What are the responsibilities and job description for the Biomedical Technician-MSH-60150-MSH-006 position at Mount Sinai Morningside?
Description
Job Description
Biomedical Technician will properly evaluate, diagnose, perform progressively complex repair and planned maintenance (PM) on biomedical equipment and drive customer satisfaction through Service Excellence.
Responsibilities
Under minimal supervision, evaluate progressively complex customer biomedical equipment issues, implement appropriate repairs; as assigned, perform planned maintenance (PM), safety and environmental inspections and maintain effective customer relations. Follow appropriate hospital policies, procedures, protocol and complete necessary documentation as assigned.
Repair and maintain biomedical equipment, i.e., infusion pumps, SCD pumps, pulse oximeters, patient monitoring, lab equipment, etc...
Complete basic to progressively complex maintenance on all biomedical equipment, to include: first-look diagnosis, problem verification, battery/power cord replacement, circuit board replacement, coordinates vendor repair, etc
Perform moderate component-level troubleshooting using schematics and service manuals.
Assist less and more-experienced technicians on basic and more complex repairs respectively; share on-call and weekend responsibilities.
Wears pager furnished by Hospital and responds promptly to all requests initiated by the Manager/Director. Maintain daily communication with customers, to ensure resolution and proper follow-up, leading to customer satisfaction.
Document, as specified by management, all repair and planned maintenance actions and submit reports/summaries according to schedule. Ensure proper care of spares, tools and test equipment and ensure calibration. Enhance and maintain technical knowledge of current standards, codes and procedures regarding safe and effective use of medical equipment through formal instruction.
Makes decisions based on clear instructions and operational rules and procedures; escalates to management as appropriate.
Meet Health and Human Services, Environment Health and Safety requirements and/or all other applicable regulatory requirements.
Qualifications
Performs other related duties as required.
Education Requirements
High School Diploma/GED required.
One Of The Following Required
Associates degree in electronic technology or mechanical principles.
One-year military electronic experience or equivalent formal training in maintaining electronics, electromechanical or medical equipment.
Experience Requirements
3-years performing troubleshooting and planned maintenance on biomedical equipment following current standards, code and procedures.
Licensing and Certification Requirements (if applicable)
Name: N/A
Issuing Agency: N/A
Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH
Employer Description
Strength Through Diversity
Education
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
“About The Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $37.5584 - $40.5231 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
Job Description
Biomedical Technician will properly evaluate, diagnose, perform progressively complex repair and planned maintenance (PM) on biomedical equipment and drive customer satisfaction through Service Excellence.
Responsibilities
Under minimal supervision, evaluate progressively complex customer biomedical equipment issues, implement appropriate repairs; as assigned, perform planned maintenance (PM), safety and environmental inspections and maintain effective customer relations. Follow appropriate hospital policies, procedures, protocol and complete necessary documentation as assigned.
Repair and maintain biomedical equipment, i.e., infusion pumps, SCD pumps, pulse oximeters, patient monitoring, lab equipment, etc...
Complete basic to progressively complex maintenance on all biomedical equipment, to include: first-look diagnosis, problem verification, battery/power cord replacement, circuit board replacement, coordinates vendor repair, etc
Perform moderate component-level troubleshooting using schematics and service manuals.
Assist less and more-experienced technicians on basic and more complex repairs respectively; share on-call and weekend responsibilities.
Wears pager furnished by Hospital and responds promptly to all requests initiated by the Manager/Director. Maintain daily communication with customers, to ensure resolution and proper follow-up, leading to customer satisfaction.
Document, as specified by management, all repair and planned maintenance actions and submit reports/summaries according to schedule. Ensure proper care of spares, tools and test equipment and ensure calibration. Enhance and maintain technical knowledge of current standards, codes and procedures regarding safe and effective use of medical equipment through formal instruction.
Makes decisions based on clear instructions and operational rules and procedures; escalates to management as appropriate.
Meet Health and Human Services, Environment Health and Safety requirements and/or all other applicable regulatory requirements.
Qualifications
Performs other related duties as required.
Education Requirements
High School Diploma/GED required.
One Of The Following Required
Associates degree in electronic technology or mechanical principles.
One-year military electronic experience or equivalent formal training in maintaining electronics, electromechanical or medical equipment.
Experience Requirements
3-years performing troubleshooting and planned maintenance on biomedical equipment following current standards, code and procedures.
Licensing and Certification Requirements (if applicable)
Name: N/A
Issuing Agency: N/A
Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH
Employer Description
Strength Through Diversity
Education
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
- Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
- Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
- Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
“About The Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $37.5584 - $40.5231 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
Salary : $38 - $41
