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Clinical Engineering Team Lead

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester
4 days ago
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Clinical Engineering Team Lead

The closing date is 09 December 2025


The Clinical Engineering Department is looking to appoint a Clinical Engineering Team Lead to support the services provided within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. This is a part‑time position with development opportunities that will allow the successful candidate to develop leadership skills while leading an engineering team. You will be responsible for prioritising workloads, and providing service and technical support to a wide range of medical devices within a hospital environment. As a highly experienced medical or clinical engineer, experience of undertaking repairs and maintenance activities on medical devices is a requirement of this post.


The post holder will be expected to work within our other Trust and Community sites.


All Team Leaders will be expected to lead within a particular specialisation, which could span multiple Trust Hospital sites. We are looking to increase our resilience within the Team for someone with an interest in leading on Quality Management as well as providing cover for the other Team Lead posts in the MEAM Department at Oxford Road, Wythenshawe, Trafford or North Manchester.


Main duties of the job

Your day‑to‑day duties will include, but may not be limited to:



  • Using your highly developed engineering skills to analyse and diagnose faults in a wide range of complex patient‑critical electro‑mechanical equipment.
  • Organising and delivering service schedules, leading a team to perform maintenance tasks ranging from routine to reactive maintenance on a range of complex medical devices in hospital environments.
  • Helping to lead procurement projects for specialist medical devices.
  • Identifying training needs of the team and ensuring that systems are in place for maintaining and repairing devices as required.
  • Developing new working practices and techniques to improve team efficiency as monitored by key performance indicators.

The ideal candidate will:



  • Have highly specialist knowledge of medical engineering and experience of electro‑medical devices throughout their lifecycle from acceptance to disposal to a master’s equivalent level.
  • Hold detailed knowledge of computer systems, including Microsoft Office applications for spreadsheets and presentations.
  • Possess detailed knowledge of equipment management systems for controlling the equipment lifecycle and history.

About us

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus is the largest health academic campus in Europe. We deliver care to over 1 million patients & users each year through our ten hospitals and extensive community services. Our workforce of more than 30 000 people is central to our success and innovation. You will play a pivotal part in supporting our operational excellence and strategic ambitions, working collaboratively with clinical and non‑clinical teams to drive improvements that enhance patient experience, staff wellbeing, and service efficiency across the Trust.


Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities are detailed in the attached Job Description & Person Specification. Please review these documents for a comprehensive understanding of the role and the qualifications required.


Person Specification
Qualifications

  • Professional electronics knowledge through a B‑Eng or equivalent, plus specialist knowledge.
  • Specialist knowledge acquired through courses & experience to master’s level or equivalent.
  • Degree or Master’s equivalent level of knowledge; HNC/HTEC/HND/Foundation Degree in electronics, plus specialist knowledge.
  • Registered with an appropriate professional body or institution.

Experience

  • Servicing – experienced in maintaining a broad range of medical equipment.
  • Evidence of competency.
  • Specialist knowledge gained through postgraduate diploma or specialist training and experience.
  • Experience at a supervisory level of servicing a wide range of medical equipment.
  • Experience of contract management.
  • Knowledge of medical device management standards.
  • Experience of staff management and knowledge of NHS structures and organisation.
  • Significant experience in a Medical Equipment Service environment with technical and people management experience.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.


Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per annum, pro rata.


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