Clinical EngineerNHS

Job summary

An exciting fixed-term opportunity (up to the end of August 2027) has arisen within the Clinical Engineering department at King's College Hospital. The post will provide cover for a colleague who is away on secondment until the end of August 2027.

The role will support the medical device safety officer to manage the response to safety notices and will contribute to an extensive asset inventory audit programme across the Denmark Hill site. There will also be opportunities to develop experience in other aspects of the medical equipment life-cycle, such as equipment replacement projects, establishing planned maintenance programmes and responding to reported incidents involving medical devices.

The post would suit someone with a background in medical equipment maintenance/management, who is looking to develop into a wider governance role within the clinical engineering sector.

Main duties of the job

This role will have a particular focus on ensuring accurate asset records are created and maintained, developing customised reports detailing equipment service history and leading inventory audits across the Trust. More broadly, the post holder will provide technical input to all aspects of medical equipment governance across the equipment life-cycle, including the planning and delivery of medical equipment procurement projects, establishing preventative maintenance levels, investigating safety related incidents and actioning safety alerts.

Job description

Governance / Quality Control

• Lead equipment audits to verify the medical device asset inventory. Resolve apparent contradictions within the information to clarify the situation.
• Monitor compliance with the quality system via internal quality audits.
• Undertake work in accordance with the department quality management system (ISO 13485).
• Strive to improve quality, performance and efficiency.
• Support, where required, the Head of Clinical Engineering across a wide range of internal/external meetings and working groups

Technical

• Interpret technical information from medical device related safety notices and ensure recommendations for remedial work are fully justified and actioned.
• Collate and interpret complex technical information relating to the service and maintenance requirements of medical devices and utilise that information to make recommendations regarding required service frequency and level of maintenance cover. Apply risk management techniques to aid decision making and maintain audit trails to demonstrate compliance with CQC regulations.
• Respond to reports of adverse incidents involving medical devices. This may involve the complex fault finding on medical equipment and the production of written reports to summarise findings and recommend appropriate action.
• Respond to requests for new or replacement medical equipment, liaising with end users and suppliers to capture clinical and technical aspects of equipment specifications.
• Provide technical oversight of external maintenance providers and identify opportunities to bring outsourced work in-house.
• Give advice or support to colleagues or manufacturers when repair or maintenance falls inside own level of expertise.
• Inform users of reasons for faults/incidents involving medical devices, the action taken and how to avoid re-occurrence.
• Assess risks relating to the use of medical equipment and recommend mitigations.
• Keep abreast of scientific, technical and clinical developments that relate to medical equipment through a formal CPD scheme.

Reporting and Analysis

• Create and maintain accurate records of medical devices commissioned within the Trust.
• Work with internal and external groups to ensure medical equipment maintenance records are kept up to date.
• Record equipment service history and update maintenance records on the Trust asset register.
• Query medical device asset registers to design reports and dashboards. Present these reports at department level meetings.
• Provide insights from multiple data sources to ensure equipment servicing is completed according to contract terms and planned schedules.
• Monitor provider performance to ensure that the maintenance providers fulfil their contractual responsibilities.
• Deal with complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options e.g. receiving information from users regarding equipment breakdown and acting in such a way as to minimise down time, service disruption and cost.

About us

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are deliveringhigh-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

We have also agreed four new organisational values - Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative - and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.