Engineer

Institution:  Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Family Group:  Ancillary

JOB SUMMARY

 

The Biomedical Engineer will be :

 

  • Responsible for managing projects, preventive maintenance, breakdown maintenance and daily operations activities biomedical engineering team.
  • Performs duties for a broad scope and complexity of biomedical system relating to preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance. - Ensuring patient safety and safe usage of biomedical system through proper maintenance, testing and calibration.


MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES


SPECIFIC 

 

  • Perform and complete the scheduled preventive maintenance jobs for biomedical system by following manufacturer's instructions and checklist. 
  • Troubleshoot and repair breakdown jobs for biomedical system by following manufacturer's instructions and checklist.
  • Liaise with user department and vendors to ensure preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance jobs for biomedical system equipment under service contract are completed within the required timeframe.
  • Liaising with biomedical equipment vendors on commissioning jobs and ensuring newly purchased biomedical equipment are functioning according and within manufacturer's specifications.
  • Troubleshooting and assisting user department on IT integration related issues for biomedical equipment.
  • Placing and expediting parts orders for breakdowns jobs.
  • Ensuring scheduled preventive maintenance and breakdowns jobs for team are completed within the required timeframe.
  • Liaising with user department, biomedical equipment vendors ensuring impact to user’s operations are minimized.
  • Assisting user department on their biomedical equipment inventory.
  • Preparing reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends on biomedical equipment for user department.
  • Participating and providing technical inputs from BME department’s perspective in projects, meetings, discussions with various user departments.
  • Liaising with users and purchasing department on the requirements and drafting of technical specifications for procurement of new biomedical equipment.
  • Participating and providing technical inputs from BME department’s perspective in evaluation and procurement of biomedical equipment.
  • Providing support and technical decision guidance to technical officers on communications skill, issues resolutions and customer services.
  • Attending technical training on biomedical equipment arranged by the department.
  • Knowledge in IT, Cybersecurity and EMR Integration related matters for biomedical equipment.

 

GENERAL
 

  • Be a team player to accomplish a win-win situation between BME department and user department. · Help promote a working environment of collegiality and effective teamwork. · Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
  • Performs liaison functions between various department as to facilitate information flow and services support to the user department.
  • Maintains safe and healthy working environment
  • Any other duties / projects as assigned by the Supervisor / Head of Department.



JOB REQUIREMENTS

 

EDUCATION
 

Engineering Degree + 5 years working experience


EXPERIENCE 

 

  • Must be motivated and independent person to work on maintenance matters and projects.
  • Must be able to understand the concept on clinical engineering principles.
  • Must possess a technical knowledge to handle complex technical problems.
  • Preference would be given for experience in a Hospital or Healthcare industry.
  • Knowledge in IT integration for biomedical system.
  • Knowledge in drafting technical specification for biomedical system (Preferred).
  • Knowledge in evaluation of biomedical system (Preferred).