Medical Equipment Resource Centre Assistant

Main area Medical Equipment Resource Centre Assistant Grade NHS AfC:
Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job
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Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kings college hospital Town London Salary £31,554 - £33,270 per annum, including high cost allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c £2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

The Medical Equipment Management Service (MEMS) of the Department provides a range of services to the Trust. These include the care of medical electronic and associated devices, Training of clinical staff (Medical Equipment Training) to use medical devices and a loan service for medical devices (the Equipment Library).
MEMS is based on two sites. The Medical Equipment Resource Centre is at the main hospital site and actsas the link with clients seeking repairs to equipment. The Centre also provides the Equipment Library function and houses a suite for staff undertaking training on medical devices. MEMS also has electronic and mechanical workshops within the main department which is at the Faraday Building, on the edge of the hospital campus.

Specific duties of the Medical Equipment Resource Centre Assistant include:

• Assisting with the operation of the equipment library.
• Distributing and collecting equipment loaned from the equipment Library.
• Recording details of equipment loans using a dedicated database.

Providing a reception service for clients bringing equipment for repair or seeking information about

• Equipment.
• Recording details of equipment repairs on a dedicated database
• Providing information about the progress of repairs to clients.
• Providing consumables and disposables for medical equipment.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are delivering
high-quality patient care
; creating a great place to work
; leading pioneering research, innovation and education
; building strong and successful partnerships
; providing timely and efficient care
; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability
.

We have also agreed four new organisational values –
Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative – and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS…