Biomedical Technician 1, 2024-1163

Job Detail

Job Title:Biomedical Technician 1

Department:83160-Clinical Engineering

Location:Farmington

FTE%:1

Shift1st

Search #:2024-1163

Closing Date:05/20/2024

Recruiter:Alexander, Donna

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This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.

This position is covered by the UHP Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current UHP Contract.

This position is in salary group UHP-04; click here to review the current UHP Pay Plan.

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top rated organization is looking to add a Biomedical Technician to our growing Clinical Engineering team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health, this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in the testing, calibration, maintenance, and repair of a wide variety of clinical, radiological, research, dental instrumentation and equipment.

COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS OFFERED: https://h.uconn.edu/benefits-uhp-hourly

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the close supervision of Clinical Engineer and Clinical Engineering Supervisor.

EXERCISED SUPERVISION:

May lead/supervise vendors as assigned

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

Specifies, evaluates, installs, troubleshoots, repairs, calibrates, and maintains a wide variety of equipment and instrumentation

Service responsibilities include repairing, testing, and calibrating medical devices that are used in life support situations such as ventilators and defibrillators

Conducts performance assurance testing

Researches and locates parts for repairs; maintains parts inventory

May fabricate, modify, and repair experimental equipment to meet design requirements

May provide in-service education to hospital personnel on operation of equipment and safety issues; may train clinical engineering interns and biomedical engineering students

Documents all repairs and performance assurance testing

Assists in equipment evaluations and incident investigations

May install or oversee installation of new equipment

Develops performance assurance inspection procedures

May evaluate new procedures/equipment

Maintains preventive maintenance records

Troubleshoots equipment problems that are related to patient/device interfaces such as transducers, leads, probes and electrodes

Performs related duties as required

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

Knowledge of standard laboratory practices, scientific terminology, and equipment

Knowledge of the basic principles of electronics and mechanics as it applies to testing, repair, and maintenance of laboratory instrumentation

Interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

Some computer skills

Some ability to fabricate experimental apparatus or modify existing equipment to need

Ability to use a variety of hand and power tools

Ability to work independently

Must be knowledgeable and have experience using a variety of calibration and test equipment for medical devices

Knowledge of current codes and standards pertaining to the safe use of medical devices in a hospital setting including medical gases and other utilities

Ability to interact with clinical personnel in troubleshooting equipment problems

Knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, and medical application devices critical to resolving problems

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: General Experience:

Three (3) years of experience in the maintenance, testing and repair of clinical instrumentation and medical electronics equipment in a hospital setting

SUBSTITUTION:

College training in biomedical equipment technology, electronics or a closely related field may substitute for the general experience based on fifteen (15) semester hours equaling six (6) months of experience up to a maximum of three (3) years.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to electric shock from equipment and to exposure to infectious diseases, radiation, toxic, and other hazardous substances. Employee may be exposed to highly charged, stressful situations involving medical equipment that malfunctions in critical patient care situations. Ability to lift forty (40) pounds and be physically able to maneuver in, under, around medical devices such as beds, stretchers, OR tables, etc. during equipment service activities.

SCHEDULE: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday- Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on call rotations, weekends, holidays, and other shifts as assigned to accommodate departmental needs, 30 minute unpaid meal break.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

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