Kaiser Permanente - San Rafael, CA
posted 3 months ago
The Biomedical Engineer at Kaiser Permanente plays a crucial role in ensuring the functionality and safety of sophisticated medical equipment and systems that are essential for patient diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring. This position involves planning, training others, and executing the installation, maintenance, and repair of biomedical equipment. The engineer will work under the supervision of a manager or designee, performing all phases of scheduled and corrective repairs of biomedical equipment and medical systems. This includes pre-issue and asset accounting, as well as the installation and de-installation of related equipment as necessary. In addition to repair and maintenance tasks, the Biomedical Engineer is responsible for conducting scheduled and unscheduled inspections, maintenance, and electrical safety tests of biomedical equipment to ensure compliance with relevant codes. Documenting the results of all inspections, maintenance, and tests is a critical part of the role, as is collaborating with other biomedical engineers across various specialties, including Instrumentation, X-Ray, CT/MR, Diagnostic Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, Clinical Laboratory, RT/Anesthesia, Ophthalmology/Lasers, and Clinical Systems Integrations. The engineer will also work closely with KPIT, business partners, and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) representatives. Frequent travel is a requirement for this position, particularly for Shared Services/Support biomedical engineers who provide service support. Occasional travel will also be necessary for Stationary Service Area Support biomedical engineers to assist other sites. All engineers will need to attend technical training, which may involve travel. The role may require after-hours work on both scheduled and unscheduled bases to complete necessary tasks, and engineers will be assigned to a weekday and weekend on-call schedule to perform emergency services. Communication devices will be provided and must be kept on during duty hours to ensure prompt response to service needs.