Biomedical Equipment Technician

Overview

The Biomedical Equipment Technician will serve as a staff advisor to the Manager of Clinical Engineering as well as

provide engineering principles and practices, which relate to the area of specialization and the scientific discipline in

Hospital and Clinical settings. The Engineer should be able to draw from professional education, background as well

as practical experience. Duties include but are not limited to the following :

Responsibilities

 Assists in the administration of the Medical Equipment Management Program at Central Health

 Manages equipment recall and safety alert programs for medical devices, including medical device incident

investigations to ensure compliance with patient safety goals, ISO 14155 international Standard that

address clinical practices for the reporting of clinical investigations carried out on behalf of Human subjects

such as our “Patients” to assess the safety and performance of any medical devices for regulatory purposes

that are associated with Central Health guidelines for clinical quality management as applicable to Joint

Commission requirements.

 Ensures that requirements of The Joint Commission, FDA and other regulatory groups are met for the

Medical Equipment Management Program at Central Health.

 Provides leadership to ensure that high-performance customer support is provided to medical staff, nurses,

and technologists.

 Shares responsibility of representing Central Health in meetings with manufacturers, vendors and their

engineers in matters involving medical devices and systems.

 Advises the Manager and Director of Central Health, and the Medical Center Equipment Selection

Committee on equipment evaluations.

 Provides accurate, balanced advice to management regarding decisions to be made for new acquisitions.

 Assists in providing project management for the purchase, planning, construction design review,

installation, integration and in-service training stages of medical device projects and complex medical

computer systems.

 Shares responsibility in ensuring that HIPAA and network security issues are managed effectively for

medical systems. This includes but is not limited to backup, disaster recovery, security, virus protection,

system patching and software O / S updates.

 Provides training and personal technical support to the staff in order to resolve systems problems.

 Provides support to the medical staff to help resolve equipment related problems.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or

equivalent (higher degree

accepted)

and or technical

Diploma / certification from

accelerated institute.

Required

Bachelor's Degree (higher

degree accepted)

of Science in Biomedical

Engineering, Clinical

Engineering or related

field.

Required

Work Experience

Experience

Experience Details Required /

Preferred

And / Or

5 years

of experience as a Clinical / Biomed Engineer or

Biomedical Equipment Technician working in a Hospital

& Clinic Enterprise.

Required

Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) Upon Hire Required

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