Lead Equipment Tech - night shifts

About the role

The Lead Equipment Tech supports the Patient Equipment Management Services (PEMS) department by overseeing unit-to-unit provision, cleaning and disinfection, distribution, and basic triage of patient care equipment across inpatient units, intensive care units (ICU), the Emergency Department (ED), and other areas. This role adheres to Stanford Health Care (SHC) policies, the Joint Commission (TJC), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), infection-prevention standards, and C-I-CARE to ensure safe operations, patient care delivery and service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to SHC safety guidelines, dress code, badge policies, HIPAA, and C-I-CARE.
• Follow standard work documents including manufacturer-recommended cleaning procedures using approved disinfectants.
• Maintain and organize equipment storage and PEMS work areas.
• Ensure daily job flows, standards work and required documentation.
• Clean, pick up, distribute, and store routine inventory items per guidelines.
• Remove non-functional equipment, apply red tags, initiate work orders, and coordinate repair.
• Search units/hospital for missing unit-specific equipment.
• Organize soiled utility rooms and coordinate pickups via FSRC.
• Lead daily activities of PEMS technicians and set priorities.
• Ensure SHC approved software, hardware workflows and timelines are met.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with staff, patients, and visitors.
• Solve customer service complaints and issues promptly or escalate to department management.
• Contribute to unit, department, and hospital goals.
• Represent the department at huddles/briefings when requested.
• Enforce appropriate use of breaks and limits on personal device use per policy; maintain confidentiality and data integrity in all systems.
• Perform additional transport and operational duties as assigned to support patient care and hospital operations.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or GED.
• 6 months to 1 year as a PEMS Technician or comparable experience in equipment handling, patient transport, or logistics.

Qualifications

• Effective English communication skills, including accurate reading, writing, and documentation.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and sound judgment.
• Basic data entry skills and the ability to generate simple reports using department systems.
• Understanding of chain of custody requirements and ability to follow related procedures consistently.
• CADL - California Drivers License - Valid And In State.

Skills

Not specified.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $32.17 - $41.02 per hour. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

Schedule

Night - 08 Hour.