Nuvance Health Careers

Description

Summary:

Assumes responsibility for calibration, repair, maintenance and documentation of all assigned medical equipment in accordance with the department, hospital and regulatory agencies to ensure safe and efficient use of patient care equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains all medical equipment requirements for the hospital, its understanding, and conscientious record keeping off all maintenance, repair, and inspection.
• Performs routine preventive maintenance, inspections, repairs, and calibrations to ensure that all devices meet appropriate safety and performance requirements.
• Documents, evaluate equipment usage and repairs. Monitors utilization of equipment Repairs and repairs supplies. 
• Maintains current knowledge of standards, codes, and operations of all clinical and test equipment. Informs the Director/Manager, Coordinator, and/or Senior Technicians/Engineers of problems encountered with repairs or calibration of equipment. 
• Submits purchase order requisitions for departmental inventory, equipment repair, and repair parts in a timely manner for processing. 
• Works closely with Purchasing and Material Management Departments to oversee the proper receiving protocols with patient care equipment. 
• Maintains instruments and tools of the department in proper condition. 
• Reports immediately all incidents, irregularities, unsafe conditions, equipment, and/or unusual occurrences. 
• Maintains a healthy and safe working environment by fulfilling and recommending procedures, performing safety tests, complying with codes, and guiding and training health care and medical personnel. 
• Accepts assignments from Director/Manager and or Coordinator willingly and works effectively as a member of the department team. 
• Performs other relevant duties as may be necessary as directed by Biomedical Coordinators to work effectively as a member of the department team and to cover other duties as necessary during absence, vacation, or vacancy of other employees. Promotes and contributes positively to relationships with service customers. 
• Maintain and Model Nuvance Health Values. 
• Demonstrates regular, reliable, and predictable attendance. 
• Performs other relevant duties as required. 

Other Information:

• Works Mainly on General and High-Risk Medical Equipment. 
• Coordinates the maintenance, repairs, and calibration for a specialty. Assists in the coordination of all maintenance functions including being the first line of maintenance and repair, and Preventative Maintenance (PMs). 
• As years of experience are gained and progress is made in specific Make and Model Training of Life Support Medical Equipment. May work on some Life Support Medical Equipment. 
• Work on Life Support Medical Equipment will be kept as minimal. Which requires more years of experience and Education/Training in the Maintenance and Repairs of Life Support Equipment. 
• Does not qualify to be on On-Call rotation. Unless there are exceptional or unexpected needs due to a shortage of staff which will then require to be considered to be On-Call rotation on a temporary basis. 

Required:

Associate degree in Electronics, Biomedical Technical Trade school, and or Biomedical Military experience or relevant experience. With a Minimum of four (4) years of specialty medical equipment and electronic experience

Company: Health Quest Systems Inc

Org Unit: 975

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Exempt: No

Salary Range: $37.36 - $44.26/hourly