Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Equipment Technician

The closing date is 22 September 2025

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Job summary

Medical Equipment Management Services (MEMS) - Technician

We are seeking a motivated individual with excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills to join our dedicated MEMS team. If you are passionate about supporting healthcare through technology and enjoy working as part of a collaborative team, this could be the role for you.

MEMS provides comprehensive medical equipment management services across Basildon, Southend, Broomfield, and other partner organisations. Our services include procurement, acceptance testing, maintenance and servicing, clinical staff training, and the safe decommissioning and disposal of equipment.

In this role, you will play a vital part in ensuring that clinical equipment operates effectively, safely, and with minimal downtime -- enabling staff to deliver the best possible care to patients. The equipment you'll be working with is diverse and complex, incorporating electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer, and medical gas-based systems.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive environment while contributing to the safe and effective use of vital medical technology across our hospitals and beyond.

Main duties of the job

You will provide support to electrical and electronic related medical equipment, which includes the scheduled planned preventative maintenance (PPM), servicing, repair, calibration and acceptance testing on a wide range of medical equipment within the electrical / electronic field.

You will help promote understanding of the medical equipment concept within the Trust and support development and delivery of associated work programmes.

Perform a range of technical duties, guided by procedures involving autonomous work on both general and complex medical equipment in the clinical (external organisations) and workshop environment to ensure the optimum effectiveness, reliability, availability and safety of medical devices which may involve travelling across sites.

To commission, calibrate, deploy and maintain a wide range of complex medical devices e.g. Infusion Devices, Patient Monitoring, Defibrillators, etc

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Details

Date posted

08 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-CORP-BA-0550

Job locations

Basildon

Nethermayne

Basildon

SS16 5NL


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description.

We look forward to your application!

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description.

We look forward to your application!

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Medical equipment servicing
  • Degree Level Electronics / appropriate experience

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Microsoft application software

Experience

Essential

  • Working knowledge in electronic servicing
  • Proven knowledge of Medical Equipment Safety IEC 601
  • Knowledge of specialist test equipment.
  • Ability to work with technical manuals and schematic diagrams
  • Experience of Equipment management information systems and databases

Desirable

  • Ability to plan and prioritise workload to ensure maximum efficiency
Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Medical equipment servicing
  • Degree Level Electronics / appropriate experience

Desirable

  • Knowledge of Microsoft application software

Experience

Essential

  • Working knowledge in electronic servicing
  • Proven knowledge of Medical Equipment Safety IEC 601
  • Knowledge of specialist test equipment.
  • Ability to work with technical manuals and schematic diagrams
  • Experience of Equipment management information systems and databases

Desirable

  • Ability to plan and prioritise workload to ensure maximum efficiency

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

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne

Basildon

SS16 5NL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne

Basildon

SS16 5NL


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

MEMS Team Leader

Ahmed Altuib Aljily

ahmedaltuib.aljily@nhs.net

01268524900

Details

Date posted

08 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

390-CORP-BA-0550

Job locations

Basildon

Nethermayne

Basildon

SS16 5NL


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