Bio Med Technician II/III

WVU Medicine • Burbank, CA

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About The Position

Promotes medical equipment safety at WVUHS by performing maintenance and repairs and providing instruction and assistance to hospital staff for patient care equipment, with an emphasis on more complex and specialty systems. Assists hospital in reaching financial goals through effective equipment management.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Biomedical Equipment Technology, Electronics Technology or equivalent field OR completion of a U.S. military biomedical equipment technology program.
• Five (5) years of medical repair or applicable industry experience.
• Internal employees must meet all mandatory competencies in current position in order to qualify for promotion within IT.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) Administered by the International Certification Commission for Clinical Engineering and Biomedical Technology (ICC) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintains assigned equipment to minimize breakdowns and comply with accepted standards: Ensures completion of at least ninety-five percent of assigned scheduled inspections by the end of the month.
• Performs repairs on all general patient care to complex critical life support equipment to minimize downtime.
• Recommends changes to equipment management program that will improve equipment usage and/or reduce costs, without detracting from patient care.
• Evaluates and makes recommendations on new equipment/technologies being considered for purchase.
• Evaluates inspection criteria on life support and complex diagnostic equipment for frequency and content.
• Recommends equipment for planned replacement to assist hospital departments in formulating short and long range capital expenditures.
• Monitors equipment utilization in areas of responsibility and makes recommendations for reallocation.
• Gains increased skills and knowledge through a combination of on-the-job training and formalized training.
• Assures technical competence in the biomedical engineering field by attending conferences, schools, reading literature, as needed to maintain high quality services.
• Performs scheduled inspections in departments not specifically assigned, equal to at least 10% of assigned workload.
• Continues to gain knowledge of complex critical life-support medical technology.
• Exhibits an in-depth knowledge of physiological sub-systems and their interaction with medical instrumentation.
• Reviews, identifies and documents any issues, barriers, or risks and brings them to management’s attention.
• Provides Project/Task Coordination Services to customers as assigned.
• Participates in joint application and/or technical development sessions.
• Apprises status, schedule variances, and outstanding issues with team members and project managers.
• Manages workload deadlines without sacrificing quality of work.
• Completes proper documentation of work tasks per policy.
• Assists in controlling project costs and communicates any project-related expenses (as assigned).
• Suggests ways to better accomplish assigned tasks.
• Successfully meets deadlines, users expectations and project goals.
• Participates in departmental and project teams as requested in a support role and reports all relevant information and/or notes back to the rest of the team.
• Manages expectations and engages management to review/resolve any potential changes to project scope, expected deliverables, etc.
• Participates in post implementation review of projects.
• Implements changes while adhering to the change control policy and procedures for the project in order to deliver a successful solution to the customer.
• Communicates to all parties the natures, significance and risk factors of corresponding projects.
• Participates in training and professional development sessions.
• Participates in departmental teams.
• Travels independently to remote sites and communicates back to the team while working off-site if assigned.
• Exhibits objectivity and openness to the view of others, including patients/families and customers.
• Offers assistance and support to co-workers.
• Contributes to building positive team spirit and cohesiveness.
• Balances team and individual responsibilities.
• Works proactively and cooperatively in group problem-solving situations.
• Encourages peers to seek innovative approaches to solve problems.
• Engages peers/employees in improving the quality of the work.
• Adheres to the established policies of WVUHS as well as the policies of the entity or entities where the Biomed team member is assigned to work and/or employed.
• Accepts on-call responsibilities and responds with action, either by phone call or on-site as defined by Department Policy.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees