Biomedical Engineer

Role overview

The Biomedical Engineer will be responsible for maintaining, repairing, commissioning, and managing a broad range of medical devices used across multiple clinical areas at Northampton General Hospital.

What you will do

• Support the full lifecycle of medical equipment, including ongoing maintenance and day-to-day device management across the hospital.
• Carry out maintenance and calibration tasks, while keeping equipment service records current and accurate.
• Help ensure all Clinical Engineering-supported devices remain safe to use, deliver value for money, and cause as little disruption to patient care as possible.
• Train nursing teams and other staff members in the correct and safe use of medical devices.
• Work independently on technical tasks in clinical and workshop settings, following established procedures to maximise device reliability, availability, and safety.
• Commission, calibrate, service, and repair a variety of medical equipment, including infusion pumps, patient monitors, ECG recorders, defibrillators, and similar devices.
• Examine and test equipment, interpret findings to identify faults, and complete the necessary corrective actions.
• Show users how to operate equipment and apply techniques when this helps resolve a problem.
• Share investigation outcomes clearly with users, colleagues, and suppliers, while contributing expertise and practical know-how.
• Maintain detailed electronic records of equipment history and other data used for audit, quality assurance, and performance tracking.

Additional information

This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route or the Health and Care Worker visa. Only applicants who already have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship can be considered.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the region’s major employers and is undergoing ongoing improvement, modernisation, and service development. The organisation also operates within a group model alongside Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Values and culture

The organisation’s core values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity, and Courage. It also encourages applications from underrepresented communities, particularly people from BAME, Disabled, and LGBTQ+ backgrounds, and promotes an inclusive, collaborative working environment supported by active staff networks.

Contact for informal enquiries

Name: Paul Doolan
Job title: EBME Manager
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01604545440