Biomedical Equipment Technician II

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center•Seattle, WA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, install, test, and calibrate basic clinical, laboratory, and medical research equipment. This is a full-time, hourly position. Location is onsite at our South Lake Union Campus.

Requirements

An Associates' Degree in Biomedical Technology -OR- Equivalent education and experience -OR- Certification by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) as a candidate.
Three years of relevant experience maintaining and repairing biomedical equipment.
Basic troubleshooting skills.
Knowledge of specialized test equipment such as electrical safety analyzers, patient simulators, and device specific test instruments.
Ability to use basic hand and power tools.
Telephone operation and courtesy skills.
Customer service skills.

Nice To Haves

An Associates' Degree in Biomedical Technology.
Three years of experience in a hospital or outpatient clinical engineering environment.
Three years of experience in a hospital or outpatient clinical engineering environment.
Knowledge of software applications including manufacturer's service tools, computerized maintenance management systems, databases, dashboards, spreadsheets, and other metrics-based monitoring systems including asset management systems.

Responsibilities

Under general supervision, independently troubleshoot, repair, maintain and calibrate all electronic/mechanical/hydraulic patient care, life support, surgical services, and clinical laboratory equipment, apparatus or systems such as but not limited to cardiac monitors, bed side patient monitoring systems, electrosurgical unit (ESU), blood-gas analyzers, multi-chemistry analyzers, surgical lasers, general/basic imaging equipment (portable X-ray machines), surgical robots, and infusion device
Perform preventative maintenance by cleaning, lubricating, adjusting, calibrating, verifying performance and electrical safety testing.
Document equipment inspections, repairs and failures in database.
Confer with faculty, staff, health care providers, laboratory staff, vendors and management to resolve equipment problems.
Drive Fred Hutch owned vehicles to service equipment at community sites.
Evaluate, make recommendations, and approve devices for use on human subjects.
Reviews outcome of preventive maintenance actions and make recommendations for improvements to processes or procedures.
Repair malfunctioning patient care life support equipment
Evaluate medical equipment involved in unusual incidents and prepare reports and documentation.
Provide mentorship to other technicians
Other related duties as assigned