Head of Critical Equipment
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Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Location: Multi-site NHS acute hospital environment
Closing date: 3 April 2026 - 12:00 noon
About the Organisation
We are a specialist Facilities Management and Property Services organisation delivering services across an NHS hospital estate. Our medical engineering / clinical engineering capability supports the full lifecycle of medical devices — helping ensure equipment is safe, compliant, available and fit for clinical use.
Join Our Team
This is a senior leadership opportunity to lead the organisation’s critical equipment engineering function - ensuring high-risk, high-dependency equipment used in theatres, critical care, diagnostics and emergency pathways is maintained, governed and continually improved in line with regulatory requirements and best practice.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and oversee the clinical/medical equipment engineering service, ensuring excellent operational delivery and customer support.
* Manage the equipment lifecycle: procurement input, commissioning, maintenance planning, asset management, replacement planning and decommissioning.
* Ensure compliance with relevant guidance and inspection expectations (including MHRA-aligned governance and broader quality/compliance standards).
* Lead device risk assessment, incident investigation and root cause analysis; produce clear performance and assurance reporting.
* Provide expert technical leadership to support capital planning and prioritisation of replacements with senior clinical stakeholders.
* Lead, develop and performance-manage a multidisciplinary engineering team; build capability and resilience across the service.
Ideal Candidate
* Significant experience in medical equipment/clinical engineering within healthcare, with leadership responsibility across complex services.
* Strong knowledge of equipment lifecycle governance, asset systems, quality/compliance expectations and stakeholder engagement.
* Degree (or equivalent) in biomedical/clinical engineering (or closely related), with evidence of ongoing professional development.
Recruitment Timetable
Closing date: 3 April 2026 - 12:00 noon
Interviews: To be confirmed
How to Apply
Please submit CV + supporting statement
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Location: Multi-site NHS acute hospital environment
Closing date: 3 April 2026 - 12:00 noon
About the Organisation
We are a specialist Facilities Management and Property Services organisation delivering services across an NHS hospital estate. Our medical engineering / clinical engineering capability supports the full lifecycle of medical devices — helping ensure equipment is safe, compliant, available and fit for clinical use.
Join Our Team
This is a senior leadership opportunity to lead the organisation’s critical equipment engineering function - ensuring high-risk, high-dependency equipment used in theatres, critical care, diagnostics and emergency pathways is maintained, governed and continually improved in line with regulatory requirements and best practice.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead and oversee the clinical/medical equipment engineering service, ensuring excellent operational delivery and customer support.
* Manage the equipment lifecycle: procurement input, commissioning, maintenance planning, asset management, replacement planning and decommissioning.
* Ensure compliance with relevant guidance and inspection expectations (including MHRA-aligned governance and broader quality/compliance standards).
* Lead device risk assessment, incident investigation and root cause analysis; produce clear performance and assurance reporting.
* Provide expert technical leadership to support capital planning and prioritisation of replacements with senior clinical stakeholders.
* Lead, develop and performance-manage a multidisciplinary engineering team; build capability and resilience across the service.
Ideal Candidate
* Significant experience in medical equipment/clinical engineering within healthcare, with leadership responsibility across complex services.
* Strong knowledge of equipment lifecycle governance, asset systems, quality/compliance expectations and stakeholder engagement.
* Degree (or equivalent) in biomedical/clinical engineering (or closely related), with evidence of ongoing professional development.
Recruitment Timetable
Closing date: 3 April 2026 - 12:00 noon
Interviews: To be confirmed
How to Apply
Please submit CV + supporting statement