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 of Band 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.
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
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.
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
