Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

EME Bed Engineer

The closing date is 23 September 2025

Job summary

If you are looking to join a dynamic company with ambitious growth plans over the next ten years, look no further. This is a rewarding and challenging role in our partnership, and you will have the opportunity to shape your career within an organisation where talent is recognised and where we will empower you to learn and develop. We aren't about putting people into boxes - we want people to break the mould and the boundaries to fulfil their potential. Our team here at Healthcare Partners know that everything they do makes a difference to patients' lives. This isn't just a job - it's a real career, a way of making a difference every single day. We are a true team of diverse, incredible people, all pulling together to fulfil our vision of enabling our clinicians to provide the ultimate care - using the latest innovations to achieve the best outcome for their patients.

If you meet the requirements for this role and are looking to join an organisation that partners with a Healthcare Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC, apply today. This could be the start of your new and rewarding career!

Main duties of the job

The EME Bed Engineer will lead, and co-ordinate a proactive repair and maintenance program on a wide range of electric profiling beds, treatment couches, treatment chairs and pressure relief systems across the Royal Surrey Hospital and external customer's sites.

The role calls for someone from an Electro-Mechanical Engineering background, and as such the post holder will require knowledge across the range of technologies and services that fall under the responsibility of this post. The Post holder will manage the preventative maintenance schedules and electrical safety testing across a range of electro-mechanical devices to ensure the EME department is meeting its compliance and KPI targets

About us

Established in 2018, Healthcare Partners Ltd (HPL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

We offer a consultative, collaborative approach -- based on a genuine desire to make healthcare provision outstanding, and respecting the opinions and skills of our fellow clinical professionals to produce exceptional outcomes.

We are a substantial company in our own right, with an annual turnover of around £50m and over 80 staff. We partner with other healthcare providers throughout the UK in both the public and private sectors, reinvesting our profits and savings back into the NHS.

At Healthcare Partners Ltd, the patient is at the heart of all we do. We're proud to be part of the NHS, helping to make healthcare better.

Date posted

16 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,469 to £38,307 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

384-SB-EMF19153

Job locations

Royal Surrey County Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be accountable and responsible for:

Provide specialised technical services for preventative maintenance, servicing, inspection and repair to a wide range of complex and patient-critical beds, treatment couches, treatment chairs and pressure relief mattress systems.

Communicate with clinical users staff to gain a clear understanding of the nature of problems with equipment. Assess the seriousness and implications of the problem and respond appropriately to the urgency of the user request.

Undertake advanced fault-finding. Apply suitable fault finding techniques to diagnose problems, including those beyond the scope of manufacturer supplied information. Report novel fault conditions to manufacturers. Exercise judgement to determine the causes of faults in devices with multiple complex and inter-related systems (e.g. electronic, computer and mechanical systems), which may be due to user error, equipment failure or environmental issues

Rectify complex equipment faults. Undertake repairs on complex mechanisms to component level.

Check that equipment performs to manufacturers specification.

Carry out calibration, quality control, safety, commissioning and acceptance testing.

Carry out electrical and functional safety checks.

Carry out commissioning and decommissioning of medical devices

Undertaking loan medical device acceptance testing

Remove unsafe/uneconomic equipment from service and prepare it for safe disposal

Liaise with clinical staff to adjust planned maintenance schedules in response to short-term clinical needs.

Advise on equipment specification, evaluation and selection.

Maintain auditable maintenance and technical records on departments asset management system to comply with departments ISO9001 accreditation.

Issue appropriate components and spares from stores, monitoring stock levels and reordering where necessary.

Take responsibility for all tools and equipment within the Potholders care. Ensure workshop facilities are kept clear and well ordered and that all equipment is maintained to acceptable standards.

Provide technical advice to medical and other staff groups as required.

Liaise with manufacturers to obtain information and provide feedback on equipment performance.

Provide technical expertise and assistance to other functions within the Department as appropriate.

Keep accurate records of all work performed and update all appropriate records.

Inform the Head of Medical Engineering and other EME staff of the condition and performance of the equipment within the Potholders care.

Participate in meetings with the Head of Medical Engineering and the wider EME team

Ensure customers receive a high quality, prompt and efficient service and are kept up to date on the progress of their outstanding work.

Be familiar with and follow incident reporting procedure.

Prioritise and manage own work load

Take responsibility for the work of other EME Staff when they are performing work under the Potholders direction.

Regularly teach and train other staff groups (doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, technical staff etc.) in the operation and care of beds, treatment couches, treatment chairs and mattress replacement systems.

Train other technicians in the full range of techniques and methods used in the EME.

Provide guidance and technical training to junior members of the EME team.

Participate in clinical trials with and the evaluation of beds, treatment couches, treatment chairs and mattress replacement systems.

Keep abreast of technical developments. Enrol in appropriate Continuing Professional Development program. Attend suitable seminars and courses as part of personal development and to further the work of the Department.

Attend Manufacturers training courses as required

Ensure all activities are carried out within the departmental QMS framework and meet regulatory requirements.

Ensure all activities are carried out within HPL policies, i.e. Control of Infection, Standing Financial Instructions, etc.

Implement and ensure compliance with an accredited Quality System in the areas of work for which the Post holder carries responsibility.

Carry out all duties in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act, relevant Statutory Regulations, Approved Codes of Conduct and Local Rules.

When working in other departments, the Post holder will liaise with local heads of department, medical consultants, superintendents, nursing sisters or their representatives as appropriate, adhering to local policies and practices.

The Post holder will behave courteously and professionally at all times and seek to ensure that the highest level of service is provided by EME Services.

Perform other appropriate duties, which may be required from time to time by the Head of Medical Engineering

Identify and escalate perceived risks to EME Manager where appropriate, managing and alleviating risk and where possible resolving the risk

The post holder will be expected to be working in less than desirable working conditions i.e.: dirty and soiled equipment.

The post holder must be able to move and carry equipment in excess of 20Kg

The post holder will be responsible for own day to day work load and travel to other sites covered by the department is expected as part of the role. The ability to drive is expected as part of this role