- Full Time
Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMETS)
- Vacancy ID: 45395
- Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA, 23708
A Biomedical Equipment Technician must have an associate degree in biomedical equipment technology or engineering, equivalent military education, or a high school diploma with at least four years of experience. BLS certification, a valid driver’s license, and at least two years of biomedical technician experience are required. The role requires effective communication skills, both oral and written, and the ability to establish and maintain professional relationships. Technicians must be proficient in specialized methods, principles, and techniques of electronics and complex medical systems, including hardware and software components. Knowledge of Department of Defense, The Joint Commission, AAAHC, CAP, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, FDA, and other regulations is essential. Skills in interpreting technical data, analyzing problems, and using complex test and measuring equipment are necessary. The ability to maintain, repair, and test biomedical equipment in strict compliance with OEM technical specifications and solve technical problems is also required. Duties include testing and calibrating components, maintaining records, inspecting and repairing malfunctioning equipment, performing preventive maintenance, evaluating and classifying medical equipment, ensuring safety compliance, studying technical manuals, and providing training to medical staff.
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Qualifications:
- An associate degree in biomedical equipment technology or engineering OR equivalent military education OR High school diploma with at least 4 years of experience.
- BLS Certification
- At least two years of biomedical technician experience
- A valid driver’s license is required for the position in order to obtain authorization to drive a Government motor vehicle to service medical equipment that may be located in other buildingsAdditional qualifications:
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships to represent the organization in a professional manner.
- Knowledge of and skills in applying a wide range of specialized methods, principles, and techniques of electronics and complex medical system failures, recovery of systems, adjusting, modifying, and improving systems to include hardware and software components.
- Knowledge of a wide range of electronic principles and practices, operating parameters, capabilities, and limitations of electronic systems associated with complex medical systems/equipment; and of systems and component design, capabilities, configurations, limitations, and functional operation; and of various types of electronic logic.
- Knowledge of Department of Defense, The Joint Commission, AAAHC, CAP, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, FDA and other regulations, procedures, and practices as it applies to biomedical equipment.
- Skill in the interpretation of technical data such as drawings, schematics, blueprints, and specifications of complete electronic systems; in analyzing problems in integrated/interfacing systems involving numerous complex circuits; and in using complex electronic and electromechanical test and measuring equipment using integrated test functions for different purposes.
- Ability to maintain, repair, and test biomedical equipment in accordance with strict OEM technical compliance. Ability to solve technical and performance problems for highly complex electronic systems. Ability to trace electronics logic from one system to another.
Professional Performance Development Group, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran in accordance with applicable federal laws. Professional Performance also complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location its employees are working. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. PPDG is an “Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.”
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
The duties include but are not limited to the following:
The duties include but are not limited to the following:
- Test and calibrate components using manufacturers’ manuals and troubleshooting techniques, hand tools, power tools and measuring devices.
- Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
- Inspect and test malfunctioning medical and related equipment following manufacturers’ specifications, using test and analysis instruments.
- Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair, and replace defective parts such as motors, transformers, and circuit boards.
- Perform preventive maintenance or services such as cleaning, lubricating, and adjusting equipment in accordance with OEM specifications.
- Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition in accordance with regulations.
- Examine medical equipment and facility’s structural environment and check for proper use of equipment, to protect patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards. Ensures compliance with safety regulations and policies.
- Study technical manuals and attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge.
- Provide training to medical staff by explaining and demonstrating correct operation and operator preventive maintenance of medical equipment.
Location: Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, VA, 23708
Hours: 8.5 working hours between 6am- 4:30pm Monday- Friday including a 30 minute lunch breakSummary