Clinical Equipment Manager

Tenet Healthcare Corporation; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare Corporation in Marietta, GA is seeking an experienced Equipment Manager to direct clinical equipment coordination across clinics. You will lead a team, optimize contracts, and oversee the lifecycle of medical devices to ensure safety and efficiency.

You will liaise with vendors, supervise maintenance programs, and develop standards, policies, and cost analyses to support high-quality patient care and smooth clinical operations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required; further education preferred.
• Associates degree or higher desirable for clinical equipment roles.
• College degree highly preferred and COT/COMT preferred when applicable.
• Three years of experience or training in a similar position.
• Bilingual abilities are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Directly manages clinical equipment coordinator staff.
• Liaises with equipment vendors to secure optimal contracts, services, and equipment prices as necessary.
• Perform training in-services with clinical and admin staff as necessary to ensure staff are utilizing equipment according to recommended standards.
• Directs the distribution and movement of clinical equipment and related supply inventory among sites.
• Lead capital equipment planning and forecasting, including prioritization of investments and multi-year replacement plans.
• Manage the full equipment lifecycle—from evaluation and procurement to maintenance and end-of-life decisions.
• Create and lead policies, standards, and protocols for equipment usage, safety, and maintenance across all clinics.
• Serve as the primary decision-maker for equipment selection, vendor recommendations, and technology standardization.
• Evaluate cost-benefit analyses for new equipment purchases, upgrades, and vendor proposals.
• Oversee preventive maintenance programs and ensure equipment logs and compliance records are maintained.
• Develop quality assurance metrics to monitor equipment performance and downtime.
• Act as liaison between the practice and vendors, installers, biomedical engineers, and IT support.
• Ensure vendor accountability by monitoring service responsiveness and repair turnaround times.
• Evaluate emerging ophthalmic technologies and recommend practice adoption.
• Analyze equipment utilization data to drive process improvements and asset allocation.

Skills

Leadership

Equipment maintenance

Vendor management

Communication

Time management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree desirable

College degree highly preferred

COT or COMT preferred

Job description

Job Summary

• Directly manages clinical equipment coordinator staff
• Liaises with equipment vendors to secure optimal contracts, services, and equipment prices as necessary
• Perform training in-services with clinical and admin staff as necessary to ensure staff are utilizing equipment according to recommended standards
• Directs the distribution and movement of clinical equipment and related supply inventory among sites as necessary to promote optimal clinical operations
• Lead capital equipment planning and forecasting, including prioritization of investments, clinical expansion projects, and creation of multi-year replacement plans.
• Manage the full equipment lifecycle—from evaluation and procurement to maintenance, optimization, and end-of-life decisions.
• Create and lead policies, standards, and protocols for equipment usage, safety, and maintenance across all clinics.
• Serve as the primary decision-maker for equipment selection, vendor recommendations, and technology standardization.
• Evaluate cost-benefit analyses for new equipment purchases, upgrades, and vendor proposals.
• Oversee preventive maintenance programs and ensure all locations maintain equipment logs, documentation, and compliance records.
• Develop quality assurance metrics to monitor equipment performance, utilization, and downtime across the practice.
• Act as the primary liaison between the practice and equipment vendors, installers, biomedical engineers, and IT support stakeholders.
• Ensure vendor accountability by monitoring service responsiveness, repair turnaround times, and performance metrics.
• Evaluate emerging ophthalmic technologies and make recommendations for practice adoption.
• Analyze equipment utilization data to drive process improvements, reduce inefficiencies, and optimize asset allocation.

Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

Responsibilities

Competencies:

1. Exceptional human relations skills
2. Must work well with their hands
3. Have the skills necessary to fix most items that require maintenance within the clinic setting
4. Ability to work with interruptions and to manage multiple priorities
5. Must be honest, dependable, and flexible.
6. Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
7. Excellent customer service and communication skills.
8. Empathetic with staff and patients’ needs and concerns in relation to maintenance-equipment needs.
9. Well organized with attention to detail.
10. Must be able to communicate well, cooperate with others and capable of tolerating stress.
11. Must be able to manage time extremely well and prioritize tasks.
12. Must be able to work independently, effectively and efficiently, with a minimum of supervision

Qualifications

Minimum Education Requirements

1. High school diploma or GED
2. Certificate from a Vocational School or Associate degree highly desirable
3. Any other certifications required by current law
4. College Degree highly preferred and highly desirable
5. COT or COMT preferred and highly desirable
6. Three years previous experience or training in this or similar position
7. Bilingual a plus

Minimum Background Requirements

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
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