Bioengineering Services Assistant Director

University of Iowa Health Care Bioengineering Services has an outstanding opportunity to join our team as an Assistant Director. In this role, you will direct activities of the Bioengineering Department in the selection, procurement, and delivery of biomedical equipment and services. You will develop annual goals and objectives related to supporting the growth and development of bioengineering in response to present and future needs.

Will service as administrative on‑call contact.

• Estimate Capital Management projects during the study phase
  • Evaluate number of rooms and expected equipment, estimate number of hours required for installation
  • Estimate hours of activation meetings
  • Estimate ancillary supplies for the project
• Attend Schematic and Design/Development meetings
  • Meet with clinical user(s) to understand how the new space will be used and what technology is needed
  • Assist department(s) and medical equipment planner to select the correct equipment for the unit
  • Work with vendor(s) to acquire planning guide and conduit schedules to share with the design team
  • Attend all SD and DD meetings, reviewing submitted drawings and making sure that vendor drawings are reflected on the architectural drawings
  • Review line items on vendor quotes to make sure that quote matches what was specified on the drawings/equipment plan
• Serve as a subject matter expert for anything relating to medical equipment
• Final decision maker on any large scope project within Bioengineering scope
• Cost of ownership analysis
• Attend regular Bioengineering management meetings and deliver status updates on all projects
• Escalate any deficiencies to the project manager or department head(s)

• Complete risk evaluations on new and existing equipment, determining manufacturer requirements and schedules
• Update CMMS Product Catalog record with the final maintenance recommendation and frequency
• Add all new models to the CMDB Product Catalog
• Create and edit preventive maintenance procedures
• Add all new equipment into the Bioengineering maintenance management system
• Evaluate and complete Riskonnect patient safety reports
• Evaluate and delegate completion of medical equipment recalls
  • Determine if affected product is in inventory
  • Create tickets on affected equipment for remediation work if applicable
  • Delegate remediation work once identified

Responsible for directing the work of multiple Bioengineering teams through the use of Policy and Standard Operating Procedures.

• Serve on committees that are the final decision makers on compliance matters, which could include, but are not limited to:
  • Member LASER safety panel
  • Member of the Anesthesia Workroom Leadership Committee
  • Environment of Care Committee
  • Medical Equipment Management Workgroup (sub‑group of EOC).

• Determine Bioengineering department requirements regarding expanded services as enterprise grows and business needs change
• Determine standard or optimal staffing to equipment ratios
• Determine standard or optimal space needs for new biomedical service areas
• Evaluate that staffing levels and schedules are meeting the enterprise medical equipment maintenance needs
• May regularly meet with department administration to go over Bioengineering service and requests
• Interdepartmental coordination, such as managing equipment needs when there are planned Critical Power, Life Support or normal power outages
• Assist the Director with Bioengineering budget preparation by providing feedback for needed test equipment, technician vendor training, conferences etc.
• Assist with financial review/auditing/setting of labor rate

• Evaluate any new patient related technology request for Capital Management or Departmental projects and determine how this technology will fit with our current equipment
• Evaluate existing complex patient related system change requests and determine the impact on the original system design while meeting manufacturers specifications and patient safety
• Evaluate escalated complex equipment issues and give guidance to Bio staff to resolve them
• Serves as escalation contact for after‑hours Bioengineering support

• Meet and understand with Departmental…