Biomedical Equipment Technician

County of Los Angeles•Los Angeles, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Maintains, modifies, and calibrates equipment used in surgical and pre- and postoperative procedures; sets and monitors electronic equipment during surgical procedures. LA Health Services is LA County’s integrated healthcare system and the second-largest public health system in the nation. Our system includes four public hospitals, more than 20 community health centers, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Correctional Health Services, and community-based programs that connect people to care where they are. We serve as the safety net for more than 10 million residents, providing care regardless of ability to pay, insurance coverage, or immigration status. As one connected system, we deliver extraordinary care—from prevention and primary care to emergency, specialty, trauma, and recovery services across Los Angeles County. With more than 2.9 million visits annually and a workforce of over 23,000 dedicated staff, LA Health Services is proud to deliver high-quality, compassionate, and accessible care to everyone, no matter how they come through our doors.

Requirements

One (1) year of experience as a medical or laboratory technician involving the operation and maintenance of cardiopulmonary, respiratory, electronic and electromechanical monitoring equipment.
A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to use an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Nice To Haves

Additional experience in excess of the Requirements.

Responsibilities

Inspects, on a regularly scheduled basis, respiratory, anesthesia electronic monitoring, and laboratory equipment such as respirators, pressure and volume ventilators, anesthesia machines, aid-gas analyzers, as well as such devices as pneumotachographs, strain gauge pulse sensors and syringe pumps.
Disassembles equipment; replaces worn or defective parts such as gaskets, washers, valves, tubing and gauges; cleans, lubricates and reassembles equipment and tests functional operation; calibrates equipment using control gases, manometers, and control chemical solutions.
Responds to emergency calls to troubleshoot malfunctions of monitoring, anesthesia or surgical equipment during surgery; checks such things as electrode leads and electrical outlets for faulty connections or short circuits; investigates and eliminates electrical interference from nearby electronic equipment; installs substitute equipment if unable to correct problem.
Sets up electronic monitoring equipment and transducers, and monitors an oscilloscope which registers electroencephalographic and electrocardiographic impulses as well as body temperature and blood pressure readings from one or more parts of the patient's body during general surgery, neurosurgery, and kidney transplant procedures; flushes transducers whenever oscilloscope image weakens indicating that blood clot(s) may be blocking a blood vessel(s), the catheter, or the transducer itself by opening a stopcock to allow saline solution to flow through the line from blood vessel to catheter to transducer.
Performs laboratory tests as requested, using such equipment as oximeters, flame photometers, and biochemistry sets in accordance with established procedural instructions.