About Us
McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Biomedical Equipment Technician III
Provides equipment service and support through repairs, preventive and reactive maintenance, quality assurance inspections, installation, testing, calibration, troubleshooting on several categories of general, advanced and specialty biomedical patient care equipment and devices, and related technologies at one or more McLaren facilities and shared services locations. Assists and/or reviews work performed by other service providers, both McLaren staff and external vendors.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Responds to requests for maintenance services on basic patient care equipment, specialty and advanced device types. Performs initial assessment, problem verification, troubleshooting and repairs. Prioritizes service calls and unscheduled maintenance while ensuring responses are within acceptable guidelines and timeframes as required by the user department/unit.
- Completes the preventive maintenance (PM) workload for assigned equipment to achieve required PM compliance within pre-established time frames. Follows written preventive maintenance and quality assurance testing procedures for assigned medical equipment. Performs scheduled PM during normal hours, after hours and/or on weekends as required.
- Assumes lead role in installations, acceptance testing and ongoing up-time management of new equipment; special projects; and in training other staff members on equipment operation and service.
- Assists in work actions performed by other MHC service staff as well as services provided by external service providers. Reviews service reports on services performed on assigned devices and systems.
- Identifies and obtains parts, supplies and other technical resource materials required to service, maintain, test and repair assigned equipment and determines the course of action needed to cost-effectively maximize equipment up-time.
- Rotates on-call (after hours coverage and support) with other service staff or as per the requirements of the departments, units or types of medical equipment assigned or the collective bargaining agreement.
- Associate degree in electronics or biomedical engineering, or equivalent military training or equivalent one-year experience in the repair and maintenance of technical equipment.
- Five years of hands-on experience performing direct repair and maintenance on medical equipment.
- Seven years of hands on experience in direct repair and maintenance of medical equipment.
- Certification (Certified Biomedical Equipment Technican - CBET or other).
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
