Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. They are seeking a Healthcare Technology Management Clinical Engineer to coordinate and perform tasks related to biomedical and imaging devices, ensuring connectivity, interoperability, and cybersecurity compliance.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinates and performs tasks to configure biomedical and imaging devices for connectivity, interoperability, and cybersecurity in accordance with organizational policies, procedures, and standards
- Collaborates and coordinates with subject matter experts to perform functional checks on biomedical and imaging devices using established electronic test and measurement equipment and techniques
- Collaborates with IT teammates to complete project tasks that require a high-level of coordination with the enterprise project management office, networking, applications, field services, cybersecurity, and Clinical Engineering operations and support
- Leads and collaborates with IT project and operations teams on onboarding projects to complete incoming inspection, inventory, and deployment tasks
- Leads installation and testing of new medical devices and/or systems within the scope of Clinical Engineering support
- Documents and maintains accurate records of all work performed on all equipment by self or a vendor within scope of responsibility
- Reviews technical literature, service manuals, trade publications and other biomedical service-related documents to stay current with medical equipment related service and regulatory issues
- 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
- Leads application or installation of safety alerts and recalls on medical devices
- Performs other duties as assigned in accordance with established process and procedures
Requirements:
- Associate's degree in biomedical engineering or equivalent experience
- 3 years minimum experience in Clinical Engineering related field, with an additional 1-2 years of experience in project management support, data analysis, or information technology collaboration
- Subject matter expert in 5-6 areas of clinical equipment technology
- Excellent human relations and analytical skills. Self-motivated with the ability to independently schedule, organize and manage self with minimal supervision
- Ability to effectively manage time and resources in a dynamic, complex, and highly visible environment with multiple dependencies, competing interests, and challenging timelines
- Excellent task coordination skills and ability to multitask effectively
- Ability to effectively communicate and partner with internal and vendor partners
- Ability to solve problems by utilizing an array of information from vendors, subordinates, caregivers, and internal partners
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Expertise in preparing and manipulating information in spreadsheets and databases
- Ability to use basic computer software packages (word processing, spreadsheets, and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)
- Ability to perform test and perform basic repairs on a wide array of medical devices
- Bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering or equivalent experience and training
- 5 years minimum experience in Clinical Engineering related field, with an additional 1-2 years of experience in project management support, data analysis, or information technology collaboration