Trainee technical support engineer

The Medical Device Service support users of medical equipment across all of our hospital sites within the Northern Care Alliance. Main duties of this post include retrieval of medical equipment from clinical areas, decontamination of equipment and basic testing of a range of medical devices. You will be required to log and update records on the department’s information database. The department operates within a registered ISO9001 quality system so successful candidates will be expected to follow these procedures. You will possess an Ordinary National certificate in Electrical / Electronic or equivalent and have experience in an Electronic maintenance / service industry. Knowledge of functional testing of electronic equipment with good communication and IT skills will be required. The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance. We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers websitewww.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk In line with the Trust s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership.