Clinical Engineering Team Lead

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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 to allow the successful candidate to develop leadership skills, while leading an engineering team. You will be responsible for prioritising workloads, while 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 would be a requirement of this post.


All Team Leaders will be expected to lead within a particular specialization, which could be across multiple Trust Hospital sites, and we are looking to increase our resilience within the Team for someone with an interest at 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 maintenance to reactive maintenance on a range of complex medical devices in the hospital environments.
  • To help lead procurement projects for specialist medical devices. Identify training needs of the team and ensure that systems are in place for ensuring devices are maintained and repaired as required.
  • To develop new working practices and techniques to improve team efficiency as monitored by key performance indicators

The ideal candidate will:



  • Have a highly specialist knowledge of medical engineering and experience of electro-medical devices through their lifecycle from acceptance to disposal to master's equivalent.
  • Detailed knowledge of computer systems, using Microsoft office applications for spreadsheets and presentations. Detailed knowledge using 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 in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe - what better place to shape and develop your leadership career.


We deliver care to over 1 million patients & users each year through our 10 hospitals and extensive community services. Our 30,000 plus strong workforce is central to our success and innovation.


You will play a pivotal part in supporting our operational excellence and strategic ambitions. You\'ll work collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams, driving improvements that enhance patient experience, staff wellbeing, and service efficiency across the Trust.


MFT offers a dynamic, inclusive environment where your leadership, ideas, and expertise are valued. You\'ll have access to professional development, digital tools and opportunities to contribute to transformational projects that shape the future of healthcare delivery.


We are committed to supporting your growth and wellbeing, recognising the vital role you play in our organisation\'s success.Join us and help shape the future of our Trust--make a real difference to our teams, our services, and our communities, and fundamentally, our patients.


Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.


Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application


Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, were proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOU for our patients, our communities, and each other. As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your application—especially personal statements and responses to role-specific questions—is written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment process remains equitable and meaningful for everyone. Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.


Diversity Matters


MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.


Please read and understand fully the Job Description and the Person Specification before submitting your application in order to assess fully if you have the required skills to fulfill the essential criteria.


If you have applied for the role recently and not been invited to interview then it is unlikely your application will be processes beyond the shortlisting stage.


Person Specification
Qualifications

  • Professional Electronics knowledge through B Eng or equivalent, plus specialist knowledge
  • Specialist knowledge acquired through courses & experience to master\'s level or equivalent
  • Degree or Masters 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 equipmen
  • Evidence of competency
  • Specialist knowledge gained through post graduate 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 as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.


Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust


£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum, pro rata


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