Biomedical Engineering Supervisor (SC, Beaufort)

JOB SUMMARY:

The Biomedical Engineering Supervisor oversees clinical engineering and patient safety programs, ensuring safe, reliable, and compliant operation of all medical equipment. This role supervises technicians, manages preventive maintenance, ensures regulatory compliance, and partners with clinical leaders to support patient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise BMET staff, scheduling, and performance management
• Ensure timely completion of service requests and PMs
• Round through departments to perform a brief inspection for equipment hazards and the review any equipment problems/maintenance with the department leader
• Oversee preventive maintenance programs
• Maintain accurate asset inventory in CMMS
• Maintains current knowledge of biomedical equipment, engineering related tools, measuring devices, manufacturers manuals
• Provides stat service when problems arise during the use of equipment

Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with Joint Commission and CMS standards
• Maintain survey readiness documentation
• Provides stat service when problems arise during the use of equipment
• Provides on-call, 24-hour service and consultation
• In-services staff on new equipment and electrical safety when needed
• Assists in the design, development and delivery of the preventative maintenance and electrical safety programs, incorporating a knowledge of hospital regulatory rules such as Joint Commission/JC, HRS, NPPA, etc. Keeps abreast of developing technology and changing regulatory rules affecting biomedical engineering

Equipment Lifecycle:

• Support capital planning and equipment replacement
• Analyze performance and cost data.
• Responsible for calibration of biomedical test equipment, requiring periodic calibration according to BMH policy

Vendor Management:

• Manage service contracts and vendors
• Contribute and participate in the evaluation and purchasing process of acquiring biomedical equipment for the healthcare facilities

Safety:

• Investigate equipment incidents and manage recalls as well as make recommendations to hospital leadership
• Inspect all diagnostic and therapeutic biomedical equipment items introduced into the healthcare facility, and inspected prior to use
• Maintains current inventory of spare parts and assists with the Departmental budget

Collaboration:

• Partner with clinical departments and provide training
• Responsible for the maintenance, calibration, and electrical safety of the healthcare facilities sterilizers
• Maintains, services, and repairs biomedical equipment, always assures proper calibration and electrical safety to patients and staff