Clinical Technologist (Clinical Engineering)

Job summary

An enthusiastic and innovative Clinical Technologist is sought for the Clinical Engineering team of the Medical Device Service Department at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

You will join an expanding team of clinical scientists and technologists which supports both clinical service development and clinical research through innovative hardware, software and system-integration solutions.

You'll be part of a team that maintains strong collaborative relationships with key clinical and clinical research groups, local universities, and industry suppliers. The primary focus of this post will be to provide engineering support to clinicians, which will involve CAD design, medical image processing, and 3D printing and model production for surgical planning support.

This post may be of interest to industrial engineers, academic research staff and clinical technologists from other fields who wish to transition into Clinical Engineering within the healthcare profession. We welcome all qualified applicants to apply.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Technologist responsibilities are to use CAD and medical image processing tools, and 3d printer and other devices for the production of anatomical models for surgical planning, and patient-specific instruments and patient positioning devices for use during surgery. They will manage 3D printing equipment and consumables stock to ensure maximum uptime for services.

The post holder will support Clinical Scientists on project tasks for production of other medical and research devices as required, maintaining evidence portfolio for all designs and may occasionally carry out calibration and servicing of devices.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/