Medical Equipment Technician; LW

The medical equipment department currently being restructured to operate as a single management structure with a department manager in overall charge and as such NHS Fife requires a Medical Equipment Technician to fill a vacancy within the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy.

You will be expected to undertake maintenance, repair and calibration duties associated with delivering a medical equipment service to a wide range of clinical specialities and to provide technical support, covering a wide range of electromedical equipment. This will include training to medical, clinical & nursing staff.

It is expected that you along with other staff will be able to deliver training to support colleagues, as well as medical, clinical & nursing staff as and when required.

For this appointment it will be necessary to have had previous experience in the maintenance of electrical / electronic / instrumentation within a healthcare environment.

For informal enquiries, please contact Mike McAdams on .

As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full‑time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro‑rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre‑employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre‑settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the  website here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

We offer flexible working and family‑friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long‑term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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