At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Join Medtronic for a Career of Innovation and Compassion

As a participant in this programme, you will learn how to provide specialized technical expertise and support to hospital clinical teams during live implants. Your role will include regular procedural support of transcatheter aortic valve implants (TAVI) for the treatment of aortic stenosis in the catheterization laboratory (cath lab). Training and educating our customers is essential to building competence and confidence in our products, while also developing long-lasting clinical relationships.

NextGen Field Academy

Medtronic's NextGen Field Academy is a unique 12-month program designed for passionate and driven individuals from diverse academic backgrounds. It offers a structured path to develop into a qualified Technical Consultant in the Structural Heart (SH) business within Medtronic. This isn’t just training - it’s hands-on experience, expert mentorship, and real-world exposure to the most advanced healthcare technologies in clinical settings.

Internship details:
• Start date: 1st September 2026
• Duration: 12 months
• Working hours: Full time – 37.5 hours per week
• Working model: in the field
• Location: primarily across Hull, Sheffield, Nottingham & Stoke area (80%), with national travel (20%)

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
• Participate in structured online and in-person training sessions over a 12-month period to learn how to become a Technical Consultant.
• Shadow Technical Consultants (TCs) in hospital cath labs to observe device implant procedures and learn on-the-job after formal training.
• Engage in regular check-ins with your manager, assigned mentor and TC team colleagues for guidance and support.
• Take on regular projects to complement and reinforce your learning.
• Participate and work towards level 1 certification (procedural support) and level 2 certification (CT imaging) during the 12-month program.
• Complete ongoing assessments with dedicated trainers and mentors to track your progress.
• Join additional NextGen activities across the European cohort.

Required Knowledge:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s student in Biomedical Engineering, Cardiac Physiology, Nursing, Life Sciences or a related field, graduating in 2025/2026.
• Fluency in English.
• Legally authorised to work in the country where the position is based on a full-time basis and does not require sponsorship in the future for an employment visa.
• Driver's license.
• A genuine passion for healthcare and medical innovation, with a strong desire to make a real-world impact.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• A self-motivated team player who is ambitious, eager to learn, and open to feedback.
• Willingness to travel with occasional overnight stays, which may include some unsociable hours. Expected minimum travel of 80% (4 days per week).

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here