional theoretical knowledge acquired through CPD (professional short courses, personal study, conferences) and professional training in relevant working environments.

Desirable

  • Professional registration (e.g., Incorporated Engineer; Registered Clinical Technologist, etc.).

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Full Uk driving License (Car)

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post graduate (or equivalent) engineering experience working in a relevant field that has delivered knowledge to an equivalent level as a post graduate diploma.
  • Significant experience of medical device servicing including fault finding and repair
  • Experience of scheduled maintenance programmes and in meeting targets
  • Medical Device Specialist training courses
  • Experience of working within a Quality System
  • Experience of teaching and training
  • In depth understanding of medical equipment management within NHS hospitals

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Proven ability to work under pressure and meet targets
  • To be able to plan workloads
  • Competent user of IT tools such as office and database applications etc.
  • An up-to-date awareness of relevant guidelines and regulations

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Good communication skills

Values and Behaviours (PROUD)

Essential

  • Patients first - oAble to keep the patient in mind in all activities undertaken. oAn understanding of the importance of confidentiality.
  • Respectful - oA professional approach and personality that promotes good relations with other staff and colleagues. oDemonstrate sensitivity and consideration to other staff and colleagues.
  • Ownership - oReliable and trustworthy oProfessional integrity
  • Unity - oAbility to work effectively as a part of a team. oWorks across boundaries, looks for collective success.
  • Delivery - oAbility to work under pressure to meet deadlines. oEnergised and driven to complete work activities.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Engineering/Physics or an allied subject, or equivalent qualification and experience
  • Extensive additional theoretical knowledge acquired through CPD (professional short courses, personal study, conferences) and professional training in relevant working environments.

Desirable

  • Professional registration (e.g., Incorporated Engineer; Registered Clinical Technologist, etc.).

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

  • Full Uk driving License (Car)

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post graduate (or equivalent) engineering experience working in a relevant field that has delivered knowledge to an equivalent level as a post graduate diploma.
  • Significant experience of medical device servicing including fault finding and repair
  • Experience of scheduled maintenance programmes and in meeting targets
  • Medical Device Specialist training courses
  • Experience of working within a Quality System
  • Experience of teaching and training
  • In depth understanding of medical equipment management within NHS hospitals

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Proven ability to work under pressure and meet targets
  • To be able to plan workloads
  • Competent user of IT tools such as office and database applications etc.
  • An up-to-date awareness of relevant guidelines and regulations

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to work on own initiative
  • Good communication skills

Values and Behaviours (PROUD)

Essential

  • Patients first - oAble to keep the patient in mind in all activities undertaken. oAn understanding of the importance of confidentiality.
  • Respectful - oA professional approach and personality that promotes good relations with other staff and colleagues. oDemonstrate sensitivity and consideration to other staff and colleagues.
  • Ownership - oReliable and trustworthy oProfessional integrity
  • Unity - oAbility to work effectively as a part of a team. oWorks across boundaries, looks for collective success.
  • Delivery - oAbility to work under pressure to meet deadlines. oEnergised and driven to complete work activities.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals - Northern Campus

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals - Northern Campus

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU


Employer's website

https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Senior Clinical Engineer

Paul Spark

paul.spark@nhs.net

01142715076

Details

Date posted

08 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

190-0528-DIR

Job locations

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals - Northern Campus

Herries Road

Sheffield

S5 7AU


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