Advocate Health Care

Biomed Equipment Tech II

Advocate Health Care$68K — $103K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED required.
  • Two years of experience in biomedical equipment maintenance and troubleshooting.
  • Valid driver’s license essential for site travel.
  • Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel required.
  • Ability to perform physical tasks such as lifting and pushing within specified weight limits.

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoots and repairs non-imaging medical devices using electronic test equipment.
  • Installs, calibrates, and tests new medical electronic devices and systems.
  • Provides technical advice to clinical staff and mentors entry-level technicians.
  • Maintains accurate documentation of inspections and repairs on all equipment.
  • Orders repair services and spare parts following established procedures.
  • Participates in educational programs and training to maintain technical skills.
  • Recommends capital equipment replacements to clinical engineering leadership.

Benefits

  • Full-time schedule with Monday to Friday hours (7:00 am - 3:30 pm).
  • On-call duty required for additional flexibility.
  • Potential for professional development through educational programs and seminars.
Full Job Description
Department:

11808 Enterprise Corporate - HTM: Kenosha Hospital

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

M-F 7:00am - 3:30pm, on call required.

Pay Range:
$33.05 - $49.60

Major Responsibilities

Troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs (primarily) non-imaging diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices using standard electronic test equipment. Also installs, calibrates, and tests new medical electronic devices and systems. Escalates situations or questions beyond their scope of knowledge or responsibility to appropriate staff/vendor resources.

Completes assigned tasks on medical electronic devices as per manufacturers' guidelines, relevant codes, standards, and company policies. This includes planned and corrective maintenance, cyber-patching, incoming inspections, recalls, and work related to equipment disposition.

Provides operational and technical advice on equipment to medical and clinical staff when needed. Interacts with clinical staff on a regular basis to ensure needs are being met.

Acts as a technical resource and mentor for entry level Biomedical technicians and Biomedical students (interns).

Documents and maintains accurate records of all inspections, repairs, adjustments, etc., performed on all equipment, for any work performed by self or a vendor. Interacts with manufacturers' representatives to obtain the necessary technical product service information.

Requests and/or orders necessary repair services and spare parts according to established procedures and contract relationships.

Participates in both internal and external educational programs through professional associations, technical training courses, and seminars to develop and maintain the required current technical aptitude.

Recommends capital equipment replacements to Clinical Engineering Leadership. Interacts with manufacturer's representatives to obtain the necessary technical product information

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Certification / Registration / License

A valid driver's license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles.

Work Experience

Two years of experience in preventative maintenance and troubleshooting of biomedical equipment.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Basic proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office or similar products (primarily Word and Excel).

Use of personal vehicle for travel to various sites is required/expected.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Walks, stands, sits, lifts, bends, and reaches above shoulders throughout the shift.

Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. from floor to waist and up to 30 lbs. overhead; and carry up to 40 lbs. at waist height for up to ten feet. Also push with 50 lbs. of force and pull with 40 lbs. of force.

Environment can include exposure to dust/dirt, fumes, odors, blood and body fluids; as well as mechanical, electrical, and chemical hazards. As a result, protective clothing must be worn as necessary.

Position requires travel. May be exposed to road and weather hazards.

Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.

Preferred Job Requirements

Education

Certification / Registration / License

Experience

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

DISCLAIMER

All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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