Medical Equipment Specialist

Medical Equipment Specialist – NYC Health + Hospitals

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$60,324.00/yr - $69,373.00/yr

Elmhurst Hospital Center (EHC) is the major tertiary care provider in the borough of Queens. The hospital is comprised of 545 beds and is a Level I Trauma Center, an Emergency Heart Care Station and a 911 Receiving Hospital.
It is the premiere health care organization for key areas such as Surgery, Cardiology, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Renal and Mental Health Services.
At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

• Plans and operates a spare part center based on evaluative surveys of equipment. Selects and distributes types and amounts of parts needed for medical equipment repair, including identification and standardization of parts.
• Makes recommendations regarding inventory, usage, interchangeability, wear and repairability of spare parts.
• Conducts examination, inspection, research and analysis of equipment with engineers and reviews technical documentation, manufacturer’s service manuals, specifications, drawings and other available literature.
• Develops and prepares repair part listing and procurement procedures per health care setting, borough and city; provides item description and technical data.
• Recommends and implements, as to quantity and quality, methods of supply management for selected parts and stock levels to be established and maintained.
• Assists in the evaluation and procurement of parts and serves as a consultant and advisor for pertinent information regarding spare parts and equipment operation, repair, use, storage, care, maintenance, etc., for repair technician staff and health care setting staff (e.g., doctors, nurses).
• Operates a repair unit and spare part center. Directs and supervises repair technicians and unit staff and evaluates their performance.
• Performs equipment repairs and exercises central control of inventory, requisitioning, delivery and distribution of medical equipment and spare parts for a health care setting in conjunction with a borough or city-wide operation.
• Prepares work requisitions, item description, work schedules and procedures. Develops systems and standard operating procedures, conducts service evaluation and recommends and implements changes.
• Participates in studies and research projects for personnel and equipment.
• Conducts, coordinates and participates in in-service and other educational activities.
• Assists with developing policies and procedures for new equipment standardization. Reviews equipment malfunction reports to recommend corrective action, e.g., modification, cannibalization.

• High school diploma or its educational equivalent, preferably including one (1) year in electronic equipment repair, shop, general science, physics and completion of a course in electronic equipment repair and medical equipment repair in vocational, associate degree, trade or armed service school.
• Five (5) years of satisfactory, full‑time, paid experience as a Medical Equipment Repair Technician for installation, repair and preventive maintenance of medical equipment, three (3) years of which must have been in a responsible supervisory or administrative capacity.
• Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in Biomedical Technology, Biomedical Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology or related discipline.
• Three (3) years of experience servicing a broad‑range of clinical/patient care equipment, devices, and network medical systems in a hospital or health care facility.
• Three (3) years of satisfactory, full‑time, paid experience as a Medical Equipment Specialist or equivalent type of experience.
• A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience.

None specified.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Hospitals and Health Care

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