Principal Engineer

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our Clinical Technical Services within a department with a proud history of excellence and innovation. Our Medical Engineering & Maintenance Department (MEMD) is renowned for setting and developing the highest standards within the Clinical Engineering community and has maintained continuous ISO 9001 accreditation through BSI external auditing since 1990.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Principal Engineer to provide operational, technical and professional leadership across our Clinical Technical Services function, ensuring the safe, effective and compliant management of medical devices throughout the Trust and for external customers.

As Principal Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of medical device maintenance services for all Trust-owned medical equipment and external customer contracts. You will oversee a skilled technical workforce, manage key service contracts, maintain quality standards, and play a pivotal role in supporting patient safety through robust medical device management.

You will also lead the delivery of the Trust's Emergency Resuscitation Scheme and support wider initiatives including medical device safety alerts, equipment replacement planning, and quality management system development.

If you are passionate about clinical technology, quality improvement and leadership, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details
Date posted: 16 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 214-CSTO-7917580
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications
Essential

• Master's Degree in relevant subject area or equivalent qualifications plus experience, e.g. BEng in electronics, plus specialist knowledge through Post-Graduate Diploma, specialist equipment training and experience
• Completion of the appropriate Memd competence profile or equivalent

Knowledge Requirements
Essential

• Immediately contribute to the Clinical/Technical services of Memd, taking day-to-day responsibility for the effective delivery of Memd's operations
• Continue to act as an independent practitioner, the post holder must therefore possess the knowledge and skills required for the registered professional status requirements of the post including
• Ability to organise, supervise and monitor section staff, including their development
• Effectively plan and deliver maintenance activities, including repairs and PPM
• Significant knowledge and skills in the technical support of medical devices
• Specialist medical device testing systems
• Detailed understanding of medical device management principles and application
• Extensive range knowledge and skills in using computer technology both for general use and in medical device applications
• Advance engineering and workshop skills
• The post holder must possess excellent communication/interpersonal skills, commensurate with supervising and influencing staff in order to ensure a cohesive and effective section
• The post holder must possess the ability to work to deadlines in order to meet agreed targets

Further Training
Essential

• Will have attended a range of relevant courses including evidence of training in supervisory skills and basic management techniques

Desirable

• ISO 9001 Internal Auditor Training

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience of the management of Medical Devices, throughout the lifecycle from selection, acceptance testing, planned maintenance, repairs and condemnation
• Evidence of effective staff supervision

Contractual
Essential

• Registered Professional in a relevant field eg Clinical Technologist or Clinical Scientist.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
HoS/Clinical Engineer, Peter Lee, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com