Clinical Engineering Service Specialist Senior

Mclaren-Health-Care; Grand Blanc (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is seeking a Clinical Engineering Service Specialist Senior to provide advanced equipment service and maintenance across medical imaging, oncology, lab and other clinical devices at McLaren hospitals and affiliates.

You will lead and mentor junior staff, coordinate with vendors, perform preventive maintenance, calibrations, testing and repairs, and ensure timely, compliant service while maximizing device uptime.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in electronics or biomedical engineering or equivalent military training or 2 years’ experience in technical service repair and maintenance pertaining to the equipment requiring high levels of technical support.
• Ten years hands-on experience repairing and maintaining diagnostic imaging, radiation therapy/oncology, analytical/diagnostic, or sterilization/surgical/dialysis equipment.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in electronics, biomedical engineering or related technical field; CBET/CRES certifications.

Responsibilities

• Responds to maintenance service requests for McLaren hospitals/affiliates; performs assessments, troubleshooting and repairs with minimal vendor support (70%+).
• Completes preventive maintenance workload to meet PM compliance; follows QA procedures and performs PM as required, including after hours/weekends.
• Leads or assists other service staff and external vendors; repairs assigned equipment and general clinical devices used across the organization.
• Prioritizes service calls and unscheduled maintenance within established timeframes; reviews service reports and approves related invoices.
• Identifies parts and materials needed to service equipment and maximizes uptime cost-effectively.

Education

Associate degree in electronics or biomedical engineering

Equivalent military training

Bachelor’s degree in electronics or biomedical engineering

CBET or CRES certification

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Clinical Engineering Service Specialist Senior

Provides advanced level equipment service and support through repairs, preventive and general maintenance, quality assurance inspections, installation, testing, calibration, troubleshooting on one or more categories of specialized biomedical, oncology, diagnostic imaging equipment, laboratory and other related technologies. Assists with, oversees and evaluates work performed by other service specialists, as well as external vendor service providers, conducting at least 70% of work without vendor assistance.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Responds to requests for maintenance services from any of the member hospitals and/or affiliates of the McLaren Healthcare Corporation; performs initial assessment, problem verification, troubleshooting and repairs, Conducting at least 70% of work without vendor support.
• Completes the preventive maintenance (PM) workload for assigned equipment to achieve a required PM compliance within pre-established time frames. Follows written preventive maintenance and quality assurance testing procedures for assigned medical equipment. Performs scheduled PM during normal hours, after hours and/or on weekends as required.
• Leads and/or assists with work performed by other service specialist staff as well as services provided by external service providers at any MHC system hospital or external site. Performs repairs on defective or malfunctioning equipment on assigned specialty equipment, and on general types of clinical patient care equipment used throughout the organization.
• Prioritizes service calls and unscheduled maintenance or repairs while ensuring responses are within acceptable guidelines and timeframes as required by the user department/unit.
• Reviews service reports and approves invoices related to services performed on assigned devices and systems.
• Identifies and obtains parts, supplies and other technical resource materials required to service, maintain, test and repair assigned equipment and determines the course of action needed to cost-effectively maximize equipment up-time.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Associate degree in electronics or biomedical engineering, or equivalent military training or 2 years’ experience in technical service repair and maintenance pertaining to the specific equipment requiring high levels of technical support.
• Ten years hands‑on experience performing direct repair and maintenance on both general and model specific equipment in one or more of the following specialized fields:
• Diagnostic Imaging Equipment: includes general radiographic; fluoroscopic; special procedures; ultrasound; gamma camera; MRI; CT (computed tomography) systems and other systems specific to radiology, cardiac catheterization, nuclear medicine or ultrasound.
• Radiation Therapy/Oncology Equipment: includes linear accelerators; simulators; stereotactic systems; treatment planning systems; and other systems specific to radiation oncology.
• Analytical/Diagnostic Equipment: clinical laboratory analyzers; assigned clinical departments and/or specific, one of a kind clinical support system.
• Sterilization/Surgical/Dialysis Specialty Devices: includes steam and ETO sterilizers; hand instruments; lasers; robotic surgical systems; heart/lung bypass systems.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in electronics, biomedical engineering or related technical field
• Certification through Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) as Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET) or Certified Radiology Equipment Specialist (CRES).

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26004092
• Daily Work Times: 7am - 3:30pm
• On Call: Yes

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.