Trainee Engineering Technician

Main area Engineering Grade NHS AfC Band 3 Contract Permanent:
Office Hours, 9:00am - 5:00pm Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Office hours, approx 9-5, negotiable.) Job
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Employer The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHSFT Town Oswestry Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/01/2026 23:59

Here at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, we are very proud of our reputation for providing outstanding care to our patients.

In the National Staff Survey, 74% of our staff would recommend the Trust as a place to work and 92% would recommend the hospital to a friend or relative for treatment.

Our continued success is accomplished through the skills and expertise of our staff, which is underpinned by our values:
Professional, Excellence, Respect, Friendly, Inclusive and Caring.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Engineering Technician within our Orthotic Research and Locomotor Assessment Unit.

The role involves training an engineering technician to provide rehabilitation engineering and medical device support services both at the hospital, in the community and beyond. The postholder will play a key role in the design, manufacture, monitoring and maintenance of orthotic devices and other assistive technologies that are used to enhance the treatment of severely disabled patients and will involve contact with patients, including children who have moderate to severe mobility disabilities.

The post-holder will already hold BTEC National Certificate/Diploma or City & Guilds in an engineering subject or through their application demonstrates an equivalent combination of training and experience within mechanical engineering. It would also be desirable to have an aptitude for electronics/computing. Such a background will provide the basis for a programme of personal development once in post to gain the wider expertise necessary to fulfil the role.

We are seeking a highly compassionate individual who will work sensitively and effectively with patients with disabling conditions, as part of a multi-professional team.

This advert may close early in the event of sufficient applications being received, applicants are encouraged to apply early.

Assist the Senior Engineering Technician (and other Rehab Engineering staff) in the build, supply and maintenance of patient devices, to customary levels of engineering precision. Assist with general tasks around the workshop, such as maintenance, tidying and stock level monitoring.

Assist the Movement Analysis team with routine tasks, such as video recording patient activity and safely transferring those recordings to relevant storage media.

Assist the Patient Pathway Co-ordinator in the general administration of patient devices, such as parcelling and sending devices to patients and checking devices have arrived from suppliers.

Under current Home Office Immigration Rules, this role does not meet the UK Visas and Immigration criteria and the position is not therefore eligible for skilled worker sponsorship. Applications from candidates that require skilled worker sponsorship will NOT be shortlisted.

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic NHS Trust (RJAH) is one of the leading orthopaedic hospitals in the country, with some of the highest levels of staff and patient satisfaction, as well as a strong reputation for research and innovation.

We have a range of fantastic staff benefits on offer to everyone who joins RJAH and you'll have access to outstanding professional development opportunities and state-of-the-art facilities – including our recently-opened £6 million Headley Court Veterans’ Orthopaedic Centre (the first unit of its kind in the UK).

The hospital is located on a site outside Oswestry in Oswestry, just off the A5. The nearest train station is in Gobowen, approximately two miles from the hospital. The station is part of the Chester to Birmingham line.

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