Medical Electronics Technician

Position: MEDICAL ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN
First day of filing:  august 8, 2018 @ 8:00 a.m., pst

Until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice

Exam number:  y6531b

Open competitive job opportunity

All department of health services workforce members must be fully vaccinated against covid-19 as a condition of employment. Successful candidates for this position will be required to submit proof of vaccination against covid-19 or request an exemption for qualifying medical or religious reasons during the onboarding process. Candidates should not present proof of vaccination until instructed to do so by the hiring department.

Definition:

Positions allocable to this journey-level class typically report to a medical electronics technician working supervisor, and are characterized by the performance of skilled maintenance and repair work on a variety of medical diagnostic and patient care electronic equipment at a county hospital, healthcare clinic, or facility.

Maintains, repairs, tests, configures, and sets up medical electronic equipment such as defibrillators, electrocardiographs, electroencephalographs, electrosurgical units, pulse oximeters, and physiological monitoring, ultrasound, and therapeutic equipment.

Maintains, repairs, tests, configures, and sets up electro-mechanical devices such as blood pressure measuring equipment, and infusion, syringe, and suction pumps.

Maintains and repairs laboratory equipment such as centrifuges, microscopes, and slide stainers.

Maintains and repairs other patient related electronic or electro-mechanical equipment.

Operates and uses a variety of electronic test equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes, electrical safety analyzers, defibrillator analyzers, electrocardiograph simulators, electrosurgical analyzers, patient vital sign simulators, blood pressure analyzers, pulse oximeter analyzers, temperature simulators, frequency counters, and computers used for testing, maintenance, and calibration.

Inspects electrical and electronic equipment in patient and non-patient care areas, and performs grounding and leakage tests to ensure compliance with safety regulations.

Tests, troubleshoots, and repairs equipment interconnection wiring and cabling.

Demonstrates and explains the correct operation of equipment.

Requisition s and orders parts and supplies as needed.

Keeps time, material, and service records.

Maintains, repairs, and tests nurse call, paging, and intercom systems.

Maintains, repairs, tests, and installs televisions and video monitors, associated cable hook-ups, and signal distribution devices in patient and non-patient care areas; and, installs and repairs closed-circuit television systems used for medical or patient safety purposes.

Maintains and repairs wired and wireless medical telemetry devices and related equipment.

Selection requirements:

An associate of science degree
* from an accredited institution, in biomedical electronics technology, electronics technology, or a directly related field; or, equivalent military training  
-and- three (3) years of experience in the maintenance and repair of medical and patient care electronic equipment, one (1) year of which must have been at the journey-level.

License:

A valid california class c driver license or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Physical class iii - moderate:

Includes standing or walking most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, and reaching; includes working on irregular surfaces, occasionally lifting objects weighting over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.

Other requirements:

Vision:  vision and color perception must be adequate to effectively and safely perform essential job-related functions.

Desirable qualifications:

* experience with patient data networks

* basic computer skills and knowledge of microsoft office suite

Special requirement information:

* in order to receive credit for any college course work, or any type of college degree, such as bachelor, or master degree, or for completion of a certificate program, you must include a legible copy of the official diploma, official…