Biomedical Equipment Technologist
Full Medcare Solution
Total years of experience :25 years, 1 month
• Provide support to all clinical and technical requirements as per installation plans.
• Communicated to manufacturers about problems with medical devices
• Perform preventive maintenance and calibration, adjusting, calibrating, and certifying equipment ready for use.
• Perform corrective maintenance: Troubleshoot, repair, modify, overhaul, or refurbish equipment and systems components following diagrams and technical manuals.
• Assigned work orders for equipment repairs and preventive maintenance
• Coordinated a team of 5 biomedical technicians to prepare strategies to deploy and upgrade various medical technologies
• Adopted all new technologies into process and ensured compliance to all standards
• Prepared a 5-year clinical technology plan according to required budget
• Performed cost benefit analysis on all clinical engineering processes and medical technologies according to total cost ownership and forecast all maintenance and renovation plans for medical equipment
• Establish and maintain effective, communicative relationships with nurses, managers and doctors. Communicate activities to managers related to scheduling Preventative Maintenance and estimated time of arrival for unscheduled work
• Provided strategic direction regarding validation and process control procedures
• Utilize technology and tools to perform administrative duties to ensure effective planning
• Worked on the staff of the installation system PACS
• Supervised a team of 14 at three hospitals
• Responsible for the maintenance and operation of over 3, 500 devices (worth approximately $20 million) with an annual budget of over $3 million
• Worked in a team that was accredited by Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation
• Evaluated problems, proposed solutions, and designed new methods of data acquisition
• Ensured that the hospital met all applicable states and national codes, standards, and regulations regarding medical equipment and patient electrical safety
• Establish and maintain effective, communicative relationships with nurses, managers and doctors. Communicate activities to managers related to scheduling Preventative Maintenance and estimated time of arrival for unscheduled work.
• Continuing education opportunities
• Provided answers relating to clinical indications
• Communicated to manufacturers about problems with medical devices
• Calibrated, maintained and repaired or refurbish medical equipment (RX, CT, MR)
• Assigned work orders for equipment repairs and preventive maintenance
• Assisted clinical engineer sector in troubleshooting on medical devices
• Service calls
• Performed pre-purchase evaluations and equipment training
• Carried out electrical safety testing, repairs, inspection, preventative maintenance and installation of medical devices
• Provide support to all clinical and technical requirements as per installation plans
• Service calls
• Perform corrective maintenance: Troubleshoot, repair, modify, overhaul, or refurbish