Clinical Engineer - Practitioner Clinical Technologist – Medical Physics - Clinical Physics

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non‑clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 08:00 - 16:00, Tuesday 08:00 - 15:30.

Medical equipment is used for medical treatment and diagnosis of patients in all areas of a hospital and beyond. Having fully functional and accurate medical equipment is essential for the safe diagnosis and treatment of patients, and it is the Medical Equipment Management service that is responsible for that equipment.

The Medical Equipment Management service is a team of highly trained clinical engineer technologists who are experts on medical equipment. We work across ten hospital sites in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, managing the full life cycle of over 55,000 medical equipment devices, completing over 60,000 jobs per year.

• Work as part of a team of clinical engineer technologists based at the Royal Hospital for Children.
• Have a permanent contract with a 37‑hour weekly working week, Monday to Friday.
• Handle a variety of tasks: theatre support to resolve equipment failures, commissioning of new medical equipment, planned maintenance in outpatient clinics and other settings.
• Work with a wide range of medical devices, including high and medium risk equipment such as infusion pumps.
• Undertake a 2‑year competency‑based training programme designed to develop skills to commission, calibrate, performance‑assure and repair medical equipment.

• Engineering or Technology knowledge to SCQF Level 9.
• Experience of the service, repair and fault‑finding of medical equipment.
• Understanding of the clinical, scientific and engineering principles of medical equipment.
• Good organisational and communication skills.

• Generous NHS pension scheme.
• Annual leave – 27 days increasing in line with the service plus 8 days public holiday (pro rata).
• 37‑hour working week.
• NHS discounts and more.

From 1 st April 2026, the salary will remain the same, but the contracted hours will change to 36 hours: 6 hours on Tuesday and 7.5 hours on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Section Manager:
Lawrence Young, 0141 452 3286, lawrence.youngt
Technical Manager:
Andy Barnes, andrew.barnes2t

NHSGGC‑NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have. By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.

NHSGGC recognises the importance of work‑life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full‑time hours can be accommodated, and the tenure is listed as "various", we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements and this will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

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