Biomedical Engineer

Southern NSW Local Health District; Sydney; On-site; AUD 128,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Salary packaging

Job summary

St Vincent's Public Hospital Sydney is seeking a qualified Biomedical Engineer for an 18‑month maximum term, full‑time role in the Asset Management Unit. The successful candidate will maintain, calibrate and verify biomedical equipment to ensure safe clinical services.

Responsibilities include leading the Digital Patient Record integration, overseeing procurement, commissioning and lifecycle management of medical devices, and providing specialist engineering advice to clinical teams.

Qualifications

• Qualified Biomedical Engineer with a degree in Biomedical, Clinical, Electronics or Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Healthcare engineering experience with understanding of biomedical equipment and ability to prioritise workloads.
• Project leadership delivering medical technology projects, ideally including device connectivity with EMR/EHR or other clinical systems.
• Strong communicator and stakeholder manager across clinical, technical and external teams.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, repair, calibrate and verify biomedical equipment to ensure safe patient care.
• Lead the Digital Patient Record transition and integration of biomedical devices with clinical information systems.
• Oversee lifecycle management from installation to decommissioning, managing contractors and compliance with NSW Health standards.
• Provide engineering advice to clinical teams and support adoption of new technologies.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Asset management

EMR/EHR integration

Communication

Education

Biomedical Engineering degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Asset management systems

Job description

Role type: Maximum Term Full Time (18months contract)

Role grade: Biomedical Engineer, Grade 3, (Year1-4)

Department and location: Asset Management Unit, St Vincent's Public Hospital, Sydney

Salary: $128,143.00 - $140,954.00 + super + salary packaging

Welcome to St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent's Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney's premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

Keep critical medical technology performing at its best – Use your biomedical engineering expertise in the maintainence, repairs, calibration and performance verification of biomedical equipment, ensuring safe, reliable and uninterrupted clinical services.

Lead the future of digital healthcare – Take a key role in the Single Digital Patient Record transition, supporting the safe integration and interoperability of biomedical devices with clinical information systems.

Shape smarter equipment decisions – Lead the technical evaluation, specification, procurement, commissioning and replacement of medical equipment, using risk, utilisation and asset data to support investment and lifecycle planning.

Be the technical expert clinicians rely on – Provide specialist engineering advice to clinical teams, support the introduction of new technologies, contribute to clinical risk assessments and help optimise the use of medical technology.

Own the full lifecycle of biomedical assets – Oversee equipment and asset management from installation and commissioning through to maintenance, compliance and decommissioning, while managing contractors, service providers and compliance with relevant NSW Health standards and requirements.

About you

Qualified Biomedical Engineer with a degree in Biomedical, Clinical, Electronics or Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent qualification recognised under the NSW Biomedical Engineers Award.

Healthcare engineering experience with a strong understanding of biomedical equipment and the ability to prioritise competing workloads while working to operational, clinical and financial deadlines.

Experienced project leader with a track record of delivering medical technology projects, ideally including biomedical device connectivity and integration with EMR/EHR or other clinical information systems.

A confident communicator and stakeholder manager who can build strong relationships, negotiate and influence effectively across clinical, technical and external teams, while managing service providers to agreed performance standards.

Strong systems and compliance capability, with proficiency in Microsoft Office and asset/facilities management systems, plus a solid understanding of WHS, Australian Standards, healthcare regulations and relevant compliance frameworks

What we can offer you

Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income

Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements

World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes

Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives

Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre

Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care

Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships

Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.