Engineer, Biomedical Engineering

Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in Singapore seeks a Biomedical Engineer responsible for managing biomedical systems maintenance and troubleshooting. The ideal candidate will have an Engineering Degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience in the healthcare sector, focusing on ensuring patient safety through equipment management.

Qualifications

• 5 years of working experience in biomedical engineering or related field.
• Experience in maintenance and technical roles within hospital or healthcare settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects and perform preventive maintenance on biomedical systems.
• Troubleshoot and repair breakdowns, ensuring compliance with safety standards.
• Liaise with user departments and vendors regarding equipment maintenance.

Skills

Clinical engineering principles

Complex technical problem solving

IT integration knowledge

Education

Engineering Degree

Job description

Company description:

Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Job description:

JOB SUMMARY

The Biomedical Engineer will be :

• Responsible for managing projects, preventive maintenance, breakdown maintenance and daily operations activities biomedical engineering team.
• Performs duties for a broad scope and complexity of biomedical system relating to preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance. - Ensuring patient safety and safe usage of biomedical system through proper maintenance, testing and calibration.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

SPECIFIC

• Perform and complete the scheduled preventive maintenance jobs for biomedical system by following manufacturer's instructions and checklist.
• Troubleshoot and repair breakdown jobs for biomedical system by following manufacturer's instructions and checklist.
• Liaise with user department and vendors to ensure preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance jobs for biomedical system equipment under service contract are completed within the required timeframe.
• Liaising with biomedical equipment vendors on commissioning jobs and ensuring newly purchased biomedical equipment are functioning according and within manufacturer's specifications.
• Troubleshooting and assisting user department on IT integration related issues for biomedical equipment.
• Placing and expediting parts orders for breakdowns jobs.
• Ensuring scheduled preventive maintenance and breakdowns jobs for team are completed within the required timeframe.
• Liaising with user department, biomedical equipment vendors ensuring impact to user's operations are minimized.
• Assisting user department on their biomedical equipment inventory.
• Preparing reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends on biomedical equipment for user department.
• Participating and providing technical inputs from BME department's perspective in projects, meetings, discussions with various user departments.
• Liaising with users and purchasing department on the requirements and drafting of technical specifications for procurement of new biomedical equipment.
• Participating and providing technical inputs from BME department's perspective in evaluation and procurement of biomedical equipment.
• Providing support and technical decision guidance to technical officers on communications skill, issues resolutions and customer services.
• Attending technical training on biomedical equipment arranged by the department.
• Knowledge in IT, Cybersecurity and EMR Integration related matters for biomedical equipment.

GENERAL

• Be a team player to accomplish a win-win situation between BME department and user department. · Help promote a working environment of collegiality and effective teamwork. · Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Performs liaison functions between various department as to facilitate information flow and services support to the user department.
• Maintains safe and healthy working environment
• Any other duties / projects as assigned by the Supervisor / Head of Department.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION

Engineering Degree + 5 years working experience

EXPERIENCE

• Must be motivated and independent person to work on maintenance matters and projects.
• Must be able to understand the concept on clinical engineering principles.
• Must possess a technical knowledge to handle complex technical problems.
• Preference would be given for experience in a Hospital or Healthcare industry.
• Knowledge in IT integration for biomedical system.
• Knowledge in drafting technical specification for biomedical system (Preferred).
• Knowledge in evaluation of biomedical system (Preferred).