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Salary- A desire to continue studying?
- Want to work in the NHS?
- An interest in equipment connectivity?
The minimum qualifications are A Level or equivalent academic qualifications in science, engineering or maths. Alternatively, you may have an equivalent level of practical experience. You may even have a degree in an appropriate science or engineering subject.
Starting Band, 4 (Trainee) 5/6 (Qualified and experienced technician) dependant on experience and qualifications directly relating to medical equipment.
Clinical Engineering at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is an Accredited Training Centre in Medical Engineering and the successful candidate will be put through an appropriate training programme progressively building competence and confidence in the safe maintenance of medical equipment.
Your qualifications and experience will determine the best option for you to develop your academic (if necessary) and experiential training so that you can join the national Register of Clinical Technologists (RCT) in due course. There might be additional distance learning to NVQ level 3 standard or a degree in medical engineering funded by the Trust.
Excellent communication skills are essential.
Basic ICT connectivity skills are essential.
Informal visits to the department are encouraged.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!
