Biomedical Technician III Job Listing at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC (Job ID 1240338100)

Description

Biomedical Services  
PRN
Day Shift 
1

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina and the first hospital in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina's first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer's care center and nearly 80 physician practices.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

Repair and maintain basic to high complexity medical/healthcare equipment, instrumentation and support and integration systems used in healthcare.  Inspect, install, and provide planned maintenance of clinical equipment.

Minimum Education: High School Degree or GED
Minimum Years of Experience: 6 Years of Experience in the Repair and Maintenance of Medical Equipment
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): 6 Years of Experience in the Repair and Maintenance of Medical Equipment can be substituted with equivalent Military Training and Experience
Required Certifications/Licensure: None
Required Training: Per the requirements of the Biomedical Technician Competency Validation Checklist, individuals in this position will have successfully demonstrated level 2 or higher competency for at least 15 BMET I level devices and 15 BMET II level devices, and 2 BMET III level devices.

For individuals newly hired into this position, failure to meet the required competency levels within 120 days of the hire date are subject to reclassification into a lower level BMET position;

Successful completion of at least 3 model specific technical training courses;

Knowledge of  general computer applications such as e-mail, spreadsheet, and word processing software.

• Repair, install, maintain, calibrate and inspect a diverse range of therapeutic and diagnostic biomedical instrumentation and equipment including life-support equipment.
• Assign repair requests and PM's to less senior technicians and observe their performance.
• Perform planned maintenance and electrical safety testing of clinical equipment, devices and systems.
• Diagnose and correct system and equipment malfunctions.
• Provide operational leadership to personnel and serve as temporary operational manager in the absence of the Manager of Biomedical Services.
• Maintain documentation on new equipment inspections and equipment repairs and failures.
• Assist with, schedule, oversee and evaluate vendor repairs as necessary.
• Provide technical assistance and instruction on equipment operation and user maintenance to various clinical personnel.
• Maintain documentation required by management and as outlined by current policies and procedures.
• Assists with the administrative responsibilities of the department, including work order control, maintenance history records, PM and safety inspection requests and repair parts inventory records.
• Serves as a reference source for Biomedical Services and clinical staff with regards to appropriate procedures for the operation and maintenance of clinical/healthcare equipment.
• Document time and expenses in a timely and accurate manner.
• Recommend new equipment/supplies and new equipment and testing procedures.
• Assist with the capital equipment planning and procurement process.
• Perform routine rounding throughout the Medical Facility and provides consistent feedback to user departments on the status of repairs and other maintenance activities.
• Review outcomes of planned maintenance (PM) actions and make recommendations to department staff concerning improvements.
• Provide in-service educational programs on use of equipment for various clinical staff.

• Order parts and supplies (up to approved limit) necessary for the servicing of medical equipment.
• Provide mentoring to less experienced biomedical equipment personnel in the safe use, application, testing and planned maintenance and repair of all types of clinical/healthcare equipment technologies and systems.
• Maintain a clean and safe workplace.
• Provide on-call after hours coverage on a regular basis by participating in the LMC Biomed On-Call rotation schedule per the requirements of the “Biomed On-Call Duty” policy.
• Maintain knowledge of electronic theory, technology and test equipment.
• Maintain knowledge of color code conventions use in component, wiring and medical gas marking.
• Maintain knowledge of the application and repair of computers and servers and how they interface with medical/healthcare equipment.
• Stay abreast of current regulatory requirements related to medical/healthcare equipment.   
• Establishes and helps maintain supporting technical and operational literature library.
• Maintain a collaborative working relationship with information systems to ensure compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• Assists in the maintenance of a calibration program for electronic and safety testing equipment used by the department.
• Uses office automation hardware, software, and diagnostic service software appropriate to the equipment being serviced.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits 
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.  LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary 
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee's desires and abilities and the hospital's needs.