Overview

Performs routine, complex, and specialized tasks involved in the installation, maintenance, servicing, modification, troubleshooting, and calibration of complex therapeutic, diagnostic, and life support biomedical instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Assembles, installs, and maintains mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and basic electronic devices.

• Performs routine electrical, safety, calibration, and functional tests on biomedical instrumentation using routine, complex and specialized test equipment.

• Understand and supports actions toward a systematic preventive maintenance program of biomedical instrumentation.

• Documents all maintenance requests, actions, special initiatives and testing procedures in the Clinical Engineering CMMS per documentation standards.

• Collaborates with Clinical Engineers to implement, research and develop testing procedures and protocols for new therapeutic, and diagnostic biomedical instrumentation.

• Diagnoses and corrects system and equipment malfunctions by making, component or assembly replacements, system or component calibrations to ensure medical equipment and internal circuitry meet specified requirements. Makes calculations for computing circuit elements necessary to adjust circuitry to specified requirements.

• Provides technical assistance and instruction to D-HH personnel in the operation and setup of equipment.

• Provides mentoring and precepting to other biomedical technicians, and may provide leadership in managing short-term projects.

• Works with clinical and technical staff in implementing equipment decisions to meet their operational needs and in monitoring equipment during operations.

• Improves or makes special test setups to conduct functional checks of medical electronic test equipment.

• Executes specific testing in response to safety incident investigations Responds to incidents/complaints in coordination with Clinical Engineers.

• Working knowledge of the clinical application of medical technologies and devices.

• Interprets and understands schematics, wiring diagrams, technical drawings, troubleshooting guides, and manufacturer provided literature of biomedical instrumentation.

• Must be willing to serve as a technical resource to others in areas of specialty or certification(s).

• Good communication and strong customer service skills.

• Ability and willingness to serve "on-call" duty as required.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• High scool diploma or equivalent

• Minimum 18 Expertise Units Required. Expertise Units defined: * 1 per each year of biomedical equipment technician work experience * 1 per two years of relevant technical or clinical work experience * 3 per relevant Associates Degree or Military Equivalent * 5 per relevant Bachelor’s Degree * 8 per current active CBET Certification

• Considerable Knowledge of electronic circuitry and troubleshooting.

• Able to interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, and illustrated parts drawing of biomedical instrumentation.

• Advanced Working knowledge of the clinical application of medical technologies and devices.

• Reliable Transportation

• Flexible schedule required

• Area of Interest:Allied Health;

• FTE/Hours per pay period:1.00 - 1.00 - 40 hrs/week;

• Shift:Day;

• Job ID:23658;

Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.