Main area Medical Device Analyst Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent: Vacant post due to a member of staff leaving the Trust Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week Job ref 220-WHT-3925
Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Hospital Town London Salary £38,488 – £46,852 Per annum including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 02/06/2026 23:59
Job overview
The Medical Device Analyst post is responsible for managing, analysing, and optimising medical device usage, maintenance, and compliance within the Whittington NHS Health Trust. The role ensures that medical equipment is properly maintained, cost-effective, and compliant with regulatory requirements.
Main duties of the job
Device Management & Analysis
- Maintain an up-to-date inventory of medical devices.
- Analyse equipment performance, utilisation, and lifecycle data.
- Identify trends in device failures and recommend improvements.
Maintenance & Compliance Oversight
- Monitor planned preventive maintenance (PPM) schedules.
- Ensure compliance with NHS, CQC, MHRA, and OEM maintenance requirements.
- Work with internal teams and external vendors to resolve maintenance issues.
- Support procurement and management of OEM and third‑party service contracts.
- Track service level agreements (SLAs) and key performance indicators (KPIs), ensuring service reports are loaded and up to date.
- Assist in negotiations for cost-effective maintenance solutions.
Technical & Financial Reporting
- Provide data‑driven reports on device reliability, downtime, and costs.
- Support with the Trust’s RFID asset tracking system.
- Assist in budgeting and forecasting for medical device expenditures.
- Support capital planning/ordering for equipment replacement and upgrades.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Liaise with clinical teams to understand equipment needs and challenges.
- Work with biomedical engineering teams for technical support.
- Coordinate and support with finance and procurement teams on purchasing decisions.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We aim to employ a workforce that represents this population, valuing differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Management
- Gain an understanding for the clinical application for the medical equipment maintained.
- Ensure patient safety by making certain that all medical equipment is maintained.
- Assist clinical staff and departments with the scheduling of medical equipment maintenance.
Plan and Organise Own Work
- Prioritise, plan and organise own work schedules adjusting for emergency work.
- Propose and implement changes in policy or work procedures within own area.
- Be responsible for ordering spares and consumables within budget guidelines.
- Keep the medical equipment database up to date.
- Contribute and manage objectives as set within the Quality Management System.
Advisory
- Assist clinical staff in the safe use of medical equipment.
- Assist in deciding whether medical equipment should be removed from clinical use.
Education & Training
- Undertake formal training courses to maintain and develop skills.
- Train less experienced or new staff.
Duty of Car
- Responsible for ensuring that the patient, family and carers are at the centre of everything you do.
Person specification
Skills
- Commitment to delivering compassionate excellence and the Organisation Values (Innovation, Compassion, Accountability Respect, Equality, Equity)
- Able to prioritise and manage own work.
- Able to exercise initiative when dealing with common issues in the workplace.
Personal qualities
- Able to work own initiative and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining speed, accuracy & attention to detail
- Self‑motivated
Education / Qualifications
- GCSEs
Safeguarding Children and Adults
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to:
- Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
- Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
- Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
- Participate in required training and supervision.
- Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Other important information
- You must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom or meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.
- Applications are welcome from candidates who require visa sponsorship, and these will be considered alongside all other applications.
- We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns.
Identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely using a certified identity verification service provider. An image of the relevant documents and a selfie may be requested for facial matching.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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