Biomedical Equipment Technician II

Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

 

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

 

 

Job Summary

Maintains and assists in management of medical equipment by installing, calibrating, repairing and inspecting medical equipment and solving moderate to high level technical problems in the field. Responsibilities include performing duties related to system support and maintenance; provides technical support service, repairs and preventive maintenance as necessary to maintain the safe operation of BWH's biomed integrated Systems, and advanced patient care technologies

 

Qualifications

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Following departmental Medical Equipment Management Plan (MEMP) procedures, inspects newly acquired medical devices and systems for safety and function and attaches and assigns appropriate control numbers and labels to medical devices. Acquires the necessary information for accurate database inventory entry. 

• Conducts complete performance assurance and electrical safety testing. Performs preventive/scheduled maintenance on medical devices as required.  May provide information for the development of testing protocols. 

• Responds to medical equipment problems in clinical areas or research areas; evaluates, troubleshoots, and solves problems up to and including those requiring rule-based troubleshooting and a moderate level of diagnostic skill and having a moderate to high level of acuity and complexity.  Determines the need to remove and/or replace malfunctioning medical devices from service and implements accordingly. 

• Performs repairs and calibrations with a substantial degree of complexity or requiring expert diagnostic and repair skills. 

• Participates in installations and updates of medical devices when required, including those requiring software revision. Provides technical feedback for device evaluations. 

• Makes periodic rounds of assigned clinical areas to assess operation of medical devices. Notes trends and develops and implements solutions, validated by the Team Leader, to address recurring problems. 

• Instructs clinical, research, and technical staff and other support personnel on the operation, safe use, care and handling, and user maintenance procedures for medical equipment. 

• Instructs department and other equipment technical staff on testing, calibration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of medical equipment and basic design and theory of the same. Serve as an informal technical resource to BMETs for difficult tasks. 

• Using a computer database, sets example in documentation of work performed in terms of quality, thoroughness, accuracy, and timeliness. Documents and maintains accurate and current inventory records of all replacement and repair parts. 

• Attends and satisfactorily completes training courses on operating, testing, maintaining, and repairing complex medical devices. Disseminates this newly acquired knowledge to team members, department, and clinical users as appropriate. Leverages this knowledge to improve our procedures and systems for managing and maintaining medical equipment. 

• May inspect the tasks of BMETs and coordinate implementation of projects.  

• Using data indicators, intuition, and/or other resources, identifies system, safety and quality p