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C2 ALASKA, LLC

Maxwell AFB, AL

The Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET) installs, inspects, repairs, calibrates, and modifies biomedical equipment and support systems. Advises staff and other agencies on operation theory, underlying physiological principles, and safe clinical application of biomedical equipment. Provides technology management and equipment repair/calibration support for the medical treatment facility. Assesses and evaluates the condition of in-use medical equipment for maintenance, upgrade, or replace recommendations.

• Test and calibrate components using manufacturers' manuals and troubleshooting techniques, hand tools, power tools and measuring devices.
• Keep records of maintenance, repair, and required updates of equipment.
• Inspect and test malfunctioning medical and related equipment following manufacturers' specifications, using test and analysis instruments.
• Disassemble malfunctioning equipment and remove, repair and replace defective parts such as motors, transformers, and circuit boards.
• Perform preventive maintenance or service such as cleaning, lubricating and adjusting equipment in accordance with OEM specifications.
• Test, evaluate, and classify excess or in-use medical equipment and determine serviceability, condition, and disposition in accordance with regulations.
• Examine medical equipment and facility's structural environment and check for proper use of equipment, to protect patients and staff from electrical or mechanical hazards. Ensures compliance with safety regulations and policies.
• Study technical manuals and attend training sessions provided by equipment manufacturers to maintain current knowledge.
• Provide training to medical staff by explaining and demonstrating correct operation and operator preventive maintenance of medical equipment.
• Communicate all work stoppages, missing equipment and any other issues that affect daily operations of critical equipment to the work-center supervisor.
• Assist in the execution of the utility outage plan in the event of a loss of commercial power.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Associate Degree in Biomedical Equipment Technology OR DOD Certification
• Minimum three (3) years experience as biomedical equipment technician
• Posesss a valid driver’s license.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to obtain T3 clearance.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships to represent the organization in a professional manner.
• Knowledge and skills in applying a wide range of specialized methods, principles, and techniques of electronics and complex medical system failures, recovery of systems, adjusting, modifying, and improving systems to include hardware and software components.
• Knowledge of a wide range of electronic, pneumatic, and steam principles and practices, operating parameters, capabilities, and limitations of electronic systems associated with complex medical systems/equipment; and of systems and component design, capabilities, configurations, limitations, and functional operation; and of various types of electronic logic.
• Knowledge of Department of Defense, The Joint Commission, AAAHC, CAP, OSHA, NFPA, NEC, FDA and other regulations, procedures, and practices as it applies to biomedical equipment.
• Skilled in the interpretation of technical data such as drawings, schematics, blueprints, and specifications of complete electronic systems; in analyzing problems in integrated/interfacing systems involving numerous complex circuits; and in using complex electronic and electromechanical test and measuring equipment using integrated test functions for different purposes.
• Ability to maintain, repair, and test biomedical equipment in accordance with strict OEM technical compliance. Ability to solve technical and performance problems for highly complex electronic systems. Ability to trace electronics logic from one system to another.
• Ability to use standard computers and software to enter and extract data to maintain records and document actions.
• Ability to pass a color vision test.
• Ability to lift or move up to 50 pounds.

Physical Demands: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Moderate physical effort is required. The biomedical equipment technician frequently lifts, carries or otherwise, handles, items weighing up to 50 pounds with occasional encounters involving items greater than 23 kilograms.
• Frequent standing, walking, bending, crouching, reaching, stooping and working in cramped and awkward positions for prolonged periods is required.

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