Medical Devices Technician

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Medical Devices Technician to join our Medical Devices Management Services team to help support our new ward opening Spring 2024.

The Medical Devices Management Service (MDMS) is a small, cohesive, friendly, and very responsive department responsible for all things medical equipment. It is a well-functioning team supporting the hospital, patients, and staff in providing access to high quality, well maintained medical equipment.

Main duties of the job

This role will involve working with all medical equipment used throughout the Trust. As an entry level role, you will be given full training to undertake the servicing and maintenance of a wide range of medical equipment. You will be required to work both in a workshop environment and in clinical areas. There will be interaction with patients, staff, and company representatives to ensure the equipment is maintained to the standards required.

In your role as part of Medical Device Management Services team you will be providing a professional technical maintenance service primarily for medical electronic equipment throughout the hospital. Ensuring work complies with agreed standards, current legislation, and codes of practice.

You will provide an efficient, courteous, and timely service to all medical device users within the trust.

For further details on all roles and responsibilities please see attached job description.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk