Bioengineering Services Assistant Director

University of Iowa; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Iowa Health Care Bioengineering Services invites applications for an Assistant Director to direct the Bioengineering Department's activities in selecting, procuring, and delivering biomedical equipment and services.

You will set annual goals, coordinate capital projects, work with clinical users and vendors, and serve as the administrative on-call contact to ensure reliable, safe technology for patient care.

Responsibilities

• Estimate Capital Management projects during the study phase
• Attend Schematic and Design/Development meetings with clinical users to determine equipment needs
• Assist department and medical equipment planner to select units and equipment
• Work with vendors to obtain planning guides and conduit schedules for design teams
• Attend SD and DD meetings and ensure vendor drawings are reflected on architectural drawings
• Review vendor quotes to confirm alignment with drawings/equipment plan
• Serve as subject matter expert for medical equipment and final decision maker on large scopes
• Perform cost of ownership analysis
• Attend Bioengineering management meetings and provide project status updates
• Escalate deficiencies to project manager or department head(s)
• Complete risk evaluations on new and existing equipment and determine manufacturer requirements
• Update CMMS Product Catalog with maintenance recommendations and frequency
• Add new models to CMDB Product Catalog
• Create and edit preventive maintenance procedures
• Add equipment to Bioengineering maintenance management system
• Evaluate and complete Riskonnect patient safety reports and recalls
• Direct work of multiple Bioengineering teams via policies and standards
• Serve on committees for compliance such as LASER safety and Environment of Care

Job description

University of Iowa Health Care Bioengineering Services has an outstanding opportunity to join our team as an Assistant Director. In this role, you will direct activities of the Bioengineering Department in the selection, procurement, and delivery of biomedical equipment and services. You will develop annual goals and objectives related to supporting the growth and development of bioengineering in response to present and future needs. Will service as administrative on-call contact.

Position Responsibilities

Analysis

• Estimate Capital Management projects during the study phase
• Evaluate number of rooms and expect equipment, estimate number of hours required for installation
• Estimate hours of activation meetings
• Estimate ancillary supplies for the project
• Attend Schematic and Design/Development meetings
• Meet with clinical user(s) to understand how the new space will be used and what technology is needed
• Assist department(s) and medical equipment planner to select the correct equipment for the unit
• Work with vendor(s) to acquire planning guide and conduit schedules to share with the design team
• Attend all SD and DD meetings, reviewing submitted drawings and making sure that vendor drawings are reflected on the architectural drawings
• Review line items on vendor quotes to make sure that quote matches what was specified on the drawings/equipment plan
• Serve as a subject matter expert for anything relating to medical equipment
• Final decision maker on any large scope project within Bioengineering scope
• Cost of ownership analysis

Engineering Project Management

• Attend regular Bioengineering management meetings and deliver status updates on all projects
• Escalate any deficiencies to the project manager or department head(s)

Compliance

• Complete risk evaluations on new and existing equipment, determining manufacturer requirements and schedules
• Update CMMS Product Catalog record with the final maintenance recommendation and frequency
• Add all new models to the CMDB Product Catalog
• Create and edit preventive maintenance procedures
• Add all new equipment into the Bioengineering maintenance management system
• Evaluate and complete Riskonnect patient safety reports
• Evaluate and delegate completion of medical equipment recalls
• Determine if affected product is in inventory
• Create tickets on affected equipment for remediation work if applicable
• Delegate remediation work once identified
• Responsible for directing the work of multiple Bioengineering teams through the use of Policy and Standard

Operating Procedures

• Serve on committees that are the final decision makers on compliance matters, which could include, but are not limited to:
• Member LASER safety panel
• Member of the Anesthesia Workroom Leadership Committee
• Environment of Care Committee
• Medical Equipment Management Workgroup (sub-group of EOC).

Planning

• Determine Bioengineering department requirements regarding expanded services as enterprise grows and business needs change
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