NHS
Equipment Assistant (Technical)
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Job Description
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- Ensuring that the clinical equipment supports the delivery of high-quality patient care.
- Liaising with a wide range of stakeholders across the trust, external providers and suppliers to ensure technical requirements are met.
- Support the ECM workstream to deliver its key equipment objectives.
- Woking closely with medical professionals, facilities management, and the equipment workstream to ensure smooth operations and effective equipment usage.
- Assist with inventory management, including tracking and organising hospital equipment.
- Having a good understanding of Microsoft products to maintain spreadsheets and draft reports when required.
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
- Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Job summary
This post is Fixed term/Secondment until 31/09/2027 to meet the needs of the service.
Velindre Cancer Centre is a division of the Trust, and one of the leading non-surgical oncology centres in the United Kingdom. The challenge is to go further and achieve the quality of services, patient experience and clinical outcomes that are comparable with the best in Europe and the western world. In support of this ambition, Velindre University NHS Trust (VUNHST) is building a new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC), which is expected to be open in Autumn 2027.
An exciting position has arisen in the nVCC Project. The Equipment Assistant Technical role will work as part of the Equipment, Commissioning & Migration (ECM) workstream with a professional responsibility to the Equipment Delivery Manager. The equipment of the new hospital will be state-of-the-art and will play a significant role in the transformation of cancer services in South East Wales. Knowledge of the Mutual Investment Model (MIM) is desirable for this role.
Main duties of the job
The key elements of the Equipment Assistant (Technical) post include:
The role is offered as a 29-month secondment or fixed term appointment.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Date posted
22 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£30,420 to £37,030 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
29 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
120-AC177-0425
Job locations
Velindre Cancer Centre, Post Grad 2
Whitchurch Road
Cardiff
CF14 2TL
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Job responsibilities
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Job responsibilities
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Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
Skills
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
Skills
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Velindre University NHS Trust
Address
Velindre Cancer Centre, Post Grad 2
Whitchurch Road
Cardiff
CF14 2TL
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Velindre University NHS Trust
Address
Velindre Cancer Centre, Post Grad 2
Whitchurch Road
Cardiff
CF14 2TL
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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