Biomedical Engineering Technologist - Project REACH - Temporary Full-Time 2025-14330

Classification: Temporary Full-time (24-month contract)
 

POSITION

The Biomedical Engineering Technologist is responsible for the safe repair, performance assurance, preventive maintenance, incoming inspection, and general technical support of medical equipment, instruments, and systems. This temporary role is intended to provide backfill coverage for Biomedical Engineering Technologists who are directly supporting the Hospital Information System (HIS) implementation. The successful candidate will help maintain continuity of service by ensuring that routine and urgent biomedical support activities continue without disruption during the project lifecycle. Working closely with a wide variety of health care professionals and vendors, the Biomedical Engineering Technologist ensures medical equipment is safe, reliable, and ready for clinical use.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

 Ensures the safe maintenance and repair of medical equipment and systems.

•    Configures, tests, troubleshoots, repairs, and commissions medical devices and systems (e.g., patient monitors, infusion pumps, ventilators, etc.) to ensure they are operating safely, effectively, and efficiently in order to integrate with the  new HIS.
•    Participate in HIS related testing and readiness activities, including technical and clinical validation of biomedical device functionality within the new system
•    Assist in identifying, documenting, and resolving issues related to device interoperability and HIS connectivity.
•    Provide on-site technical support during key HIS implementation milestones, such as training,  cutover, and go-live.
•    Carries out preventative maintenance routines, inspections and evaluations using a variety of test equipment and tools such as safety analyzers, conductivity meters, oscilloscopes, multi-meters and defibrillator testers to ensure medical equipment is in proper working order
•    Support of networked medical devices and associated network system infrastructure.
•    Performs incoming inspection of new equipment, such as receiving, documenting, assembling, installing, conducting performance and safety testing, obtaining necessary legal approvals, coordinating the connection of the systems to the hospital network, and other specific activities dictated by the equipment or system(s) to prepare it for clinical use
•    Determines tool, instrumentation and spare part requirements for equipment maintenance and assists clinical areas in ordering accessories and supplies by identifying suitable sources
•    Maintains work documentation and equipment inventory information
•    Participates in the selection and evaluation of medical equipment 
•    Provides in-service training and consultation to promote the proper use and care of equipment 
•    Performs risk management activities (e.g., incident investigations, managing safety alerts/recalls, proactively identifying safety-relates issues)
•    Performs cross-functional and/or other duties consistent with the job classification, as assigned or requested
•    Works in compliance of the Occupational Health & Safety Act and its regulations, reporting hazards, deficiencies and contravention’s of the Act, in a timely manner 

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

•    At a minimum, completion of a 3 year community college program in Biomedical Engineering Technology, Electronics Technology (or recognized equivalent) is required

Experience:

•    At a minimum, 2 year of practical and related experience is required
•    Experience supporting Hospital Information System (HIS) implementations, including device readiness, integration, or go-live activities, is considered a strong asset

Professional Affiliations/Memberships:

•    Membership in the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) or other equivalent provincial technology association is an asset
•    Certification as a Biomedical Engineering Technologist through the ACI is an asset
•    Membership in provincial or national clinical/biomedical engineering society (e.g. Clinical Engineering Society of Ontario (CESO), Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES)) is an asset