Head of Critical Equipment

Salary:£67,993 £78,542 per annum

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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 organisations 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. xwzovoh
• 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

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