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Employee Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day - 8 hour shift (United States of America)

Join Team Tidelands and help people live better lives through better health!

Lead Biomedical Equipment Technician

Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.

A Brief Overview

The Lead Biomedical Equipment Technician maintains clinical equipment through the effective use of the Medical Equipment Management Plan, as guided by the Director of Clinical Engineering. Performs a variety of tasks associated with the installation, maintenance, calibration, and repair of complex medical equipment. Provides technical guidance to other Biomedical Equipment Technicians within the department. Coordinates special projects and performs specialized technical tasks.

What you will do

+ Assist with the Fiscal - Clinical Engineering annual budget.

+ Expand personal professional development by tracking hours spent on reading career related material, attending training classes, in-services, conferences or CE related webinars.

+ Performs inventory and schedules inspections in MediMizer of all lead barriers. Attaches inventory tag using specialty tool to all lead barriers.

+ Enters operating manuals or service manuals into the Clinical Engineering common folder on the “s” drive.

+ Manages medical equipment assets through the inventory addition, deletion and verification process.

+ Properly document medical equipment service records in the computerized medical equipment management system (CMMS) (MediMizer).

+ Performs general repairs, calibrations, and preventive maintenance on medical devices using specialized test equipment.

+ Completes assigned Preventive Maintenance (PM) within the scheduled month.

+ Participates in the medical equipment emergency On-Call program.

+ Effectively handles customer service issues. Responding to customers’ requests in a timely manner.

Education Qualifications

+ Associate's Degree in biomedical Equipment Technology or Electronics Technology from a two-year college, technical school, or equivalent experience Required

Experience Qualifications

+ Minimum of 7 years of experience servicing medical equipment.

+ Two (2) years supervisory experience in a hospital biomedical engineering department or a full-service biomedical service company Required

+ Imaging or Anesthesia service training/hands on experience Preferred

+ Project management experience Preferred

Skills and Abilities

+ Advance knowledge of biomedical/electronic test equipment required

+ Knows principles and function of electricity/electronics required

+ Knows how to use MS Office and other computer applications required

+ Knows various types of medical equipment and medical terminology required

+ Knowledge of computers and networks preferred

Licenses and Certifications

+ Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician - Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Preferred

+ Holds technical service certification from at least one medical device manufacturer Required

Physical Demand

Medium Physical Demand

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.