AddressABOUT THE ROLE
The Medical Equipment Management unit provides a high quality medical technology support service to clinical staff in their use of medical devices to monitor, diagnose and treat patients. Its objective is to provide safe, effective, reliable, and well maintained medical devices for patient care throughout NSW Ambulance.
The Biomedical Engineer will be part of a team of engineers providing medical equipment preventive and corrective maintenance and will install and carry out acceptance testing of biomedical equipment and support systems, conduct preventative maintenance, write preventive maintenance test specifications and repair defected equipment. They will also have an excellent understanding of the relationship between medical systems and IT, and support the Cardiac Program in the support and troubleshooting of 12-lead ECG transmission in support of the State Cardiac Reperfusion Strategy.
In addition, the Biomedical Engineer will support project teams in NSWA in the assessment of medical devices for equipment trials and evaluations.
ABOUT YOU
To be successful in this role, you will require the following experience and attributes:
- A degree in Biomedical/Electrical/Electronics/Mechanical Engineering from a recognised University, acceptable for membership of Engineers Australia (as Professional Engineer).
- Demonstrated high level of written, oral and interpersonal skills.
- An ability to work independently as well as a member of a team and to prioritise work to meet deadlines is essential.
- Demonstrated experience in the maintenance and/or design of medical equipment technologies which contains digital and analogue circuits and/or mechanical and medical gas equipment including knowledge of relevant Australian standards.
- Well-developed conceptual and analytical problem solving skills and experience and a demonstrated ability to solve challenging and sometimes complex medical equipment problems and implement appropriate systems solutions.
- Experience in maintaining an equipment database.
- Computer skills in Microsoft Office (Access Database, Spreadsheets, Word) and excellent computer networking skills; knowledge of relevant Australian standards.
HOW TO APPLY
Please respond to the below two (2) pre-screening questions (max 4000 characters including spaces) and submit this with your CV and other required information.
Question 1: What have you done to model good customer service to your employees? Provide a specific example of when you have done this, and what the outcome was?
Question 2: Provide an example of a time when you have sort out opportunities to learn new skills in the workplace. What was the outcome?
If you’d like to discuss the position and role description more before you formally apply, confidential enquiries can be made to contact Rhys Winn on:
Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
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