Clinical Scientist | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £54,710 pa pro rata (Linked progression depending on HCPC registration) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 January 2026 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS2 8EG |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7688854/387-DT8854-LMG |
Summary
The CESS team’s ever-expanding role supports the Trust in developing systems to achieve compliance with legal, regulatory, quality, professional and best practice standards relating to the safe acquisition, use and management of healthcare technologies. This post will alsosupport the CESS manager’sadvisory role in the development of Trust strategies, policies and operational practices relating to medical devices.
This role will include leading on delegated projects e.g., rolling replacement programmes, clinical evaluations and writing specifications as specified by the medical device governance lead.
Act as a point of contact for all enquiries involving medical devices and emerging healthcare technologies.
Advise clinical staff on a broad range of healthcare technology, assessing devices available on the market and making judgements on suitability for the intended purpose, taking into account elements such as UK based maintenance support and ease of use etc. and balancing this against clinical preference.
Manage medical devices procurement projects, including writing, specifications, monitoring expenditure of allocated capital funding, following tender and purchasing processes, planning clinical evaluations.
Extrapolate and analyse information from Trust data systems to produce reports e.g., monitoring of device related clinical incidents supporting device replacement programmes, planned maintenance requirements and evidence for regulatory standards.
Act as a visible, accessible, and assertive resource for medical device users; to be a credible authoritative source of expert advice to managerial, medical, clinical, and technical staff and patients on the safe use, maintenance and management of medical devices and a pro-active champion of best practice in their clinical application throughout the Trust
Provide support to the Medical Device Training Co-ordinator in the delivery of medical device training programmes.
Act as mentor for Clinical Scientist trainees and participate in joint training programmes in collaboration with external education organisations
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026
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