Biomedical Technician

As a Biomedical Technician with Fresenius Medical Care, you will maintain and repair medical and water treatment equipment within our kidney care dialysis centers. You will also train and educate colleagues on operational maintenance of our dialysis machines to ensure the safety of our patients.

Bring your passion. Grow a career with impact.
We believe in encouraging our employees to achieve their full potential by offering opportunities for advancement. We have a Biomedical Technician specific career ladder with three potential levels of Biomedical Technician role as well as a leadership path from Area Technical Operations Manager, Regional Technical Operations Manager, and Senior Director Technical Services, overseen by a Vice President of Technical Services and supported by Corporate Biomedical Support Managers.

Our values:
We care. We connect. We commit.
We believe our employees are our most important asset — we value, care about, and support our people. We are there when you may need us most, from tuition reimbursement to support your education goals, granting scholarships to family members, delivering relief when natural disasters strike, or providing financial support when personal hardship hits; we take care of our people.

At Fresenius Medical Care, you will truly make a difference in the lives of people living with kidney disease. See inside one of our dialysis centers, and hear from real patients and employees:

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair dialysis equipment, ancillary equipment, and water treatment systems.
• Maintain the physical area as directed.
• Ensure outside vendor services are completed per contract.
• Purchase and retain an inventory of service parts.
• Perform, evaluate, and report water/dialysate sample collection and any actions required.
• Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly trend analysis on the water system to assure system functions as designed.
• Document all repairs and maintenance activity.
• Assist in planning and installing biomedical equipment to assure safe and effective operation of facility.
• Transport equipment as needed with supervisor consent.
• Participate in monthly technical and regulatory meetings.
• Collaborate with facility staff to ensure all regulatory and OSHA requirements are met.
• Manage inventory, including receiving and putting up deliveries, inventory counts, transporting goods between clinics as needed and assist clinical management with inventory costs.
• Perform initial and annual verification and ongoing monitoring of patient care staff’s technique for testing water system, assuring tests and documentation comply with manufacturer’s specifications for the devices and test equipment used.
• Complete all technical training programs required by state/federal regulations and company policy.
• Provide scheduled after hour technical on-call coverage for your clinics as needed.

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• High school diploma or G.E.D. required
• Valid Driver's License issued in the employee’s state of residence required
• Continued employment is dependent on successful completion of Fresenius Biomedical Technician training within the first 24 months of service from date of hire.
• Associate degree in electronics / biomedical technology, or equivalent (preferred - not required)

• Are collaborative, independent, analytical, mechanical, self-motivated, and a self-starter
• Have some related work experience
• Have manual dexterity (ability to use common hand tools and small power equipment)
• Have good verbal and written communication skills
• Can lift up to 50 lbs. and safely move large/bulky equipment
• Can create a safe and efficient work environment, OSHA – 6S – Infection Control

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