Manager Biomedical Services
Biomedical Services
Full Time
Day Shift
7:00am - 4:00pm
Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina and the first hospital in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.
The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.
Job Summary
Function as the primary administrative contact between other departments and the Biomedical Services Department. Develop, direct, organize and manage the overall operations and distribution of resources (staffing, budgets and outside vendor services) of the Biomedical Services program. Review, audit and participate in decision support activities related to problem diagnosis, repair, planned maintenance and quality assurance of patient care and other medical equipment. Participate in the development of annual goals and objectives related to supporting the growth and development of services in response to the medical equipment support needs of the organization.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
Minimum Years of Experience: 5 Years of experience in the biomedical/imaging service industry with at least 3 Years in a supervisory or managerial capacity.
Substitutable Education & Experience: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
Required Training:
Documented attendance of at least two manufacturer technical service training classes or management seminars;
Knowledge of many different types of patient care equipment.
Knowledge of applicable standards, codes and regulations as they relate to biomedical services operations;
Knowledge of electronic theory and technology;
Substantial advanced ability to use basic computer software packages such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases and computerized maintenance management systems;
Ability to write reports and policies and to make presentations on operational and technical issues.
Essential Functions
- Inform hospital (and other entity) management staff of operation and financial aspects of the biomedical services performed at their sites.
- Determine proper staffing levels to provide equipment support services at assigned accounts; distribute personnel based on planned and corrective maintenance workloads.
- Review productivity and efficiency work data for all staff and identity areas of opportunity to maximize staffing resources.
- Make hiring and termination decisions in collaboration with assigned business partner.
- Meet regularly with department supervisors/team leaders/managers/directors to review previous work completion data, future scheduled work assignments, quality assurance issues, new equipment inspections and any other relevant project or equipment support needs.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Work with department clinical supervisors/team leaders/managers/directors, etc. and BMET’s on projects related to new equipment acquisition, installation, renovation, modification or removal. May directly oversee the progress and status of such projects.
- Determine training needs for staff BMET’s and recommend/implement arrangements as needed to obtain necessary training, test equipment and tools needed to expand the areas of technical services provided by the department.
- Ensure that work requests from equipment users are responded to within established timeframes
- Ensure the Biomedical Department complies with all regulatory and accreditation codes and standards as they relate to medical equipment.
- Participates on varioys
- Performs all other duties as assigned
We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.
Nearest Major Market: Columbia
Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina