Biomedical Technician

Fresenius Medical Care • Houston, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Biomedical Technician with Fresenius Medical Care, you will maintain and repair medical and water treatment equipment within our kidney care clinics. You will also train and educate colleagues on operational maintenance of our dialysis machines to ensure the safety of our dialysis patients, as well as manage the medical supplies required. We believe in encouraging our employees to achieve their full potential by offering opportunities for advancement, including a Biomedical Technician specific career ladder with three potential levels and a leadership path. Our culture values, cares about, and supports our people, offering benefits like tuition reimbursement, scholarships for family members, and financial support during natural disasters or personal hardship. We foster a nurturing environment that welcomes diversity across age, race, gender, sexual orientation, background, and cultural tradition, supported by employee resource groups (ERGs) to encourage professional and personal development, discussion, activities, and peer support. Our diverse workforce and culture promote opportunity, equity, and inclusion for all, which is a tremendous asset that sets us apart. At Fresenius Medical Care, you will truly make a difference in the lives of people living with kidney disease.

Requirements

• High school diploma or G.E.D. required.
• Valid Driver's License issued in the employee’s state of residence required.
• Continued employment is dependent on successful completion of Fresenius Biomedical Technician training within the first 24 months of service from date of hire.
• Less than 1-year related experience.
• Manual dexterity required - ability to use common hand tools and small power equipment.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and safely move large/bulky equipment.
• Ability to create a safe and efficient work environment, OSHA – 6S – Infection Control.
• Employees are required to take the Ishihara's Color Blindness test as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Associate Degree in electronics / biomedical technology, or equivalent
• Prior experience working in a mechanical, automotive, or construction industry, dialysis, or medical technical setting

Responsibilities

• Maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs dialysis equipment, ancillary equipment, and water treatment systems.
• Maintains the physical plant, as directed.
• Ensures outside vendor services are completed per contract.
• Purchases and retain an inventory of service parts.
• Performs, evaluates, and reports water/dialysate sample collection and any actions required.
• Conducts daily, weekly, and monthly trend analysis on the water system to assure system functions as designed.
• Documents all repairs and maintenance activity.
• Assists in planning and installing biomedical equipment to assure safe and effective operation of facility.
• Transports equipment as needed with supervisor consent.
• Participates in monthly technical and regulatory meetings.
• Collaborates with facility staff to ensure all regulatory and OSHA requirements are met.
• Manages inventory, including receiving and putting up deliveries, inventory counts, transporting goods between clinics as needed and assist clinical management with inventory costs.
• Performs initial and annual verification and ongoing monitoring of patient care staff’s technique for testing water system, assuring tests and documentation comply with manufacturer’s specifications for the devices and test equipment used.
• Completes all technical training programs required by state/federal regulations and company policy.
• Provides scheduled after hour technical on-call coverage for your clinics as needed.

Benefits

• Opportunities for advancement
• Tuition reimbursement to support your education goals
• Granting scholarships to family members
• Delivering relief when natural disasters strike
• Providing financial support when personal hardship hits
• Nurturing environment that welcomes every age, race, gender, sexual orientation, background, and cultural tradition
• Diverse range of employee resource groups (ERGs) to encourage employees with similar interests, goals, social and cultural backgrounds, or experiences to come together for professional and personal development, discussion, activities, and peer support
• Opportunity, equity, and inclusion for all
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is provided by the company

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees