About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about improving the safety, quality, and availability of medical devices across acute and community settings? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your leadership directly supports patient care? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
We are recruiting a Band 5 Medical Device Service Support Manager to provide essential leadership and operational oversight to our expanding Medical Equipment Library Service. This service currently supports three acute sites and associated community services, and will grow further to include Salford in 2026.
This is a pivotal role that ensures the safe, effective, and timely provision of medical devices to clinical teams--supporting patient flow, reducing delays, and maintaining compliance with CQC Regulations 12 & 15 and MHRA Managing Medical Devices guidance.
You will line-manage and support a band 4 and our team ofBand 3 Equipment Librarians, ensuring high standards of practice, robust quality checks, and efficient service delivery.
Why Join Us
A supportive and growing service with clear development opportunities
A role that directly impacts patient care and service quality
Inclusive employer welcoming applicants from all backgrounds, including veterans and underserved communities
If you're passionate about improving medical device availability and supporting frontline clinical teams, we'd love to receive your application.
Main duties of the job
Providing day-to-day leadership and supervision to the Medical Equipment Library team Ensuring devices are appropriately checked, decontaminated, and issued safely Monitoring and improving KPIs, including operational capacity and device turnaround Supporting staff development, wellbeing, and succession planning Maintaining compliance with national standards and regulatory requirements Contributing to service expansion and continuous improvement initiatives Working closely with the NCA Medical Device Governance and Library Coordinator and wider Medical Device Service teams
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
GCSE level Grade A-C English and math - or equivalent Level 2 qualification in health and social care or related field Level 3 Leadership Certificate (Diploma or equivalent) Qualification in a wide use of Microsoft applications - ECDL/CLAIT etc or equivalent experience
Skills Essential
Ability to think creatively and critically about workflows to assist leaner/smarter working. Ability to prepare and present information and data using Word, PowerPoint and Excel Ability to review work flow and make suggestions for change. Confident presenting/training to a medium sized number of people (up to about 10)
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Previous work experience in a leadership role Knowledge and understanding of budgeting and finance Previous experience of retrieving and analysing data from software applications
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 Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address The Royal Oldham Hospital (Trust Wide)
Rochdale Road
Oldham
OL1 2JH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)