Biomedical Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Job Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that patient care instrument used throughout the Cloudnine Hospital is safe.
• Effectively manage and coordinate activities of the Biomedical Engineering Department to include the evaluation, replacement, service and repair of complex biomedical patient equipment; administer policies and procedures applicable to efficient operations.
• To provide necessary support to the Doctors / Nursing Staff / Operators in terms with equipments usage.
• Direct all aspects of maintenance, and repair of the equipment, as well as ongoing training and education of staff related to safe medical device uses and practices.
• Provide first hand support to the medical equipment’s during their breakdown and normal maintenance.
• Direct and manage preventive maintenance on medical equipment, through adjustment or replacement of items on a scheduled basis to prevent equipment failures.
• Upkeep all equipment to its proper and uninterrupted working performance by planned and scheduled preventive maintenance program.
• Ensure the patient safety and result accuracy by measures like periodic calibration, periodic safety checks etc.
• Provide on job training and support to the equipment users and operators.
• Coordinate with the agencies for spares and service support.
• Ensure provision of 24 hour, seven day, on-call to support Cloudnine Hospitals Biomedical Engineering needs.
• Represent Biomedical Engineering on committees, maintain departmental records, and attend Management and other administrative meetings as appropriate.
• Ensure the review of supplies, instrumentation, and facilities in the Hospitals relative to safety and performance and recommend required or desirable changes.
• Specify requirements relative to standards or accreditation requirements.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
• To furnish the reports as per the timelines.

Other Skills, which includes:

• Accountability
• Service orientation (Internal)
• Psychosocial skills (Communication/Interpersonal/Teamwork)
• Cognitive Skills (Critical Thinking/Decision Making/ Problem Solving/Planning/Organizing/Reflective Thinking/ Assertiveness/ Self Directed learning)
• Preparing and managing records
• Inventory Management
• Technical Skills ( Trouble shooting/Installation/Repairs & Breakdown/ Calibration)
• Upgradation of Technology