Clinical Technologist
The closing date is 26 June 2026
Clinical Engineering is looking for a qualified Clinical Technologist to join its team at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. For candidates that don’t have the relevant experience or qualifications, a position may be considered at a lower band.
You will offer technical advice to clinical and scientific staff and complete planned maintenance, corrective maintenance, calibration, acceptance, and decommissioning tasks on a range of medical equipment. With a clear focus on quality and patient services, you will be responsible for supporting a wide range of medical equipment across many clinical specialities that support the delivery of world class healthcare here at University Hospital Southampton, within the local healthcare community and overseas. The role may include exciting opportunities for 2-5 days of overseas work per year.
Job responsibilities
As part of the role, you will provide technical skills and knowledge covering the full life cycle on a broad range of multifaceted medical equipment.
- Liaise with manufacturers/service agents on highly complex technical issues relating to the repair of medical equipment, the provision of spare parts and specialist test equipment.
- Appraise the most cost-effective repair option.
- Requirement to use a range of specialised precision calibration and test equipment.
- Undertake planned preventative maintenance and safe repair of expensive complex medical equipment.
- Undertake commissioning/acceptance testing of new and loan medical equipment.
- Responsible for ensuring the accurate recording of maintenance undertaken on the equipment management database.
- Calibrate and safety test all medical equipment prior to issue to clinical areas.
- Comply with the procedures under the Quality Management System.
- Remove/condemn medical equipment when it is unsafe or beyond economical repair.
- Understand the clinical application for the medical equipment maintained.
- Responsible for accurate repair, maintenance and calibration of life support equipment, equipment providing patient medication and producing diagnostic information.
Trust Values
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
- BSc in Medical Engineering through PTP, or equivalent qualification, or equivalent experience
- In depth experience of working at band 4 or higher (or equivalent) in a hospital medical engineering technical role
- Ability to travel between the hospital sites
- Maintenance of equipment with fault finding to component level
- Experience of coordinating office systems and procedures
- Sound verbal and written communication
- Work within a Quality Management system
- Occasional work trips abroad – requiring a valid passport
- Full UK Driving licence
- Database Creation and Management
- Professional accreditation
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.
University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
£32,073 to £39,043 a yearper annum or per annum pro rata
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