Clinical Engineering Manager

Clinical Engineering Manager

Manages, directs, documents, and organizes Clinical Engineering, corrective maintenance, preventative maintenance, projects, and day-to-day operational duties for assigned hospitals / sites and resources. Functions as the primary contact and "face of" Clinical Engineering for hospital leadership, staff, outside vendor equipment service providers and the greater hospital system. Part of the Clinical Engineering management team across all Jefferson locations managing SLA's, KPI's, budgets, OEM and 3rd party support contracts, reporting up to the VP / AVP of Clinical Engineering.

Manages day-to-day operations and Biomedical / Imaging staff in support of hospital / site operations, support, reporting, and regulatory compliance. Assesses the impact of scheduled preventive maintenance frequency and content on unscheduled equipment failures and recommends / implements changes. Provides budget development assistance and oversight. Monitor and assist with service, repair, and maintenance on clinical equipment and / or assigned equipment / systems. Order and / or locate parts as needed, verifying prices and if alternate sources are available and appropriate. Monitor vendor and in-house response times to maximize equipment uptime and distribute workloads based on preventive and corrective maintenance service needs. Determines training needs for in-house service staff and recommends / implements arrangements to test equipment and tools. Participates in all projects related to equipment selection, acquisition, acceptance testing, installation, and user training for equipment used or supported within assigned areas. Develops, analyzes, and presents the periodic cost of service reports. Make and implement approved recommendations and action plans to ensure that all budgets and targets are met. Reviews specifications for new equipment acquisition based on requests, and approved capital equipment budgets.

Additional responsibilities include managing assigned biomedical support staff and locations, including weekly on-call rotation for after-hours and weekend support, serving as primary point of escalation for support issues, performing on-site rounds to verify equipment operational status and marked observations concerning equipment performance, prioritizing scheduled maintenance for medical equipment maintenance and reviews the status of completion rates, reassigning staff and work priorities to ensure attainment of completion rates, reviewing all incident reports related to equipment malfunction and / or misuse and taking appropriate actions to ensure that the equipment is taken out of service for failure mode analysis, reviewing monthly failure rates, response times, productivity, and efficiency work data for all service providers and making / recommending improvements to maximize available resources, reviewing operational performance data and reports variances to the service provider and / or department director for evaluation and corrective actions. Developing, producing, and implementing necessary action plans on issues related to equipment maintenance and support services, responsible for Monthly Operational Reports (MOR), including SLA's, KPI's, and other metrics, reviewing, auditing, and approving vendor work invoices and related service documentation to verify appropriate billing and compliance with hospital policies and procedures, reviewing, revising, and / or developing preventive maintenance and quality control testing procedures based on manufacturer recommendations, reviewing and authorizing all staff requests for purchase of parts or external vendor services which exceed $5,000 per work event, assisting with recall / alert identification and management, reviewing FDA, ECRI, manufacturer, and / or other device recall and problem notification sources to verify if any of the covered equipment falls within the problem equipment listings, reviewing incident reports related to equipment malfunction or misuse and taking actions to ensure patient safety, assisting with coordinating and performing clinical trials on new equipment under consideration for purchase, attending vendor sponsored technical training service schools, participating in continuous performance improvement initiatives related to medical equipment use, interviewing candidates for employment and making hiring and termination recommendations for in-house equipment service staff positions, maintaining training and competency records on all service staff. Developing and implementing staff cross-training programs to ensure that all technical staff have opportunities to expand technical knowledge, performing annual performance evaluation reviews and providing quarterly assessment reviews of work productivity and effectiveness, special projects and other duties in support of the hospital system as assigned, and periodically conforming to a flexible work schedule on an as-needed basis.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include demonstrating ability to communicate orally and in writing with team members, management, and users, must demonstrate ability to analyze equipment service maintenance data and summarize the information into a written report, must be able to function independently and competently, must be knowledgeable of equipment management standards and regulations, must demonstrate a working knowledge of both clinical applications and equipment service procedures for a wide range of equipment modalities, proficiency in performing database management functions, knowledge of state-of-the-art electronic and test equipment, quality assurance procedures, and preventive maintenance procedures, knowledge of source, use, and applications of alternative parts providers as related to electronic or electromechanical equipment, knowledge of computer software-based work order tracking systems, ability to work well in a team environment and to be self-motivated and self-disciplined, effectively deals with multiple and changing priorities, and ability to travel to additional hospitals / sites and periodically conform to a flexible work schedule on an as-needed basis.

Education includes high school diploma, associates degree preferred, and preferred vendor and / or model specific service training certificates on five or more types of medical equipment or related technical systems.

Experience includes minimum 8-10 years progressive experience servicing and supporting a wide range of clinical equipment and related systems.

Licenses and certifications include certified biomedical equipment technician (CBET) and / or military (DoD) biomedical equipment technician certification, vendor and manufacturer (OEM) repair / training certification(s) or similar credentials, and any GE PCS / Telemetry experience would be a plus.

Work schedule and requirements include standard support (work) hours are Monday to Friday 7 : 00 am to 6 : 00 PM (8-hour day / split shift), shift 1 : 7 : 00 am to 3 : 30 pm / shift 2 : 9 : 30 am to 6 : 00 pm, some after hours, weekend, and holiday work may be required, may be responsible for multiple locations in the same geographic area, some site-to-site travel may be required, flexible work schedule required to accommodate projects, system support, and troubleshooting, and all biomedical and imaging positions will be based out of one of the locations below.

Locations include Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Hospital for Neurosciences, Honickman Center, Methodist Hospital, Moss-Magee Rehab, Center City, Abington Hospital, Lansdale Hospital, Torresdale Hospital, Bucks Hospital, Frankford Hospital, Cherry Hill Hospital (NJ), Washington Township Hospital (NJ), Stratford Hospital (NJ), Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, Moss-Magee Rehab, Elkins Park, and remote sites (Center City, Navy Yard, PA / NJ Suburbs).