Entity: Owensboro Health Regional Hospital | Department: Biomedical Engineering | Work Hours: 40 per week | Weekend Requirements: As Needed | 1.0 FTE
Job Summary:
Provides expert-level experience in the repair, calibration, and maintenance of medical equipment, instrumentation, and support systems used in healthcare delivery.
Job Responsibilities:
Executes professional-level inventory assessments/audits and preventive maintenance of medical equipment.
Recommends new equipment and testing procedures.
Repairs, installs, maintains, calibrates, and inspects complex medical equipment and instrumentation and systems.
Assigns routine repairs, inspections, and installations to subordinates and observes their performance.
Provides remedial corrective maintenance and maintains documentation of all service events, tests, and maintenance performed on clinical equipment.
Diagnoses and corrects system and equipment malfunctions.
Performs preventive maintenance and electrical safety testing of clinical equipment, devices, and systems and monitors completion of preventive maintenance activities performed by outside vendors.
Maintains documentation on new equipment, inspections, and equipment repairs and failures.
Supervises and instructs biomedical equipment maintenance personnel in the safe use, application, testing, and preventive maintenance and repair of all types of clinical equipment technologies and systems.
Reviews outcome of preventive maintenance actions and makes recommendations to department staff concerning improvements.
Collaborates with Information Systems to ensure Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance and connectivity of biomedical devices.
Understands and complies with Joint Commission and other applicable standards and regulations.
Responds to service requests and performs problem assessment, troubleshooting, correction, and documentation.
Consults with and educates operators and management on specialized biomedical equipment and systems.
Skills and Attributes:
Requires critical thinking skills and decisive judgment.
Works under minimal supervision.
Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Requires in-depth skills and knowledge of the specialized concepts, practices, and procedures in the area of specialization.
Utilizes in-depth knowledge of the specialization as well as business needs to recommend appropriate action.
Position Requirements:
Work Experience
Education
Additional Education Information
Licensure/Certification/Registration
Organizational Responsibilities:
Additional Job Information:
This job description describes the general nature and level of work required by the position. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of qualifications, skills, duties, responsibilities or working conditions of the job. Specific duties and responsibilities consistent with the general nature and level of work described may vary by department and additional related duties may be assigned as needed. Some duties listed may not apply to all employees with this job description.
The job description is subject to change with or without notice, and Management reserves the right to add, modify or remove any qualification or duty. Nothing in this job description changes the existing at-will employment relationship between the Organization and the employee occupying the position.
Standard ADA Settings:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands: (Clinical-Hospital)
Standing: Frequently
Walking: Frequently
Sitting: Occasionally
Lifting 0-25 lbs.: Frequently
Lifting 25-75 lbs.: Rarely
Lifting over 75 lbs.: Rarely
Carrying 0-25 lbs.: Frequently
Carrying 2575 lbs.: Rarely
Carrying over 75 lbs.: Rarely
Pushing/Pulling 0-25 lbs.: Frequently
Pushing/Pulling 25-75 lbs.: Frequently
Pushing/Pulling over 75 lbs.: Frequently
Climbing: Occasionally
Bending/Stooping: Frequently
Kneeling: Occasionally
Crouching/Crawling: Occasionally
Reaching: Frequently
Talking: Frequently
Hearing: Frequently
Repetitive Foot/Leg Movements: Rarely
Repetitive Hand/Arm Movements: Frequently
Keyboard Data Entry: Frequently
Running: Occasionally
Vision: Depth Perception: Frequently
Vision: Distinguish Color: Frequently
Vision: Seeing Far: Frequently
Vision: Seeing Near: Frequently
Hazardous Drug Risk Exposure:
Risk Level: Low-Risk
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