Biomedical Engineering Tech II

Minimum Education
High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
At least 3 years of experience inspecting, troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing the following types of Medical Equipment: physiologic monitors, various styles of infusion/ feeding pumps, electrocardiographs, blood pressure monitors, infant incubators, radiant warmers, electrosurgical units, electric beds, nurse call systems, cribs, steris scope washers, OR Lights, OR Tables, defibrillator monitors, patient scales, hypo/hyperthermia equipment, physical therapy equipment, sterilizers, misc. equipment used in the OR, and some clinical laboratory equipment, such as centrifuges, incubators, slide stainers. (Required)

Required Licenses and Certifications
Valid drivers license to operate hospital vehicles. (Required)

AAMI CBET Certification preferred. (Preferred)

Functional Accountabilities
Medical Equipment

• Troubleshoot and repair complex electronic and electromechanical biomedical equipment to sub-ssembly level.

• Performs preventive maintenance, QA inspection, calibration and electrical safety test on a wide variety of biomedical equipment.

Purchase Orders

• Prepare purchase order requests for repair parts, to include vendor selection and follow-up and ensure parts have been delivered and installed.

Internal and External Communication

• Routinely contact requestor regarding assigned work order to notify receipt and estimated time of arrival.

• Communicate to requestor steps for completion of work order and provide any follow-up information.

• At all times represent the engineering staff in a professional and helpful manner.

• Communicate with staff and management to solve problems and improve processes.

• Support the work efforts of the team.

• Assist new team members with general information when necessary.

Quality Assurance

• Take the initiative to identify and report deficiencies in the physical plant of the hospital.

• Diagnose and resolve trouble ticket/work orders thoroughly until completed.

• When necessary, routinely follow-up with manager to communicate or request assistance in order to complete work orders.

• Follow-up with requestor after completion of a work order to ensure problem has been corrected.

• Routinely utilize all safety measures as related to work orders and specific task.

Safety and Emergency Response

• Comply with all safety regulations to include but not limited to hospital regulations, OSHA and other applicable guidelines.

• Maintain work area in a safe, clean and orderly manner.

• Communicate effectively to other biomedical engineering personnel in regard to hazards associated with biomedical equipment testing in the shop.

• Act as a member of the internal engineering emergency response team.