Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist

Indian Health Service•Duluth, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to provide healthcare technology maintenance management support, clinical engineering services and managerial expertise to promote the safe, reliable, effective and economical use of resources in the delivery of health care. Service is provided to the Health Service Facilities Engineering and Healthcare Technology Management programs. Located within the Bemidji Area. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship is required
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
Background Investigation Requirement: This position requires the successful completion of a federal background investigation as a condition of employment.
Serving as an advisor for special projects involving the installation, service and repair of highly complex medical equipment and systems
Serving as technical advisor to clinical staff regarding technical reviews of new equipment considering needs, environment, available facilities, network requirements, quality, repair ability, purchase, etc.
Setting up and installing new patient care systems, conducting preventative maintenance checks and services (PM) inspections of patient care equipment
Investigating patient care equipment failures, hazard alerts, recalls, updates and incidents
Ordering parts and accessories as necessary to perform repair functions.
Completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years (54 semester hours) of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work OR a qualifying combination of specialized experience and education that when combined fully meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Responsibilities

Uses established Health Technology Management standards, methods and techniques to perform scheduled and unscheduled preventative maintenance to assure operational safety and accuracy of patient related medical devices.
Manage the calibration, repair, and preventative maintenance on complex medical and dental x-ray systems, diagnostic laboratory analyzers, and other patient related systems.
Serve as technical advisor and consultant to administrators, physicians, and other health care professionals in the purchase of new instrumentation.
Develop, record and maintain documentation for all medical devices required for the Health Technology Management program.