Clinical Engineer - Estates

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Clinical Engineer - Estates

The closing date is 13 November 2025

We are recruiting for a Clinical Enginee who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Clinical Engineer is responsible for the lifecycle management of medical equipment within the EBME Department, ensuring all devices are maintained, calibrated, and compliant with safety standards. Additionally, the engineer will assist with other clinical engineering tasks and projects as needed to support the EBME Services.

Provide clinical technical services including preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection, and repair for a variety of medical equipment.

Liaise effectively with clinical users to clearly understand equipment issues, assess the severity and potential impact, and prioritize responses based on urgency.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Engineer will perform fault diagnosis using appropriate fault-finding techniques; report any novel or unusual faults to the Team Lead.

Exercise sound judgment to identify root causes of equipment malfunctions.

Verify that equipment functions according to the manufacturer's specifications.

Conduct calibration, quality control, safety testing, and acceptance testing to ensure optimal device performance.

Perform electrical and functional safety checks to maintain compliance with safety standards.

Perform preventative maintenance in clinical areas according to the EBME maintenance schedule.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification Previous Experience

• Engineering experience working in a medical device's environment.
• NHS Experience

Skills

• Technical proficiency in medical device maintenance, repair, calibration, and safety testing
• Strong communication skills to effectively interact with clinical staff, suppliers, and team members.
• Organizational skills for managing equipment records, inventory, and maintenance schedules.
• IT skills, including experience with asset management systems and electronic documentation.

Knowledge

• Medical Equipment Technology: Understanding of the principles, operation, and components of a wide range of medical devices and equipment
• Lifecycle Management: Knowledge of equipment maintenance, calibration, safety checks etc
• Electrical Safety: Awareness of electrical and functional safety testing protocols for medical devices.
• Regulatory Standards: Familiarity with UK healthcare regulations and standards including HTM 06-01, MHRA medical device alerts, IEC 62353 series, and other relevant safety guidelines

Qualifications / Training

• Degree or HND in Clinical/ Electronics Engineering

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.

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust