Biomedical Technician

Midland Memorial Hospital; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Midland Memorial Hospital is seeking a Biomedical Equipment Technician to repair and maintain patient care equipment, diagnostic devices and analytical instruments. You will ensure calibration, documentation, and software/hardware upgrades, while coordinating with hospital systems to maintain HIPAA compliance and device connectivity.

The role emphasizes accurate maintenance logs, quick service responses, and collaboration with leadership to keep equipment safe and reliable in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Associate degree or technical training in biomedical equipment maintenance.
• Experience with medical/diagnostic equipment preferred.
• Knowledge of HIPAA and hospital policies.

Responsibilities

• Maintains repairs, calibrates and inspects medical, diagnostic, analytical equipment, and support systems.
• Responds to service requests, diagnoses problems and repairs devices/systems.
• Determines need for calibration and documents procedures.
• Maintains documentation of service events in CMMS.
• Manages parts inventory and orders replacement stock.
• Performs system software and hardware upgrades as required.
• Verifies vendor service work meets specifications.
• Collaborates with HIS to ensure HIPAA compliance and device connectivity.
• Communicates status of inspections and repairs to leadership.
• Prioritizes multiple projects and adheres to standards.

Skills

Medical equipment repair

Preventive maintenance

Calibration

Documentation

Education

Associate degree in electronic or biomedical equipment technology

Tools

CMMS software

Calibration instruments

Job description

Repairs and maintains patient care equipment, analytical instruments, computer based medical equipment systems and related technologies to ensure its safety and operational performance characteristics. Performs scheduled preventive maintenance according to hospital policies, procedures and industry recognized standards. Maintains accurate documentation of all service events, performance tests and corrective maintenance performed on a wide range of equipment types, including life support, monitoring, diagnostic, therapeutic, analytical, and general clinical (patient care) devices. Participates in and/or assists with development of departmental and hospital based continuous quality improvement initiatives. Maximizes patient safety by supporting the proper use, application and operational performance of patient care equipment.

SHIFT AND SCHEDULE

Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

• Maintains repairs, calibrates and inspects medical, diagnostic, analytical equipment, and support systems.
• Responds to requests for service of medical, diagnostic, analytical equipment, and support systems. Usually independently must diagnose the problem and repair the device/system.
• Determines need for equipment calibration and ensures that approved calibration procedures are sued and documented.
• Maintains documentation on new equipment, inspections, equipment repairs and failures in the computerized maintenance management software database.
• Maintains parts inventory and processes orders for additional stock as needed.
• Executes medical equipment system software and hardware upgrades as required.
• Verifies the quality of work performed by vendor service technician after each service call to insure performance of device/system meets specifications.
• Collaborate with Hospital Information Systems to ensure Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance and connectivity of medical devices.
• Communicate effectively with customers and maintains an effective line of communication with supervisor and/or "Leadership" reporting on status of inspections and repairs.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Understand and comply with DNV and other applicable standards and regulations.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Associate degree in electronic or biomedical equipment technology is desirable.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The individual must be able to:

• Stand, walk, sit, stoop, reach, lift, see, speak and hear. Lifting is limited to 35 lbs. for clinical staff and to 50 lbs. for non-clinical staff. The individual must use an assisted-lift device or get another individual(s) to assist with the lift that is over these maximum limits.