Lehigh Valley Health Network · 13 hours ago
Biomedical Equipment Technician III
Allentown, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expLehigh Valley Health Network is home to nearly 23,000 colleagues who make up a talented, vibrant and diverse workforce. The Biomedical Equipment Technician III provides advanced levels of equipment service and support, performing maintenance, inspections, installations, and repairs on biomedical and clinical data systems to ensure patient safety and equipment uptime.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Repairs, installs, inspects, troubleshoots, and calibrates equipment. Completes the preventive maintenance (PM) workload to achieve a consistently high level of PM compliance over time
Reviews, modifies, develops, and implements written preventive maintenance manuals and quality assurance testing procedures for medical equipment
Reviews incident reports related to equipment malfunction or misuse and takes appropriate actions to ensure patient safety
Leads new equipment evaluations, acquisitions, and installations
Obtains quotes through current requisition processes and works with technical specifications related to bids and capital purchases
Exercises proper judgment in evaluating the extent/source of repairs on malfunctioning equipment and determines the course of action needed to cost-effectively maximize equipment uptime
Seeks out best value products and labor and parts sources in order to minimize the total cost of service to the organization
Provides in-service training to other clinical engineering service technicians
Oversees the work of external contractors/vendors engaged in providing services for specialized equipment
Qualification
Required
Associate's Degree Electronics, Biomedical Engineering, or related fields
Preferred work experience will be considered in lieu of degree
4 years progressive experience performing electronic and/or electromechanical repairs and preventive maintenance on both general and specialized biomedical equipment
Ability to respond to diagnostic ultrasound, portable fluoroscopy, and dye injector service calls
Ability to respond to service calls in the operating rooms
Ability to communicate and function independently in a customer-focused service environment and to use computer software-based work order tracking systems to document repair and maintenance services
Proficiency in performing database management functions with regard to maintaining accurate device control records
Competence and independence in potential crisis situations while appropriately alerting management
Flexibility in accommodating customer needs
Knowledge of state-of-the-art electronic test equipment and simulators
Proficient in the repair and preventive maintenance of at least eight of the following devices: Anesthesia Machines, Anesthetic Gas Analyzers, Blood Cell Savers, Diagnostic Ultrasound, ECMO Console, EEG Equipment, EMR System Interface, Fetal Monitoring System, Hemodialysis Machines, IABPs, Infant Care Equipment, Lab Analyzers, Medical Lasers, Patient Monitoring Systems, Perfusion Console, Pulmonary Function Testers, Portable Fluoroscopy, Sterilizers (steam or plasma), Telemetry Monitoring Systems, Tissue Processors, and Ventilators (adult or infant)
Ability to work well in a team environment and to be self motivated and self disciplined
Effectively deals with multiple and changing priorities
Must be able to visit multiple business locations. (Dependent on employment location)
DL - Driver's License_PA - State of Pennsylvania
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree Electronics, Biomedical Engineering, or related fields
5 years progressive experience performing electronic and/or electromechanical repairs and preventive maintenance on both general and specialized biomedical equipment
CBET - Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician - Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
Company
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Jefferson Health, is proud to be part of a leading integrated academic health care delivery system.
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