Clinical Engineering Technician II, Service Lines

Company Description

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

Job Description

General Summary

Under general supervision, performs repair and maintenance of medical equipment, including safety testing, design, installation, calibration, routine maintenance of complex medical electronic equipment. 

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification.  They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.

1. 1. Performs preventive maintenance, repair and calibration services on medical equipment in accordance with departmental standards and manufacturers operating and repair manuals.
      1. Interprets and performs inspection procedures appropriately and documents procedures properly in accordance with The Joint Commission regulations, and departmental policy and procedure.
      2. Performs regular manual and software tests, including electrical safety testing, of medical equipment for accuracy and efficiency of operation.
      3. Identifies potential safety hazards of equipment, and documents actions taken to eliminate them.
      4. Responds to work requests, daily, troubleshoots malfunctions and makes the necessary repairs in a timely and efficient manner to reduce the amount of downtime and to keep the department operating effectively.
      5. Installs, repairs and maintains complex diagnostic, therapeutic, laboratory, and biomedical research equipment of electronic and mechanic components.
      6. Replaces defective parts any medical equipment.
      7. Schedules third party repair of equipment when needs are beyond the scope of the department's abilities.
      8. Labels equipment with operational status and date preventive maintenance was performed.  Enters status data into the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
      9. Submits documentation of completed inspection, preventive maintenance and service reports to supervisor for quality control purposes.
      10. Maintains test equipment and tools in good working order.
   2. Recommends changes to, modifies if approved and installs specialized medical equipment.
   3. Communicates with nursing, allied health and medical staff, regularly, regarding equipment operation and problems to obtain information in order to resolve the problem and minimize the amount of down time.
      1. Contacts internal patient support services department or external vendors to arrange for repair of or order parts for equipment.
   4. Participates in the evaluation of new, rental or demonstration of medical equipment and makes recommendations concerning acquisition.
   5. Observes general clinical engineering practices and respective departmental policies and procedures to promote the overall efficiency of repair service and operations for medical equipment.
   6. Assists with maintenance of departmental records, such as maintenance requests, electrical safety forms, files, relevant statistics and technical manuals on biomedical equipment in accordance with The Joint Commission, federal, state and local regulations.
   7. Assists conducting in-service educational programs on use and operation of relevant clinical equipment.
   8. Takes on call assignments within the department schedule and serves affiliated facilities.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• 1. Associate's degree in Biomedical Engineering Technology, Electronics Technology, or a commensurate combination of education and experience, is required.
  2. Minimum of three years of installation, testing, maintenance and repair of medical equipment under the assigned service line is required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

1. Knowledge of the principles