Medical Engineering Apprenticeship

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Yorkshire (LS9 7TF)

Closes on Tuesday 7 April 2026

Posted on 23 December 2025

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Summary

Level 4 Healthcare Science Apprenticeship posts available within the Medical Physics and Engineering Department in Leeds. Successful candidates will participate in a 2 year training programme specialising in Medical Engineering. 

Wage

£24,465 a year

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The qualifications, experience and skills gained provide an opportunity to apply for and or progress to substantive roles with a possible starting salary of £27,485 and also further study, development and progression.

Training course
Healthcare science associate (level 4)
Hours
Monday to Friday 7.30am to 3.30pm

38 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

2 years

Positions available

6

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

As a Medical Engineering Apprentice at Leeds Teaching Hospitals you can expect to work in many different Medical Engineering disciplines across the LTH sites.

Some of the areas you will work in are Clinical Engineering, Renal Engineering, Imaging Engineering, Radiation Engineering and Rehabilitation Engineering.

You will develop a broad range of skills which will prepare you for a successful career in your chosen area of Medical Physics & Engineering.

Alongside your practical training you will undertake a work based Level 4 Qualification in Healthcare Science Apprenticeship training programme specialising in Medical Engineering.

Where you'll work

Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Leeds
Yorkshire
LS9 7TF

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

CSR SCIENTIFIC TRAINING LIMITED

Training course

Healthcare science associate (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Act in line with legislation, standard operating procedures, codes of conduct and ways of working that apply to own role.
  • Work within the scope of the role, the limits of own knowledge and skills and support others to do the same.
  • Act in line with probity requirements and support others to do the same.
  • Promote mental health, wellbeing and resilience in the workplace.
  • Provide technical healthcare-science-based services relevant to own role.
  • Recognise problems and seek technical solutions to them and support others to do the same.
  • Perform a range of equipment management activities appropriate to own role including fault-finding, preventative maintenance, calibration or repair.
  • Contribute to the drafting or revising of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Support decisions made to initiate, continue, modify or cease using techniques or procedures.
  • Analyse, interpret, record and present healthcare science technical data.
  • Provide or support the provision of person-centred care.
  • Take responsibility for any care provided by yourself and your team members including adhering to duty of care and safeguarding requirements.
  • Apply policy and protocols that relate to informed consent.
  • Protect the dignity, rights, privacy and confidentiality of individuals and support others to do the same.
  • Deliver or support the delivery of high quality technical clinical procedures in the investigation or management of individuals.
  • Convey information using appropriate techniques.
  • Give and receive feedback that informs your own practice and that of others in the team.
  • Use techniques to reduce communication barriers and support others to do the same.
  • Keep accurate, confidential records and produce reliable data, inputting and retrieving information within required governance processes and checking that others do the same.
  • Share information correctly as part of the healthcare science team and the multi-professional team.
  • Use technology to present information.
  • Follow protocols for dealing with or reporting difficult situations and complaints.
  • Work as part of the healthcare science team and the wider healthcare team to provide healthcare science services.
  • Plan, review and report on the work of a team and individuals within it.
  • Follow delegation, reporting and escalation protocols appropriate to own role.
  • Demonstrate leadership skills appropriate to own role and work in partnership with the healthcare science and wider healthcare team.
  • Help create the conditions that assist the team in providing a supportive environment for colleagues.
  • Maintain and check that others maintain a safe and healthy working environment.
  • Participate in the management of risk, supporting others to do the same.
  • Take appropriate action in response to incidents or emergencies, reporting or escalating as required by the situation.
  • Move and transport items safely for example individuals or equipment and items.
  • Adhere to protocols for infection prevention and control and support others to do the same.
  • Follow guidelines and procedures for handling hazardous materials and substances.
  • Demonstrate relevant health, safety or security practices to others in the team.
  • Take part in quality management technical audit processes relevant to own role.
  • Participate in audit or service improvement programmes.
  • Share the outcome of audit or service improvement with others.
  • Support the improvement of healthcare science practice by taking part in innovation or research or service improvement activities.
  • Undertake audit, research or other activities which support quality improvement, innovation and sustainability in healthcare science.
  • Critically reflect on your technical and non-technical practice and how it impacts on the quality and safety of patient care.
  • Work within the limits of your personal competence, keeping up-to-date by engaging in continuing personal and professional development.
  • Take part in mentoring processes with colleagues and students.
  • Respond to appraisal or performance review and feedback in relation to your own development and action plans.
  • Supervise and demonstrate practical skills to others.
  • Act in line with legislation, standard operating procedures, codes of conduct and ways of working that apply to own role.
  • Work within the scope of the role, the limits of own knowledge and skills and support others to do the same.
  • Act in line with probity requirements and support others to do the same.
  • Promote mental health, wellbeing and resilience in the workplace.
  • Provide technical healthcare-science-based services relevant to own role.
  • Recognise problems and seek technical solutions to them and support others to do the same.
  • Perform a range of equipment management activities appropriate to own role including fault-finding, preventative maintenance, calibration or repair.
  • Contribute to the drafting or revising of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
  • Support decisions made to initiate, continue, modify or cease using techniques or procedures.
  • Analyse, interpret, record and present healthcare science technical data.
  • Provide or support the provision of person-centred care.
  • Take responsibility for any care provided by yourself and your team members including adhering to duty of care and safeguarding requirements.
  • Apply policy and protocols that relate to informed consent.
  • Protect the dignity, rights, privacy and confidentiality of individuals and support others to do the same.
  • Deliver or support the delivery of high quality technical clinical procedures in the investigation or management of individuals.
  • Convey information using appropriate techniques.
  • Give and receive feedback that informs your own practice and that of others in the team.
  • Use techniques to reduce communication barriers and support others to do the same.
  • Keep accurate, confidential records and produce reliable data, inputting and retrieving information within required governance processes and checking that others do the same.
  • Share information correctly as part of the healthcare science team and the multi-professional team.
  • Use technology to present information.
  • Follow protocols for dealing with or reporting difficult situations and complaints.
  • Work as part of the healthcare science team and the wider healthcare team to provide healthcare science services.
  • Plan, review and report on the work of a team and individuals within it.
  • Follow delegation, reporting and escalation protocols appropriate to own role.
  • Demonstrate leadership skills appropriate to own role and work in partnership with the healthcare science and wider healthcare team.
  • Help create the conditions that assist the team in providing a supportive environment for colleagues.
  • Maintain and check that others maintain a safe and healthy working environment.
  • Participate in the management of risk, supporting others to do the same.
  • Take appropriate action in response to incidents or emergencies, reporting or escalating as required by the situation.
  • Move and transport items safely for example individuals or equipment and items.
  • Adhere to protocols for infection prevention and control and support others to do the same.
  • Follow guidelines and procedures for handling hazardous materials and substances.
  • Demonstrate relevant health, safety or security practices to others in the team.
  • Take part in quality management technical audit processes relevant to own role.
  • Participate in audit or service improvement programmes.
  • Share the outcome of audit or service improvement with others.
  • Support the improvement of healthcare science practice by taking part in innovation or research or service improvement activities.
  • Undertake audit, research or other activities which support quality improvement, innovation and sustainability in healthcare science.
  • Critically reflect on your technical and non-technical practice and how it impacts on the quality and safety of patient care.
  • Work within the limits of your personal competence, keeping up-to-date by engaging in continuing personal and professional development.
  • Take part in mentoring processes with colleagues and students.
  • Respond to appraisal or performance review and feedback in relation to your own development and action plans.
  • Supervise and demonstrate practical skills to others.

Training schedule

The 2 year advanced apprenticeship will be undertaken in collaboration with our training provider.

Whilst being instructed and supervised by colleagues, the jobholder works both in workshops and in clinical areas carrying out technical activity on a broad range of medical equipment and learning how it is used clinically and how our service affects the patients we care for.

The jobholder is also required to successfully complete a number of externally and internally delivered technical and vocational training courses which result in formal qualifications.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)
  • Other (grade 4)
  • Other (grade 4)
  • Science (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Patience

About this employer

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe, a regional and national centre for specialist treatment, a renowned biomedical research facility, and the local hospital for the Leeds community. The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust incorporates Leeds General Infirmary, St James's University Hospital, Leeds Children's Hospital, Wharfedale Hospital, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds Dental Institute and Seacroft Hospital. We treat 1. 5 million patients every year, including more than 200,000 emergency patients and are an employer of over 20,000 staff. The Trust Department of Medical Physics and Engineering supports the range of applications of physics and engineering in medicine, and is actively involved in the development, assessment, implementation and audit of new and existing health care technologies and procedures.

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/services/medical-physics-and-engineering/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

It does not guarantee permanent employment but on successful completion of the Apprenticeship, which should take 2 years, the qualifications, experience and skills gained provide an opportunity to apply for and or progress to substantive roles with a possible starting salary of £27,485 and also further study, development and progression.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CSR SCIENTIFIC TRAINING LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000006385.

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Closes on Tuesday 7 April 2026

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