Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Engineering
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 210-2026-131
- Employer
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Countess of Chester Hospital
- Town
- Chester
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Medical Engineering Technician
Band 6
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.
Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation
Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.
As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.
Job overview
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
Will be a member of a multi disciplined medical engineering team and will work without supervision on a wide range of complex medical equipment. There will be particular responsibility for highly complex systems including patient monitoring units, diagnostic ultrasound, anaesthetic machines, life support ventilators, medical lasers, infusion devices, baby incubators and defibrillators. These equipment’s will at times, be connected to patients. Most of the work will be none routine and the ability to prioritise and respond to emergency requests is essential.
Main duties of the job
1) To carry out acceptance testing including functional and quality assurance tests, electrical safety tests, planned maintenance, calibration, repairs and defect investigation on a wide range of complex medical equipment or devices used for patient care. The work will be mostly of a none routine nature.
2) To work on medical equipment that requires highly developed techniques, expertise and accurate control of precision tools and small components. The use of expensive and specialised test equipment is required to carry out most tasks. This will be in Wards, Accident and Emergency, Operating Theatres, Intensive Therapy Unit, Coronary Care Unit, Central Labour Suite and Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit, etc. There will be a need to lift and manoeuvre heavy equipment between clinical areas, customer sites and the EBME laboratory.
3) To plan and organise maintenance tasks related to their duties and prioritise responses to emergency breakdown requests, proceeding logically and analytically under conditions of urgency taking appropriate action where and when required. Maintenance tasks will involve working with hazardous voltages, anaesthetic agents and medical gases under high pressure.
4) To participate in the department’s emergency on-call rota that provides the trust with continuous technical cover, including advice on clinical application of medical devices.
Working for our organisation
The Trust’s services are provided from three locations:
• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.
The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.
The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024/2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A&E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
If a DBS is required for your role, you are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee applies which is payable to the DBS Service. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
The Trust will not sponsor where the starting salary does not meet immigration rules
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person specification
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of electronic or instrumentation systems to component level.
- Ability to diagnose faults to component level on a range of complex medical devices.
- Calibration techniques using specialised test equipment.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- HNC/HND or Degree qualified in Electronics, Instrumentation or Medical Engineering.
Desirable criteria
- Certificates of Qualification and Interview.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stuart Eccles
- Job title
- Head of Clinical Engineering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01244 365040
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