Medical Engineering Support Technician

Medical Engineering Support Technician

The closing date is 20 January 2026

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

The Medical Engineering Support Technician is responsible for the day-to-day functionality, calibration, and electrical safety of a range of often complex and technologically advanced medical electronic devices used in an acute hospital environment. This role involves routine maintenance, calibration, and electrical safety testing of medical and laboratory equipment, providing day‑to‑day operational support within the EME Department, training medical and technical staff, working at any Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust site, and carrying out any other reasonable duties as required.

• Asset new and loan items
• Respond to request for help / assistance by senior technicians
• PAT testing of equipment as required by departments
• Test workshop equipment, functionally test or send away for service
• PPM – functionally test and repair or return equipment as necessary
• Regulators – test and service as required
• Dopplers – check, repair or return
• Perform or assist Band 3 duties during absence or pressure of work
• Any other tasks
• Stock checks and audits in conjunction with Band 3

• Interview Date: 3rd February 2025
• 37 hours 30 minutes per week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:
Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• ONC Electronics or equivalent qualification or equivalent experience
• NHS Biomedical Equipment Practice course (BTEC)
• Current driving licence

• Proven practical skills and knowledge of current medical device technology along with a sound understanding of mechanical, pneumatic, and electro‑mechanical applications
• A full understanding of the operation and calibration of diagnostic test equipment
• Computer use including database, word processing, internet, and email
• Previous experience in an electronic or electrical related discipline
• Good levels of manual dexterity

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with staff and suppliers under all conditions of urgency
• Appreciation of mechanical, pneumatic, and electro‑mechanical applications
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to work within a team of technicians and readily accept supervision
• Good interpersonal skills, in person and by telephone

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.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust