Clinical Engineering Technician

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Join a team that keeps lifesaving equipment working at its best. We’re looking for a skilled and proactive Clinical Engineering Technician to deliver high-quality medical device management across clinical areas. If you enjoy hands-on technical work, problem solving, and supporting frontline staff, this role offers variety, responsibility, and the chance to make a real difference to patient care.

Why this role matters

You’ll ensure critical devices—ventilators, monitors, incubators, defibrillators and more—are safe, reliable, and ready when clinicians need them. You’ll work across clinical and workshop environments, support urgent requests, and help train staff in safe device use.

Key responsibilities

• Commission, calibrate and maintain a wide range of complex medical devices.
• Diagnose faults using investigation and testing, and communicate findings to users and suppliers.
• Provide user training and demonstrations to clinical staff to improve device safety and effectiveness.
• Keep accurate maintenance records using computerised systems to support audits and quality monitoring.
• Manage parts and consumables, placing orders to maintain serviceability.
• Support instrumentation interfaces with clinical IT systems and liaise with IM&T as needed.

What we offer

• A varied, hands on role with clear impact on patient safety.
• Opportunities for professional development and manufacturer training.
• A supportive team culture focused on continuous improvement and compassionate care.

For additional information, please see attached Job description

What we’re looking for

• Qualifications: BEng/BSc in electronics or a scientific subject, or HNC/HND working towards a degree.
• Experience: At least 18 months with electronic and electromechanical systems; experience with medical devices and healthcare environments is highly desirable.
• Skills: Strong initiative, excellent communication, IT literacy, and the ability to organise your own workload.
• Practical: Full driving licence for van use, physically fit to move and handle equipment; comfortable working around critically unwell patients.
• Desirable: Manufacturer training, membership of a professional institute, or registration with the Register of Clinical Technologists.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.