Clinical Engineer

Endeavor Health•Skokie, IL

6d•$39 - $61

About The Position

The Clinical Engineer develops and manages scoring criteria for medical-equipment forecasting and planning within an assigned portfolio. Criteria include supportability, age, utilization, cybersecurity, efficacy, and reliability, and serve as primary inputs to the five-year capital replacement plan owned by the Manager, Capital & Equipment Planning and the capital investment decisions it drives. The role continuously reviews and validates projects and plans, investigates opportunities to reduce costs and improve safety, cybersecurity, and operational efficiency, and leads clinical-equipment onboarding projects. The Clinical Engineer also serves as the designated enterprise lead for an assigned Clinical Engineering program area, such as CMMS administration, recall management, or medical-device cybersecurity. The position works across Clinical Engineering Operations, the Business Office, Supply Chain, and IT; partners with IT project managers to coordinate operational resources; represents the CE Strategy team in strategy sessions; and leads inventory, forecast, and scoring reviews with organizational stakeholders. The engineer continually builds expertise in the assigned medical-equipment portfolio through research, education, and networking with technology professionals.

Requirements

Associate's degree in biomedical engineering, or equivalent experience and training.
Three years of experience in a CE-related field.
One to two years of experience in project-management support, leadership, data analysis, or IT collaboration.
Subject-matter expertise across multiple areas of clinical-equipment technology.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, with expertise in spreadsheets and databases.
Depending on program-area assignment, working knowledge of CMMS administration, recall management, or medical-device cybersecurity.
Excellent project-management skills.
Ability to interpret highly technical analysis in non-technical terms for management reporting.
Ability to communicate and partner with internal and vendor leadership at all levels.
Ability to multitask in a dynamic, complex, highly visible environment with competing interests.
Ability to own a large portfolio of strategic projects and drive savings.
Demonstrated leadership coordinating, mentoring, and coaching CE Operations staff.

Responsibilities

Develop and manage medical-equipment forecasting and planning scoring criteria for an assigned portfolio, including supportability, age, utilization, cybersecurity, efficacy, and reliability.
Continuously review and validate projects and plans; investigate opportunities for cost reduction, improved safety and cybersecurity, and operational optimization.
Lead clinical-equipment onboarding projects to ensure new assets are deployed efficiently with safety and support addressed.
Serve as the designated enterprise lead for an assigned CE program area, such as CMMS administration, recall management, or medical-device cybersecurity.
For CMMS administration, oversee configuration, user accounts and permissions, PM procedure and schedule libraries, nomenclature standards, and upgrade/vendor coordination, partnering with the Data Analyst on data integrity.
Collaborate with CE Operations, Business Office, Supply Chain, and IT teammates to align CE strategies across functions.
Partner with IT project managers to coordinate CE operational resources in support of project goals and deadlines.
Represent the CE Strategy team in local, regional, and enterprise strategy sessions.
Lead inventory, forecast, and scoring reviews with organizational stakeholders to share insights and gain alignment.
Build expertise in the assigned medical-equipment portfolio through research, education, and networking with technology professionals.