What are the responsibilities and job description for the Biomedical Technician II position at Baton Rouge General?
JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION: Completes all Preventive Maintenance and Safety checks as scheduled by the automated maintenance management system. Completes all reports, work orders, repairs and other departmental duties. The ability to train Bio-medical Technicians I.
PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
CRITERIA A: Everyday Excellence Values - Employee demonstrates Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their job.
- Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community.
- Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs.
- Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks.
- Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.
- Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care.
- Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers.
CRITERIA B: Corporate Compliance - Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines, and the GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.
- Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department.
- Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records.
- Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts.
CRITERIA C: Personal Achievement - Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.
- Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments. Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high.
- Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness.
- Upholds the ethical standards of the organization.
CRITERIA D: Performance Improvement - Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.
- Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
- Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes.
- Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes.
- Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives.
CRITERIA E: Cost Management - Employee demonstrates effective cost management practices.
- Effectively manages time and resources
- Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization — material, human, and financial.
- Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes.
CRITERIA F: Patient & Employee Safety - Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.
- Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety.
- Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries.
- Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times.
- Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans.
JOB FUNCTIONS
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to:
1. Completes all assigned PM for the current month as time permits, and completes any outstanding PM checklist from prior months.
- Performs all tests as described by work order or manufacture’s guidance.
- Maintain PM program.
- Accurately and thoroughly completes all documentation by departmental policy and procedures.
2. Assists with troubleshooting and repair of equipment.
- Use test equipment and service manuals to troubleshoot and repair equipment.
- Safety check all repaired equipment.
- Completes all required documentation as per the departmental policy and procedures.
3. Repairs and calibrates more complex patient care equipment.
- Successfully and effectively uses test equipment and service manuals to inspect, troubleshot, and repair equipment.
4. Assists Biomedical and train Technician I with repair of equipment.
- Provides assistance and technical advice to Bio-medical Technician I to facilitate the timely repair of equipment.
5. Performs all other duties as assigned.
SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
3 to 6 years experience maintaining medical equipment.
SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
2 year associate degree in electronic technology, Bio-Medical technology or like programs.
Associate degree in electronic technology or certificate from accredited biomedical technology course or equivalent knowledge, military training or experience.
SPECIAL SKILL, LICENSE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge of medical electronic principles, schematics and theories. Works under limited supervision.
HIPAA REQUIREMENTS:
Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Patient demographics, patient related complaints, and information related to patient location.
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS:
Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE, exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, and monitoring clinical alarms.
