Medical Engineering Technician

Job Reference : 302-121-10E&F
Job Title : Medical Engineering Technician
Area of Work : Medical Engineering
Employer : Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - Works
Department : 302 Electrical & Med Equip Department
Location : Wigan
Salary : £25,472 to £34,189 pa

Job Type : Permanent
Staff Group : Additional Professional Scientific & Technical
Pay Scheme : Agenda for change
Pay Band : 6
Working pattern : Full Time



Description
Recently voted one of the top 100 healthcare employers in a recent HSJ survey, Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is innovative, ambitious, forward thinking and committed to providing the best possible care for our patients. Having achieved Foundation Trust status on 1 December 2008, you would be joining the Trust whilst it is at it’s most exciting and energetic best.

Due to reorganisation within the department, we have a vacancy for a Medical Engineering Technician within our Medical Electronics Department and are looking to appoint someone to help us develop and extend the range of services we currently provide.

With your BEng in electronic / electrical engineering + specialist postgraduate diploma & manufacturers specialised courses or equivalent, you will ideally have some prior experience of working in a hospital medical engineering, maintenance environment.

Your duties will include working with and supporting the Team Leader in providing a cost efficient repair and maintenance service on medical equipment within the Trust. This will include working on specialist equipment. The post involves acceptance testing of new equipment, new product evaluations, electrical safety testing, installation, commissioning, servicing and repairs on a broad range of complex, multifaceted medical equipment and devices to be used by others.

The successful candidate will be required to work across the 3 main sites i.e. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Hospitals and at other sites to service areas maintained under service level agreements (SLA).

This is a fulltime post working 37.5 hours per week.

For further information please contact Mr. Winstone Gondwe, Medical Equipment Manager, on 01942 773521.

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. The UK Border Agency requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit UK Border Agency website.

Candidates are encouraged to submit online applications whenever possible, however, if you have difficulty applying on line, please contact Janet McIntyre on 01942 264662, quoting ref: 302-121–10E+F, for an application pack.

In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

The Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is a non-smoking organisation. Smoking will not be permitted on any of the sites.


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