What are the responsibilities and job description for the Biomedical Equipment Technician position at Great River Health?
Minimum Hiring Wage:
From $29.58 per hour
Job Details:
Schedule hours: Monday - Friday (days)Ability to be available after-hours and/or work a rotating on-call schedule, including weekends. - *Occasional call-in*
Job Description:
A Brief Overview
Installs, inspects, troubleshoots, repairs, calibrates, performs preventative maintenance, incoming inspections and modifications on patient care equipment and other clinical equipment. This employee is required to install, inspect, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, perform preventive maintenance, incoming inspections and modifications on patient care equipment and other clinical equipment.Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological and health systems and products, such as instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.
What you will do
Installs, inspects, troubleshoots, repairs, calibrates, performs preventative maintenance, incoming inspections and modifications on patient care equipment and other clinical equipment. This employee is required to install, inspect, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, perform preventive maintenance, incoming inspections and modifications on patient care equipment and other clinical equipment.Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological and health systems and products, such as instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.
What you will do
- Install, adjust, maintain, and/or repair biomedical equipment.
- The ability to perform duties under minimal supervision and to complete assignee tasks in a professional and timely manner.
- Experience with a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and have a working knowledge of office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Responsible for maintaining a clean and orderly work area at all times.
- Responsible for scheduling preventive maintenance of medical equipment in the CMMS system and completing appropriate documentation in a professional and timely manner with minimal supervision.
- Responsible for recording in the CMMS software database any assigned medical device service or maintenance event performed. All recordings are to be accurate and timely in a manner to assure the integrity of all CMMS archived medical devices and staff work performance history.
- Communicates and updates all clinical customers as to medical equipment service and maintenance events and device status to assure the best delivery of care.
- Evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment.
- Ability to orchestrate multiple issues, events and situations simultaneously, while maintaining a good disposition.
- Understand all phases of electrical safety including methods of prevention, knowledge of shock hazards, and safe leakage current levels. This includes electrical service grounding, isolated power, GFCI receptacles, and LIM receptacles.
- Appropriately orders supplies, parts and equipment necessary for preventive maintenance or stock.
- Practice universal precautions to assure that infection control is maximized.
- Advise and assist in the application of instrumentation in clinical environments.
- Research new materials to be used for products.
Qualifications:
Qualifications
- Associate’s Degree (AA) in Biomedical Equipment Technology from an accredited college Preferred or
- Associate’s Degree (AA) in Electronics from an accredited college Preferred or
- US Military Training in Biomedical Electronics Preferred or
- 1-3 years experience Preferred
- Experience in a health care facility Preferred
- Display effective oral, written communication and computer skills
- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or regulatory bodies the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
- The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Benefits:
We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes:
- Competitive base pay
- Matching retirement programs
- Health, Dental and Vision plans
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans
- Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Education Assistance Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Discounted cafeteria meals
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Service Recognition program
- Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity
Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
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