Trainee Technical Support Engineer

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Trainee Technical Support Engineer

The closing date is 12 March 2026

You will be working within a wider multi-professional Medical Device Service Team that delivers engineering, governance and training across a number of Care Organisations and community teams. All services are developed and managed with the patient at the centre and in close collaboration with the clinical teams. The Medical Device Service welcomes innovative approaches and aims to provide clear development pathways and opportunities for staff at every level to ensure delivery of high-quality outcomes.

Please note that for this post you will be required to have obtained a full UK Driving Licence.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to:

• Undertake testing and repair of a wide range of medical equipment
• Assist in identifying and managing risk associated with medical equipment and support investigation of medical device related incidents.
• Assist in monitoring key performance standards associated with both internal and external work plans.

The post holder will be a member of a multi-disciplined team of Engineers, Engineering Technicians, Library and Clerical staff, providing a medical equipment management service across the Trust.

Key Role and Responsibilities include:

• To support the technical engineering staff with retrieving equipment for repairs and routine servicing.
• Making equipment ready for testing, this will include decontamination and updating ISO 9001 records.
• To provide portering and basic storekeeping services.
• Carrying out basic testing of medical equipment and associated items.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:

Person Specification Qualifications

• HNC (level 4/5 BTEC) minimum in Electronics engineering.

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Used to following instructions to carry out maintenance tasks.
• Working in a ISO9001 environment
• Use of test tools

Skills & Abilities

• Experienced in fault finding on electronic devices
• Experienced in carrying out routine maintenance on electronic devices
• Previous work in a field of electronic maintenance and repair

Other

• Full clean UK driving licence.

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust