Biomedical Equipment Technician

Fresenius - Yazoo City, MS

Full-time - Entry Level

Yazoo City, MS

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

As a Biomedical Technician at Fresenius Medical Care, you will be responsible for maintaining and repairing medical and water treatment equipment in kidney care clinics. This role includes training colleagues on the operational maintenance of dialysis machines to ensure patient safety and managing medical supplies. The position offers opportunities for career advancement through a structured career ladder and leadership paths.

Responsibilities

• Maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs dialysis equipment, ancillary equipment, and water treatment systems.
• Maintains the physical plant, as directed.
• Ensures outside vendor services are completed per contract.
• Purchases and retains an inventory of service parts.
• Performs, evaluates, and reports water/dialysate sample collection and any actions required.
• Conducts daily, weekly, and monthly trend analysis on the water system to assure system functions as designed.
• Documents all repairs and maintenance activity.
• Assists in planning and installing biomedical equipment to assure safe and effective operation of facility.
• Transports equipment as needed with supervisor consent.
• Participates in monthly technical and regulatory meetings.
• Collaborates with facility staff to ensure all regulatory and OSHA requirements are met.
• Manages inventory, including receiving and putting up deliveries, inventory counts, transporting goods between clinics as needed and assist clinical management with inventory costs.
• Performs initial and annual verification and ongoing monitoring of patient care staff's technique for testing water system, assuring tests and documentation comply with manufacturer's specifications for the devices and test equipment used.
• Completes all technical training programs required by state/federal regulations and company policy.
• Provides scheduled after hour technical on-call coverage for your clinics as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or G.E.D. required.
• Valid Driver's License issued in the employee's state of residence required.
• Less than 1-year related experience.
• Prior experience working in a mechanical, automotive, or construction industry, dialysis, or medical technical setting (preferred but not required).
• Manual dexterity required - ability to use common hand tools and small power equipment.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and safely move large/bulky equipment.
• Ability to create a safe and efficient work environment, OSHA - 6S - Infection Control.

Nice-to-haves

• Associate Degree in electronics / biomedical technology, or equivalent (preferred but not required).
• Continuously strives for staying up to date and increasing their knowledge/skills.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement for education goals.
• Scholarships for family members.
• Financial support during natural disasters or personal hardship.