Biomedical Equipment Technician

Overview

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Repairs medical equipment to return same to manufacturer’s original specifications.

Performs scheduled maintenance on a wide variety of medical equipment.

Performs Clinical Support related to the operation and safe use of medical devices.

Performs incoming inspection of newly received medical equipment, completing necessary paperwork to enter item into computer system, assign maintenance procedures, and document his/her time and activities.

Participates in a hospital-wide after-hours on-call rotation.

Suggests operational improvements to medical equipment usage.

May supervise other BMET IIIs, BMET IIs or BMET Is in areas of specialty training.

Orders repair parts and supplies, as needed.

Provides inservice education to clinicians and junior technicians regarding equipment use and safety.

Coordinates and oversees the activities of outside service vendors.

Assists in, or performs incident investigations.

Performs design modifications of medical equipment, as approved by manufacturers or Department Director.

Assists more senior technicians in a wide variety of duties.

Maintains a helpful / professional attitude toward hospital staff, patients, physicians or other clients.

Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions or employee/patient/visitor injury to Manager.

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Electronic fundamentals, including basic electricity - DC and AC, Active devices, Transducers, Digital devices, Microprocessors, Troubleshooting techniques, and Electrical Safety in Healthcare.

General Human Anatomy and Physiology and Medical Terminology.

Six to 15 (6 - 15) years experience working in BioMedical Engineering in the support of medical equipment. Experience may be general in nature, or may reflect specialization in a particular aspect of medical equipment.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED

Up to 15 years experience working in a hospital setting, either in BioMedical Engineering, or a clinical, area, such a clinical lab, surgery, or radiology department.

ICC Certification as a CBET, CLES, or CRES is highly preferred, and required within 1 year of entry into this job.

Work Hours:

9-5