Trainee Simulation Technician Apprentice

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Surrey (GU16 7UJ)

Closes in 13 days (Monday 16 March 2026)

Posted on 2 March 2026

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Summary

Join Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust as a Trainee Simulation Technician and play a key role in supporting simulation-based education for healthcare staff. You will gain hands-on experience setting up and maintaining simulation equipment, supporting training sessions, and working with technology to create clinical learning environments.

Wage

£25,768 a year

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Salary is set at £25,768 per annum incl HCAS (Annex 21)

Training course
Education technician (he assistant technician and simulation-based technician) (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Friday 1 May 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

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

  • Set up and prepare the simulation suite, teaching rooms and equipment for education and training sessions.
  • Support the delivery of simulation-based training alongside faculty and facilitators.
  • Maintain, test and troubleshoot simulation equipment, manikins and associated technology.
  • Create moulage and realistic props to enhance training scenarios.
  • Assist with in-situ simulation sessions across clinical areas within the hospital.
  • Provide administrative support, including maintaining accurate records and documentation.
  • Support the use of video, teleconference and technology-enhanced learning equipment.
  • Communicate effectively with the Education and Development Team and wider colleagues.
  • Ensure equipment and learning environments are safe, organised and ready for use.

Where you'll work

Frimley Health
Porstmouth Road
Camberley
Surrey
GU16 7UJ

Training

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

Training provider

HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Training course

Education technician (he assistant technician and simulation-based technician) (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Identify, prepare and lay out/set up relevant required materials/ equipment /machinery /tools using relevant protocols/Standard Operating Procedures for the purposes of teaching, learning or research activities within their area of responsibility.
  • Clearing up materials/ equipment /machinery /tools using relevant protocols and Standard Operating Procedures specific to clearing up.
  • Work safely, complying with relevant Health and Safety and local regulations or policies and protocols, escalating issues where relevant.
  • Demonstrate or facilitate and supervise the use of materials/ equipment /machinery /tools and equipment to meet the needs of the audience
  • Respond to specific enquiries about appropriate protocols and Standard Operating Procedures, basic techniques and equipment and their safe use and being able to escalate to senior technical colleagues when further clarification is required
  • Manufacture, construct or assemble both standard and bespoke components and demonstrate how these components integrate into larger teaching, learning and research systems and equipment.
  • Use creative thinking and problem solving to build on existing or new ideas in the teaching, learning or research environment based on expertise and context.
  • Monitor and deliver key activities such as reactive maintenance and where required repair of equipment, safety compliance, infection control during a practical class and completing accurate records in relation to the activity.
  • Identifying the needs and then fulfil the needs of a person or group requiring information, documentation or resource - such as a student unsure of a piece of equipment during a laboratory, studio or workshop teaching session.
  • Carry out basic repairs in line with specified protocols/Standard Operating Procedures and keep accurate records where appropriate. Refer more complex or critical repairs where appropriate.
  • Planning, monitoring and maintaining appropriate stocks of materials and equipment including budgeting and costing as required.
  • Prepare documentation and materials for all types of wider teaching or learning or research activities and events as required.
  • Communicate with key stakeholders (such as students, academics, clinicians or research staff, the general public, businesses, professional services staff and technical colleagues) using a range of techniques such as email, visual posters, verbal instructions to support teaching, research, wider activities.
  • Use and apply current and emerging technologies and techniques such as microscopy, 3D printing, robotics, use of lasers or light to create a range of images, automated screen printing, or virtual reality to support teaching, learning and research.
  • Working at times under time pressure to raise and resolve areas of concern such as malfunctioning equipment, always working safely and to best practice.
  • Being able to adapt to changing priorities related to both their own work and to the organisation, showing the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
  • Organising own work and achieving required results within deadlines.
  • Apply safe working practices such as manual handling, risk assessments and infection control audits.
  • Facilitate, support and participate in internal or external events such as conferences, exhibitions, public engagements and open days.
  • Evaluate the delivery of demonstrations or facilitation for relevant activities such as setting up bespoke equipment for a practical demonstration by getting feedback from students, colleagues and make changes to practise as identified and appropriate.
  • Undertake data collection, data analysis, data presentation and date storage, in line with legislation, local policies and procedures, such as room usage, student footfall, inventories of equipment or experimental data.
  • Use of IT technologies such as management information systems
  • HE only: Deliver end to end equipment and resource management processes in order to identify the resource needs for their area of responsibility for higher education teaching and research activities.
  • HE only: Provide technical support for higher education activities such as experiments and demonstrations
  • HE only: Attention to detail when collating or producing information for higher education activities such as teaching and research.
  • SBE only: Identify, prepare, and apply the relevant moulage/special effects make-up to achieve the required results
  • SBE only: Demonstrates scenario coding (programming and running of scenarios using the appropriate hardware and software)
  • Identify, prepare and lay out/set up relevant required materials/ equipment /machinery /tools using relevant protocols/Standard Operating Procedures for the purposes of teaching, learning or research activities within their area of responsibility.
  • Clearing up materials/ equipment /machinery /tools using relevant protocols and Standard Operating Procedures specific to clearing up.
  • Work safely, complying with relevant Health and Safety and local regulations or policies and protocols, escalating issues where relevant.
  • Demonstrate or facilitate and supervise the use of materials/ equipment /machinery /tools and equipment to meet the needs of the audience
  • Respond to specific enquiries about appropriate protocols and Standard Operating Procedures, basic techniques and equipment and their safe use and being able to escalate to senior technical colleagues when further clarification is required
  • Manufacture, construct or assemble both standard and bespoke components and demonstrate how these components integrate into larger teaching, learning and research systems and equipment.
  • Use creative thinking and problem solving to build on existing or new ideas in the teaching, learning or research environment based on expertise and context.
  • Monitor and deliver key activities such as reactive maintenance and where required repair of equipment, safety compliance, infection control during a practical class and completing accurate records in relation to the activity.
  • Identifying the needs and then fulfil the needs of a person or group requiring information, documentation or resource - such as a student unsure of a piece of equipment during a laboratory, studio or workshop teaching session.
  • Carry out basic repairs in line with specified protocols/Standard Operating Procedures and keep accurate records where appropriate. Refer more complex or critical repairs where appropriate.
  • Planning, monitoring and maintaining appropriate stocks of materials and equipment including budgeting and costing as required.
  • Prepare documentation and materials for all types of wider teaching or learning or research activities and events as required.
  • Communicate with key stakeholders (such as students, academics, clinicians or research staff, the general public, businesses, professional services staff and technical colleagues) using a range of techniques such as email, visual posters, verbal instructions to support teaching, research, wider activities.
  • Use and apply current and emerging technologies and techniques such as microscopy, 3D printing, robotics, use of lasers or light to create a range of images, automated screen printing, or virtual reality to support teaching, learning and research.
  • Working at times under time pressure to raise and resolve areas of concern such as malfunctioning equipment, always working safely and to best practice.
  • Being able to adapt to changing priorities related to both their own work and to the organisation, showing the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
  • Organising own work and achieving required results within deadlines.
  • Apply safe working practices such as manual handling, risk assessments and infection control audits.
  • Facilitate, support and participate in internal or external events such as conferences, exhibitions, public engagements and open days.
  • Evaluate the delivery of demonstrations or facilitation for relevant activities such as setting up bespoke equipment for a practical demonstration by getting feedback from students, colleagues and make changes to practise as identified and appropriate.
  • Undertake data collection, data analysis, data presentation and date storage, in line with legislation, local policies and procedures, such as room usage, student footfall, inventories of equipment or experimental data.
  • Use of IT technologies such as management information systems

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Grade C or above x3 (grade C)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Acting Skills

About this employer

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. We run outpatient clinics and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead, Bracknell and Chalfont St Peter. We hold 3 core values, Committed to Excellence, Working Together, and Facing the Future

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (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

This Level 3 apprenticeship, will give you a nationally recognised qualification enabling you to build a career in simulation and healthcare education.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HAMPSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000018490.

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Closes in 13 days (Monday 16 March 2026)

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