Lead Equipment Tech - evening shifts

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Evening - 08 Hour (United States of America)

When hospital teams need equipment fast-and need it right-you're the one they rely on. As a Lead Equipment Tech, you set the pace, guide the team, and ensure patient care never slows down due to missing, delayed, or unsafe equipment.

In this onsite, Palo Alto-based role at Stanford Health Care, you serve as the day-to-day lead for Equipment Techs, overseeing equipment flow, cleanliness, and readiness across inpatient units, ICUs, and the Emergency Department. You organize daily workflows, triage equipment issues, and model standard work while supporting transport and operational needs in a fast-paced clinical environment.

This is a lead role without direct people management, ideal for someone who leads through example, accountability, and collaboration.

• Coordinate and prioritize daily equipment distribution, cleaning, and staging activities

• Serve as a go to resource for Equipment Techs, supporting workflow organization and problem-solving

• Identify nonfunctional equipment, initiate work orders, and coordinate repairs

• Ensure accurate documentation, chain of custody, and use of approved systems

• Communicate professionally with clinical teams, patients, and visitors

The Facilities Services division enhances health through leadership, collaboration, and innovation. Our team offers essential non-clinical support 24/7, ensuring safe operations and planning for future needs. We represent the intersection of planning, construction, general services, and facilities operations. Learn more about Facilities Services at: Facilities Services | Stanford Health Care.

The Hospitality Services business unit enhances patient, staff, and visitor experience through exceptional service. This team includes food services, environmental services, facility management, and patient transport & equipment management, all focused on creating a safe and welcoming environment that promotes healing and well-being.

Patient Equipment Management Services (PEMS) plays a vital role in ensuring the seamless flow of patient equipment throughout the hospital, providing reliable, well-maintained resources. Through expert cleaning, maintenance, repair, and timely distribution, this team upholds the highest standards of safety, readiness, and support for efficient, high-quality patient care across all departments.

If you are interested in joining Stanford Health Care, please read the job description below and apply online.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview

Under the direction of the Supervisor and/or the Manager of the Patient Transport and Patient Equipment Management Systems (PEMS), the Lead Equipment Tech supports the department by overseeing unit-to-unit provision, cleaning and disinfection, distribution, and basic triage of patient care equipment across inpatient units, intensive care units (ICU), the Emergency Department (ED), and other areas. Serves as a lead for PEMS technicians, organizing workflow, transporting specimens, ensuring adherence to standard work, and upholding SHC safety, quality, and C-I-CARE standards. This role adheres to Stanford Health Care (SHC) policies, the Joint Commission (TJC), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), infection-prevention standards, and C-I-CARE to ensure safe operations, patient care delivery and service excellence.

Locations

Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Adhere to SHC safety guidelines, dress code, badge policies, HIPAA, and C-I-CARE.
• Follow standard work documents including manufacturer-recommended cleaning procedures using approved disinfectants.
• Maintain and organize equipment storage and PEMS work areas.
• Ensure daily job flows, standards work and required documentation.
• Clean, pick up, distribute, and store routine inventory items per guidelines.
• Maintain department equipment per SHC guidelines.
• Remove non-functional equipment, apply red tags, initiate work orders, and coordinate repair.
• Search units/hospital for missing unit-specific equipment.
• Organize soiled utility rooms and coordinate pickups via FSRC.
• Lead daily activities of PEMS technicians and set priorities.
• Ensure SHC approved software, hardware workflows and timelines are met.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with staff, patients, and visitors.
• Solve customer service complaints and issues promptly or escalate to department management.
• Contribute to unit, department, and hospital goals.
• Represent the department at huddles/briefings when requested.
• Enforce appropriate use of breaks and limits on personal device use per policy; maintain confidentiality and data integrity in all systems.
• Perform additional transport and operational duties as assigned to support patient care and hospital operations.

Education Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.

Experience Qualifications

• 6 months to 1 year as a PEMS Technician or comparable experience in equipment handling, patient transport, or logistics.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Effective English communication skills, including accurate reading, writing, and documentation.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and sound judgment.
• Basic data entry skills and the ability to generate simple reports using department systems.
• Understanding of chain of custody requirements and ability to follow related procedures consistently.

Licenses and Certifications

• CADL - California Drivers License - Valid And In State .

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford's patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family's perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $32.17 - $41.02 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.