Job summary
- Main area
- HPL
- Grade
- Grade 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-SB-EMF20104
- Employer
- Healthcare Partners Ltd
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £28,859 - £31,670 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee EME Engineer – (Electro-Mechanical)
Grade 4
Job overview
If you are looking to join a dynamic company with ambitious growth plans over the next ten years, look no further. This is a rewarding and challenging role in our partnership, and you will have the opportunity to shape your career within an organisation where talent is recognised and where we will empower you to learn and develop. We aren’t about putting people into boxes – we want people to break the mould and the boundaries to fulfil their potential. Our team here at Healthcare Partners know that everything they do makes a difference to patients’ lives. This isn’t just a job – it’s a real career, a way of making a difference every single day. We are a true team of diverse, incredible people, all pulling together to fulfil our vision of enabling our clinicians to provide the ultimate care – using the latest innovations to achieve the best outcome for their patients.
If you meet the requirements for this role and are looking to join an organisation that partners with a Healthcare Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC, apply today. This could be the start of your new and rewarding career!
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a valuable member of a successful electronic medical equipment (EME) team who will build on their basic engineering skills and education.
Under supervision, the post holder will assist the Bed Engineer with the repair and maintenance program on a wide range of electric profiling beds, treatment couches, treatment chairs and pressure relief systems across the Royal Surrey Hospital and external customer’s sites
The Trainee Engineer will have a good grounding in electrical and electronic systems. Full manufacturer training will be provided to enable the individuals to work independently.
Working for our organisation
Established in 2018, Healthcare Partners Ltd (HPL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.
We offer a consultative, collaborative approach — based on a genuine desire to make healthcare provision outstanding, and respecting the opinions and skills of our fellow clinical professionals to produce exceptional outcomes.
We are a substantial company in our own right, with an annual turnover of around £50m and over 80 staff. We partner with other healthcare providers throughout the UK in both the public and private sectors, reinvesting our profits and savings back into the NHS.
At Healthcare Partners Ltd, the patient is at the heart of all we do. We’re proud to be part of the NHS, helping to make healthcare better.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification
• Assist with the preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection and repair to a wide range of patient-critical beds, treatment couches, treatment chairs and pressure relief mattress systems
• Check that equipment performs to manufacturer’s specification
• Carry out electrical safety testing to IEC62353
• Carry out commissioning and decommissioning of medical devices
• Undertake audits on medical devices
• The post holder must be able to move and carry equipment in excess of 20Kg
• Keep accurate records and update any work carried out by the post holder in e-Quip
• Documentation of processes for use across EME departments by both technical and non-technical personnel
Person specification
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- HNC / HND level education, equivalent professional qualifications or relevant experience of operating at this level
- Additional specialist knowledge acquired through Manufacture training or equivalent experience
- Registration as Clinical Technologist or Scientist
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Experience with EQUIP or similar asset management systems
- Experience of use of Microsoft Office applications e.g. Word, excel, outlook
- OEM training on electric profiling beds, patient trolleys, treatment couches and pressure relief systems.
- Experience of working in the patient environment
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ben Caldicott
- Job title
- Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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