Equipment Control Technician-8am-4:30pm, Rotating Weekends.

JOB SUMMARY: 

Ensures continuity of patient care by providing sufficient quantities of patient care equipment that is clean and in good working order for delivery to the nursing units. Operates MEMS (Medical Equipment Management System) to provide tracking of patient care equipment and to process appropriate patient charges. 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 

High School diploma or GED equivalent. Central services experience preferred. 

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: 

CRT training preferred. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

1. Ensures quality patient care by the delivery of patient care equipment to the nursing units. 2. Assures the placement of specialty beds according to Department of nursing policy. 3. Ensures the proper charging of patient equipment use through MEMS. 4. Performs a complete daily floor check for equipment inventory and patient charging purposes. 

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS: 

Ability to keep accurate records Ability to converse with various health care professionals Must be able to walk long distances Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Clean, well-lit and comfortable climate Exposure to the hazards of handling contaminated instruments, patient care utensils, etc. during the decontamination process Possible exposure to cleaning agents Moderate noise environment Occasional exposure to unpleasant patient or unit elements Subject to many interruptions Occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries Required to wear eye and face protection, non-sterile medical glove or utility gloves and moisture-resistant barrier gown, according to the task performed 

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.