South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Assistant Clinical Technologist

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the scientific and technical team in Clinical Measurement at the South Tees NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic engineer with the desire and ability to improve patient care.

Main duties of the job

The clinical measurement team is involved with a variety of services throughout the Trust and plays a core part in the Trust's innovation pathway. This purpose of this role will be to support the Clinical Measurement Section in their innovation work and the quality assurance of specialist medical devices. This may include, but is not limited to, developing software and medical devices, programming microcontrollers, using engineering techniques to build prototypes and performing routine quality assurance testing. Specific tasks will be in line with the skills of the post holder and the needs of the service. We would expect the successful applicant to have knowledge and experience in at least one of the areas in the job description and additional training can be provided in-house where required.

Applicants should have a minimum of an HND/HNC in Computing or Engineering (Electronics or Mechanical).

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the New and Aspiring leaders programme, and the Foundation Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. After you complete this one and a half day of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Date posted

13 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CD-5435246

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of programming languages
Good communication skills

Qualifications

Essential

HND/HNC (or higher) in Electronics Engineering /Computing/Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline

Desirable

BSc (Hons) in Electronic Engineering /Computing / Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of programming languages
Good communication skills

Qualifications

Essential

HND/HNC (or higher) in Electronics Engineering /Computing/Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline

Desirable

BSc (Hons) in Electronic Engineering /Computing / Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW

Employer's website

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