Bio-Medical Technician I

About the role

Perform routine and complex tasks associated with installation, maintenance, and repair of a diverse range of clinical equipment and integrated systems across ECU Health. Eligible to be assigned corrective and preventive maintenance on life-support equipment. Works with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform PMs and corrective maintenance on a broad range of devices, including life-support equipment.
• Serve as a resource to clinical staff for proper device operation and routine maintenance.
• Identify/recommend replacement for obsolete or high-risk equipment; assist with evaluations.
• Prioritize assignments to meet departmental goals; may carry on-call per policy.
• Mentor BMET I technicians; coordinate routine projects from start to completion with equipment owners.
• Participate in device incident investigations and provide follow-up per policy.
• Independently perform diagnostics, repairs, PMs, and safety testing on assigned devices.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation in CMMS and other systems.
• Collaborate with clinical and IT teams to restore service and ensure connectivity.

Examples of devices: defibrillators, incubators/transport incubators, patient monitoring systems, EEG/EMG devices, ventilators.

Requirements

Education

• Associate degree in Electronics, Biomedical Equipment Technology, similar field or military equivalent (two-year vocational training may substitute).

Experience

• Minimum 2 years as a Biomedical Equipment Technician or 1 year experience and a CBET/CLES certification.

Licensure & Certifications

• Valid North Carolina driver’s license.
• Qualify as a candidate for CBET or CLES (AAMI).

Skills

Core Competencies

• Strong technical and clinical troubleshooting.
• Substantial knowledge of anatomy/physiology and medical terminology.
• Proficiency with departmental software (email, CMMS/database, spreadsheets, word processing).

IT Networking (Intermediate)

• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS.
• Ability to troubleshoot device-to-network communication (ping, traceroute, link/port checks).
• Integrate devices into appropriate VLANs.
• Enforce ECU Health network segmentation standards.

Data Integrity & Compliance (Intermediate)

• Ensure accuracy and completeness of service records, calibration logs, and configuration data.
• Adhere to HIPAA, ECU Health cybersecurity standards, and data governance for connected medical devices.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• Extended periods of standing and working around energized equipment.
• Lift/move up to 50 lbs.
• Work in patient care areas with appropriate infection control and PPE.
• Participation in on-call rotations as assigned.
• Regular travel to all ECU Health facilities throughout Eastern North Carolina is a required condition of employment.

ADA Essential Functions

• Independently perform diagnostics, repairs, PMs, and safety testing on assigned devices.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation in CMMS and other systems.
• Collaborate with clinical and IT teams to restore service and ensure connectivity.

Pay

Pay Range: $23.52 - $34.28 per hour.

About ECU Health

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet® designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.