BMET II: Elevate Patient Care with Medical Devices

Hackensack Meridian Health Inc.; Morrell Corners (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Biomedical Engineering Technician II (BMET II) to maintain medical equipment readiness, perform scheduled maintenance, repairs, end-user support, and installations to ensure devices comply with manufacturer specifications.

The BMET II will support compliance with the Medical Equipment Management Plan (MEMP) to enhance patient safety and contribute to a culture of quality and reliability across hospital and clinical environments.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Electronics or Biomedical Engineering Technology with 1 year fulltime BMET work experience, or AS degree in Electronics or Biomedical Engineering Technology with 2 years fulltime BMET work experience, or Completion of a U.S. military biomedical equipment technology program and two years fulltime BMET work experience, or High School diploma, GED, and/or GED equivalent programs with 4 years full-time BMET work experience.
• Demonstrates a basic understanding of electronic/mechanical devices.
• Demonstrates a basic understanding and can communicate the use of basic/common patient care medical devices.
• Demonstrates ability to locate and follow manufacturer documentation used to support devices.
• Demonstrates understanding of computerized maintenance management systems.
• Demonstrates ability to access public FDA 510k information about patient care medical devices.
• Demonstrates knowledge of device recalls and their purpose.
• Demonstrates understanding and supports customer service principles.
• Is familiar with the operations and environment that they support (hospital, clinic, etc.).
• Unrestricted ability to attend both on the job training as well as offsite and/or out of state training requiring travel that can include one or more overnight stays.
• Demonstrates basic understanding of local, state, and federal regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrates knowledge of various types of patient care medical equipment along with associated risks.
• Demonstrates basic understanding of patient care medical equipment, radiographic equipment, laboratory equipment, and network equipment.
• Demonstrates basic terminology used in project management.
• Demonstrates knowledge of current technology and its uses as it relates to healthcare.
• Performs duties with little supervision or as needed.
• BMET technicians have experience in a wide-range of electromechanical devices, computers, networks and software used in the delivery of healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Maintains medical equipment readiness and ensures conformance with manufacturer specifications by performing schedule maintenance, repairs, end-user support, and installations.
• BMET technicians support compliance with the Medical Equipment Management Plan (MEMP) to improve patient safety.

Skills

Electronic devices

CMMS familiarity

FDA 510k knowledge

Education

BS in Electronics or Biomedical Engineering Technology

AS in Electronics or Biomedical Engineering Technology

Military biomedical equipment program + BMET experience

GED or equivalent with 4 years BMET experience

Job description

Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Biomedical Engineering Technician II (BMET II) to maintain medical equipment readiness, perform scheduled maintenance, repairs, end-user support, and installations to ensure devices comply with manufacturer specifications.

The BMET II will support compliance with the Medical Equipment Management Plan (MEMP) to enhance patient safety and contribute to a culture of quality and reliability across hospital and clinical environments.