Firstly, to answer your question, my understanding is that the trainee band should be 4 (in those ebme depts which still employ trainees), automatically rising to 5 on qualification. If this is truly a training post then the newly qualified tech should not have to wait for a band 5 to become available and then apply for it; his eventual promotion should be budgeted for when he is taken on.
But secondly, with a Physics degree (A-level route, Russell group university?) a trainee clinical scientist post would be more suitable than technician's work, I would have thought. The following link may be of help. Sorry if you've already been through all this, by the way.
I would just like to know what band/salary a trainee engineer should start on bearing in mind he has 18 months NHS experience and a good BSc honours degree in Physics? Would he need to go back to college to gain a more 'hands on' qualification to work in medical equipment management or is the degree suitable? I'm just after some different opinions,
