Biomedical Equipment Technician Advanced

Job Overview

Inspects and repairs sophisticated medical equipment for compliance to documented safety and performance standards. Manages, mentors and trains other team members on Biomedical devices.

Additional Information

Department Name: Clinical Engineering

Job Status: Full time, 40 hours per week.

Shift: Days, in person

Qualifications

• EDUCATION – High School diploma or equivalent.
• EXPERIENCE – Seven (7) years of direct patient care equipment maintenance and safety requiring knowledge of sophisticated medical equipment.
• EQUIVALENCY – A relevant degree may substitute for required experience on a year for year basis.
  
  

Responsibilities

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

No Direct Patient Care

Essential Functions

• Leads installation and implementation and assist care givers or clients with biomedical devices. Inspects and tests malfunctioning medical or related equipment.
• Cross trains to support production and device understanding. Researches and recommends new technologies to improve quality and efficiency. Disseminates information to clients, management, and staff.
• Identifies efficiencies and deficiencies of existing Biomedical device systems and take steps to improve the user experience.
• Conducts short-and long-term planning to meet current and future collaborative requirements. Participates in annual roadmap planning.
• Tests or calibrates components or equipment, following manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, using hand tools, power tools, or measuring devices.
• Assists with accurate coordination of clinical educational tools. Helps training clinical staff on medical devices as needed
• Develop best practices related to workflows for collaborative-related processes.
• Act as the initial point of contact for vendors in relation to medical device implementation or refresh related projects or devices.
• Maintain expert level knowledge on current industry standards, trends, and developments as they relate to CHCO’s existing Biomedical devices.
• Serve as back up for Biomedical operational leadership. Contribute to determine priority initiatives and department goals
  
  

Other Information

SCOPE AND LEVEL

GUIDELINES: Fully qualified, full performance or journey level. Guidelines are generally but not always clearly applicable, requiring the employee to exercise judgment in selecting the most pertinent guideline, interpret precedents, adapt standard practices to differing situations, and recommend alternative actions in situations without precedent.

COMPLEXITY: Duties assigned are generally complex and may be of substantial intricacy. Work assignment is performed within an established framework under general instructions but requires simultaneous coordination of assigned functions or projects in various stages of completion.

DECISION MAKING: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.

COMMUNICATIONS: Contacts with the patients, families, or employees where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, defended, and gathered and discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Under general supervision, the employee receives assignments and is expected to carry them through to completion with substantial independence. Work is reviewed for adherence to instructions, accuracy, completeness, and conformance to standard practice or precedent. Recurring work clearly covered by guidelines may or may not be reviewed.

Physical Requirements

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

Physical Requirements

Audio-Visual: Depth Perception: Good

Audio-Visual: Far Vision: Good

Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good

Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good

General Activity: Sit: 1-2 hrs. per day

General Activity: Stand/Walk: 4-6 hrs. per day

Motion: Bend: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Carry: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Climb: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Crawl: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Lift: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Pull: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Push: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Reach: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Squat/Crouch: Up to 1/3 of time

Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 50 pounds: 1/3 or more of time

ENVIRONMENT

Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Occasional.

Job Role- Annual Requirements

Job Role- Additional Individual Responsibilities

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Range: $37.97 to $56.96

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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