Imaging Equipment Technician III - Nuclear Medicine

Department: Enterprise Corporate - HTM: Charlotte Administration · Full-time · 40 hours/week · 1st shift (normal operations), with off-shift work driven by incidents · Pay range: $41.10 – $61.65/hour

Responsibilities

• Analyzes, troubleshoots, and repairs highly complex diagnostic and therapeutic imaging equipment and systems using established electronic test and measurement equipment and techniques.
• Installs, calibrates, and tests highly complex new imaging equipment and/or systems.
• Performs advanced service on imaging equipment and systems in accordance with corporate and department procedures, manufacturers’ recommendations, physicists’ specifications, applicable codes, standards, accreditation requirements, and state/federal regulations for radiographic and diagnostic imaging equipment.
• Interacts with clinical staff at primary assigned site(s) regularly to ensure needs are met; provides advanced technical support and assistance to imaging staff in the use of highly complex diagnostic and therapeutic imaging devices.
• Acts as a technical resource for Biomedical Technicians and Imaging Technicians to help them grow in ability, responsibility, and experience.
• Assists in training Biomedical Equipment Techs to provide first call on imaging equipment.
• Documents and maintains accurate records of all inspections, repairs, adjustments, etc., performed on all equipment by self or a vendor.
• Installs or assists in the installation of new imaging equipment, tubes, transformers, etc.; assists in training imaging staff on safe and proper equipment use.
• Interacts with manufacturers’ representatives to obtain necessary technical product information.
• Coordinates and communicates with a radiation physicist as part of equipment quality assurance testing, calibration, and disposal for site licensing needs with the State Department of Public Health.
• May assist imaging staff in the selection process for new equipment purchases and installations, including service contract negotiations, site visits, and meetings with manufacturers.
• Makes recommendations for capital equipment replacements to Clinical Engineering Leadership.
• Requests/orders necessary repair and spare parts according to established procedures and contract relationships.
• Responds appropriately to urgent customer requests; communicates status of all maintenance activity, projects, and other necessary information to clinical users in a timely and consistent manner; escalates situations beyond capabilities to proper staff.
• Participates in new equipment evaluation and RFP/RFI development.
• Minimizes contract dependency and the use of manufacturer and/or third-party labor for maintenance and repair of responsible systems.

Requirements

• Licensure/Certification: None required.
• Education: High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience: Typically five or more years performing imaging equipment service, supporting multiple classes of diagnostic imaging equipment, including digital imaging technology and networking technology.

Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of safety precautions when servicing high voltage and working with ionizing radiation.
• Demonstrated proficiency and knowledge of networking technology.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task several projects.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Potential exposure to blood and airborne pathogens, and bodily fluids.
• Very heavy lifting: up to 75 pounds occasionally, more than 50 pounds frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds constantly.
• Frequent travel between facilities.
• Work off-hours or evenings and participate in on-call rotation.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits: adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs may depend on FTE or status (full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); ask a recruiter for details.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience, and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health serves nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine as the academic core. It is nationally recognized for expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics, rehabilitation, organ transplants, burn treatments, and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to equitable care, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Provides system-level oversight and performance of incoming inspection, equipment installation, equipment repair, equipment calibration, and preventive maintenance of specialized medical imaging equipment including but not limited to CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, PACS, Vascular/Cath labs, radiation oncology, and other high-technology imaging modalities. Expert-level skills in one or more of these modalities.