Biomedical Equipment Technician II

About the role

This position provides advanced levels of equipment and/or departmental service and support. The responsibilities include preventive maintenance, quality assurance inspections, installation, testing, calibration, troubleshooting, repair, and general maintenance on biomedical, clinical data/network systems, and related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Completes the preventive maintenance (PM) workload to achieve a consistently high level of PM compliance over time.
• Provides safety checks, repairs, and installations of biomedical and communications equipment.
• Identifies and obtains supplies and other materials required to service, maintain, and repair equipment at the lowest possible cost.
• Establishes and maintains supporting technical literature such as manufacturer’s literature, references standards, specifications, and other documents necessary for supporting the biomedical program.
• Ensures that the biomedical equipment is in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and quality control standards.
• Makes effective presentations to small groups of peers to ensure staff remains up to date on new trends.
• Provides in-service and training on biomedical equipment and electrical safety.
• Participates in continuous performance improvement initiatives related to medical equipment use.
• Reviews FDA, ECRI, manufacturer, and/or other device recall and problem notification sources to verify if any of the covered equipment falls within the problem equipment listings.
• Reviews incident reports related to equipment malfunction or misuse and takes appropriate actions to ensure patient safety.
• Periodically conforms to a flexible work schedule on an as-needed basis.
• Participates in on-call rotation and upgrade support.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-2 years progressive experience performing repairs and preventive maintenance on both general and specialized biomedical equipment.
• Preferred: 3 years’ progressive experience performing electronic and/or electromechanical repairs and preventive maintenance on both general and specialized biomedical equipment.
• Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) and/or Military (DoD) Biomedical Equipment Technician certification.
• Vendor and manufacturer (OEM) repair/training certification(s) or similar credentials.

Skills

• Ability to perform component level repairs at least 35% of the time.
• Proficient in the repair and preventive maintenance of the following devices: Anesthesia Machines, Anesthetic Gas Analyzers, Blood Cell Savers, and Diagnostic Ultrasound machines.
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art electronic and test equipment, quality assurance procedures, and preventive maintenance procedures.
• Knowledge of source, use, and applications of alternative parts providers as related to electronic or electromechanical equipment.
• Ability to use vendor-supplied service documentation, technical manuals, and general electronics industry parts and specification materials to test, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair assigned equipment and related systems.
• Ability to work well in a team environment and to be self-motivated and self-disciplined.
• Effectively deals with multiple and changing priorities.
• Ability and willingness to travel to remote hospital sites.
• Ability to visit multiple business locations (dependent on employment location).
• Ability to attend vendor-sponsored technical training service schools.
• Participation in continuous performance improvement initiatives related to medical equipment use.

Benefits

• Medical (including prescription)
• Supplemental insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Lifetime
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plans
• Tuition assistance
• Voluntary benefits

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Standard support (work) hours are Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 6:00 PM (8-hour day / split shift).