Medical Engineering Technician (Home Ventilation & Community)
| Posting date: | 27 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2025 |
| Location: | 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7437802/317-2025-22-11-DR-A |
Summary
A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
There is a requirement for an enthusiastic person to join the Trust’s Electronics & Medical Engineering Team. The successful candidate will be involved in the maintenance, calibration and repair of a wide range of medical devices including home ventilation equipment, patient monitoring and other complex specialist equipment used within a modern hospital environment and the community.
• Interview Date: Friday 26 September 2025
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
A Higher National Certificate or equivalent specialist study/experience in a medical electronic maintenance related discipline is essential, as is a current driving license as the post-holder will be required to carry out maintenance in the community, patients homes and on hospital sites.
The successful candidate will be required to rotate to any hospital site/location to meet the demands of the service. The base site will be confirmed at interview.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
· Freeman Hospital
· Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
· Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
· Newcastle Dental Hospital
· Newcastle Fertility Centre
· Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
· Northern Genetics Service
· Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• The Medical Engineering Technician – Home Ventilation & Community is responsible for the maintenance, calibration and repair of a range of medical electronic devices, some of which are complex and technologically advanced requiring an in-depth knowledge of current engineering techniques.
• Carry out planned maintenance, repair, calibration and servicing of medical equipment within patients’ homes and community sites. There may be some limited requirement to service hospital-based equipment from time to time.
• To provide technical support to the Northern Regional home ventilation department and paediatric service which covers from the Scottish borders in the North to York in the South and Cumbria in the West of the region. Approx 3 days per week on road.
• To provide technical support to community sites such as walk in centres.
• Acceptance tests new equipment.
• Train medical and technical staff in the use of medical devices.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties as required by the department or management to support the effective functioning of the team
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Sep 2025
There is a requirement for an enthusiastic person to join the Trust’s Electronics & Medical Engineering Team. The successful candidate will be involved in the maintenance, calibration and repair of a wide range of medical devices including home ventilation equipment, patient monitoring and other complex specialist equipment used within a modern hospital environment and the community.
• Interview Date: Friday 26 September 2025
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
A Higher National Certificate or equivalent specialist study/experience in a medical electronic maintenance related discipline is essential, as is a current driving license as the post-holder will be required to carry out maintenance in the community, patients homes and on hospital sites.
The successful candidate will be required to rotate to any hospital site/location to meet the demands of the service. The base site will be confirmed at interview.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
· Freeman Hospital
· Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
· Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
· Newcastle Dental Hospital
· Newcastle Fertility Centre
· Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
· Northern Genetics Service
· Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• The Medical Engineering Technician – Home Ventilation & Community is responsible for the maintenance, calibration and repair of a range of medical electronic devices, some of which are complex and technologically advanced requiring an in-depth knowledge of current engineering techniques.
• Carry out planned maintenance, repair, calibration and servicing of medical equipment within patients’ homes and community sites. There may be some limited requirement to service hospital-based equipment from time to time.
• To provide technical support to the Northern Regional home ventilation department and paediatric service which covers from the Scottish borders in the North to York in the South and Cumbria in the West of the region. Approx 3 days per week on road.
• To provide technical support to community sites such as walk in centres.
• Acceptance tests new equipment.
• Train medical and technical staff in the use of medical devices.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties as required by the department or management to support the effective functioning of the team
This advert closes on Tuesday 9 Sep 2025
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