Technical Assistant Support Worker
Job overview
The Princess Anne Hospital provides exceptional maternity and neonatal care, offering midwifery-led and consultant-led services, including options for home births and care for complex pregnancies. Its renowned neonatal unit, among the largest in the UK, supports around 900 babies annually with state-of-the-art facilities, personalised care, and family-focused spaces.
We are delighted to be able to offer a fantastic opportunity for an organised, proactive, and technically skilled individual to join our Maternity and Neonatal Service as a Technical Assistant Support Worker.
We are looking for a motivated individual to support the Maternity and Neonatal Service with the general maintenance, cleanliness, and functionality of medical equipment. This includes assisting teams to ensure all equipment is fully functional and any technical issues are managed appropriately.
This vital role involves performing routine checks, ensuring equipment is ready for immediate use, supporting patient transfers, taking responsibility for maintaining equipment and medical consumable stock levels and preparing clinical trolleys.The ideal candidate is technically skilled, able to multitask, and passionate about contributing to a high-quality, fast-paced healthcare environment.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities.We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ideal candidate will work Monday – Friday and will receive comprehensive training. This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly, patient focussed Maternity and Neonatal team.
What you will do:
- Ensuring that all equipment is always fully functional and ready for use including performing regular equipment checks.
- Maintain equipment registers and work closely with the Clinical Engineering Department to ensure equipment issues are reported.
- Ensure medical equipment and consumable stock levels are maintained and assist with distribution of stores.
- Transporting medical equipment and devices from storerooms to clinical areas.
- Work alongside the clinical engineering team to ensure medical equipment is maintained and serviced appropriately.
- NVQ Level 3 in Health or Social Care or equivalent experience
- Experience in an acute hospital setting is desirable.
- Background in healthcare, education, or customer-facing roles
- Understanding of acute hospital environment
- Strong IT and record keeping skills
- Ability to work as part of a team with interpersonal and time management skills.
- Be able to work in a fast-paced ward environments.
Informal enquiries are welcomed, please contact either Lucy Price, [email protected] or Ian Chapman, [email protected].
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria- NVQ3 in a health or social care subject or equivalent level of experience
- Experience working in a healthcare, education or customer facing setting
- Understanding of acute hospital environment
- Experience working in an acute hospital
Trust Values
Essential criteria- Patient First
- Working Together
- Always Improving
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
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