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Schedule: Day Shift ( Associate will be subject to an on-call rotation-currently one week of on-call every ten weeks).

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Under limited supervision, responsible and accountable for all preventive maintenance, repair and installation of all types of hospital medical equipment. Responsibilities: Maintains, repairs and installs hospital medical equipment and systems. Has a working knowledge of the operation, underlying physiological principles, and the practical and safe clinical application of patient care equipment.| Troubleshoots and calibrates electronic devices. Possesses in-depth knowledge of applicable safety and performance standards and hazards associated with biomedical instrumentation, equipment and systems.| Assures that all installations are in conformance with manufacturers specifications.| Performs preventive maintenance on all medical equipment and systems according to departmental schedules. Keeps a sufficient inventory of spare parts on hand to maintain the hospital medical equipment and systems.| Responds to emergency calls from critical areas in a timely manner.| Receives assignments and work orders to maintain and repair all types of biomedical instrumentation such as, but not limited to, defibrillators, monitors, ECG units, suction devices, circulating fluid pumps and other equipment. Reviews work orders for priority status and designated time schedules. Reads and interprets schematic diagrams and specifications. Orders materials and supplies; prepares and assembles materials, test equipment, supplies for work to be performed. While working on hardwired electronic equipment, performs ?lock out, tag out? procedures per departmental policy.| Maintains all required records and documents relative to preventive and corrective maintenance activities, including hazard alerts and updates. Maintains appropriate operator?s manuals, technical documents and schematics. Completes all work orders in a timely, legible manner in order that complete and meaningful equipment histories are maintained.| Applies cost-effective measures in order to improve efficiency and supports cost containment efforts while delivering a high quality service. Works with medical equipment manufacturers on repairs and identifies components needed to maintain equipment. Provides ?Values-Added? customer service consistent with hospital goals and policy.| Keeps work area clean, orderly and safe. Assures proper care in use of tools, equipment and supplies.| Demonstrate safe work practices and attitudes, follows safety rules to prevent unsafe conditions and behaviors, and participates in organizational and department safety programs. Improve patient safety in the delivery of health care by understanding and applying the patient safety goal for SJPHS/Ascension of no preventable deaths of injuries.| Interacts occasionally with manufacturers? technical and sales support people, either directly or via the internet.| Specific Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:| Ability to work with powered and hand-held equipment| Ability to work with hazardous equipment| Ability to utilize digital and analog oscilloscopes, function generators, and patient simulation/ test equipment| Ability to work in hazardous patient care environments (wet locations, anesthetizing locations, isolation (positive or negative pressure rooms), etc.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

Cooperative or internship in Hospital or other medical equipment support activities, preferred, or 1 year in-Hospital experience, working with medical equipment-related support activities required.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Associate degree in Biomedical Electronics within 30 months of date of hire/transfer, or equivalent associate degree with demonstrated science, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and computer hardware and software competencies required.

• -OR- completion of AAMI BMET apprenticeship

• -OR- enrolled in AAMI apprenticeship, completed within 36 months of hire.

• A co-op or internship in a hospital as part of the associate degree preferred.

• Cooperative or internship in Hospital or other medical equipment support activities, preferred,

• -OR- 1 year in-Hospital experience, working with medical equipment-related support activities required.

Additional Information

• Organization: Henry Ford Providence Hospitals

• Department: BioMed Clncl Engineering 001

• Shift: Day Job

• Union Code: MIDET SJHMC IUOE Loc 324

  Additional Details

  This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers .

Benefits

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.