Clinical Engineer

Description

The Clinical Engineer will participate in various levels of medical equipment selection, installation, setup, and disposition of medical equipment. They will participate and coordinate necessary equipment issues during construction projects to assure that the necessary equipment is included in the project, specified to architect, purchased, installed, and set up appropriately. They will demonstrate project leadership abilities (independently) to manage the process through a timeline, communicate status, and follow through on commitments.

Independently create and design the medical equipment solution with the clinical provider and carry it through to implementation. They will provide consultation and training to clinical staff in the area of medical equipment application, usage and areas in which alternative applications are possible to improve care. Provide clinical application training on a variety of devices to train physicians and nurses in the appropriate use of equipment.

This will include training in critical care, acute care, and operating room settings. They will plan safety solutions for medical equipment to reduce the risk of operator errors or future application errors. They will provide advanced technical expertise to the biomedical engineering department in equipment operation, repair, design, and application for complicated systems such as physiologic monitoring network, nurse call or EEG system.

They will manage vendor maintenance and preventative maintenance for devices that cannot be serviced by in‑house biomedical equipment technicians. They will manage the safety program including recall/alert management & follow up, incident review and follow up, and IT security/cybersecurity reviews and assessments.

Minimum Education

• Two‑year vocational/technical degree is equivalent with necessary work experience to demonstrate proficiency in the areas described (AA degree required).
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (biomedical engineering or electrical engineering) preferred; see below experience requirements associated with a BS degree.

Minimum Work Experience

• With an AA degree – 20+ years experience as a biomed technician, troubleshooting, maintaining, and repairing medical equipment with specific experience setting up complex networks and device integrations; experience managing installations, training end users, coordinating supplies, ensuring construction and IT requirements met, and communicating a project timetable to impacted users throughout the project (required).
• With a BS degree or higher in an engineering discipline – 1+ years prior experience as a practicing engineer in a health‑care environment as a vendor or internal employee managing medical equipment maintenance, installations, safety, lifecycle replacement, IT setup, and IT security (preferred).

• Participate and coordinate necessary equipment issues during construction projects to assure that the necessary equipment is included in the project, it is specified to architect, purchased, installed, and set up appropriately.
• Participate in various levels of medical equipment selection, installation, setup, and disposition.
• Communicate and follow up on responsibilities as assigned during the construction phases.
• Stay current in construction codes and standards related to medical equipment.
• Stay current in the area of medical equipment technology to provide consultative services to departments.
• Manage the medical equipment maintenance (repair and preventative maintenance) for devices with the manufacturer or a qualified vendor when there are not internal resources within department to repair with their own hands.

• Design medical equipment solutions; may integrate different devices, modify current devices, introduce new devices, or modify accessories on current devices.
• Work within safety and risk parameters to ensure design ensures patient safety.
• Communicate the status of requests, progress, and timelines to all parties involved.
• Independently create and design the solution with the clinical provider and carry it through to implementation.
• Manage the device…