Job summary
- Main area
- MEMS
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 2 years (From start date)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 390-NOVA-SO-0016
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- Southend
- Salary
- £37,338 Per annum (Pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Special Medical Equipment Technician
Band 6
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.
We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
MEMS provide total medical equipment management services to Basildon, Southend and Mid Essex Hospitals. This includes Procurement, Acceptance, Maintenance and Service, co-ordinate clinical staff training and decommissioning and disposal.
The role is responsible to ensure that equipment operates effectively and safely with the minimum of downtime. Clinical equipment covered incorporates complex electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer and medical gas based systems.
The post holder provides support to electrical and electronic related medical equipment, which includes the scheduled planned preventative maintenance (PPM), servicing, repair, calibration and acceptance testing on a wide range of medical equipment within the electrical / electronic field.
The Post Holder will help promote understanding of the medical equipment concept within the Trust and support development and delivery of associated work programmes.
Main duties of the job
- Communication
Build and sustain effective communications with other roles involved in the shared services as required.
Establish and maintain strategic links with a range of external partners/stakeholders
or manage the links made through the team.
- Analytical and Planning
Manage the production of the required deliverables and control risks.
Liaison with Senior Professionals and related functions to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated
Engage with external partners/stakeholders to gain their necessary level of contribution & commitment to the successful delivery of your work.
Ensure that expertise is seen as a resource within and outside the Trust and form working partnerships with government departments, national agencies and key stakeholders internationally, nationally, regionally and across sectors.
- Clinical Duties
Not Applicable
- Policy and Service Development
Proactively and positively contribute to the achievement of deliverables through individual and team effort.
Maintain and continuously improve specialist knowledge in an aspect of Health
Service which significantly contributes to the Trust’s stated objectives & aims
Undertake evidence-based practice for either developments relating to Trust work or opportunities for Trust involvement around health issues
Working for our organisation
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This job profile is not a definitive or exhaustive list of responsibilities but identifies the key responsibilities and tasks of the post holder.
The post holder will be expected to perform any other duties or responsibilities as assigned by management, within scope of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree Level Electronics or equivalent experience in General electronics
Desirable criteria
- Manufacturer training courses
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant Experience of Medical Electronics
- Knowledge of specialist test equipment
- Fault find to component level
- Experience of Equipment management information systems and databases
- Ability to work within the confines of a quality System (ISO9001:2015)
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work with technical manuals and schematic diagrams
- Working autonomy
Applicant requirements
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
- Chris Germain
- Job title
- NOVA Recruitment Advisor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01702435555
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