Senior Clinical Engineer

Site University Hospitals of Northamptonshire Town Northampton Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 04/12/2026

The post holder will provide comprehensive medical device maintenance, repair, commissioning
and management services to a wide range of clinical specialties, Assist in the whole life
management and support of all medical devices across Northampton General Hospital. Other
responsibilities include:

Providing support services to one or more specialist areas e.g. Critical Care, Theatres,

Radiotherapy, Diagnostic imaging, Special Care Baby Unit, Renal, etc....

Train and advise nursing and other staff in the safe use of medical devices.

Organise and update service, operation and instruction procedures.

May supervise other technicians.

Provide effective input into the work of the Trust, to support the achievement of our vision and
values:

Perform a wide range of technical duties, mainly guided by procedures involving autonomous work on highly complex medical equipment in the clinical and workshop environment to ensure the optimum effectiveness, reliability, availability and safety of medical devices.

Investigate and test medical devices, analysing the results to diagnose faults or problems and rectify them.

Communication of investigation results to users, colleagues and suppliers, sharing knowledge and experience.

Using primarily computerised systems, make accurate equipment maintenance history records and other information supporting audit, quality and performance monitoring.

Supervising other technicians when required, to ensure all aspects of the service are delivered in an efficient, safe, professional and organised way according to departmental policies, procedures and Health and Safety documentation.

Liaise with medical device suppliers to obtain technical and commercial information in relation to equipment maintenance and evaluation.

First line support of instrumentation interfaces to specialist clinical computer systems, liaising with IM&T to resolve problems as necessary.

Monitor stocks and initiate orders.

Comment on, and propose changes to, departmental procedures and develop planned maintenance schedules.

Complete and review equipment and job audits.

Contribute to organised training of technical, medical, nursing staff and
patients in the proper care and use of medical devices.

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

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