Manager Clinical Engineering

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The Manager, Clinical Engineering is responsible for the day-to-day business operations of the department that tests, repairs and maintains biomedical patient care equipment and support equipment. This role is responsible for providing oversight and leadership for the clinical engineering department and driving process improvements.

Department Name: {Clinical Engineering
Job Status: Full time, 40 hours per week
Shift:Day - 7:30am to 4pm. Weekend and Holiday commitment as needed. In person role.

• EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field.
• EXPERIENCE - Five (5) years of experience in Biomedical Engineering or related experience
• EQUIVALENCY - In lieu of a degree, additional biomedical experience may substitute on a year-for-year basis

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE
No direct patient care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.
1.Assigns and reviews work, provides work instruction (OTJ or formal training) and develops team members. Evaluates performance of team members, providing continuous feedback. Manages discipline and performance issues; hires and fires team members. Identifies resource needs and develops recommendations for meeting needs.
2.Documents compliance and maintains metrics of biomedical engineering equipment testing and maintenance programs, regulations and industry specific compliance indicators.
3.Manages the day-to-day activity of the quality management system including the identification of risk issues, conducts investigations, audits and takes corrective and preventative action to mitigate risk.
4.Provides department with data, background content, efficiency recommendations, preventive maintenance schedules and reports on behalf of the equipment maintenance program.
5.Provides departmental performance metrics for analysis as requested by leadership and proposes budgetary cost efficiencies.
6.Serves on hospital committees as a subject matter expert on medical equipment technology as well as on international testing, quality management and standards.
7.Drafts and implements policies and procedures related to biomedical equipment and its maintenance.
8.Participates and contributes to departmental-wide strategies, policies and systems for workforce planning, recruitment, retention, occupational health and safety, education and training and performance management.
9.Ensures that clinical engineering staff is participating in ongoing training programs related to equipment operations, standards and maintenance.
10.Develops and implements a service delivery strategy within the department. Establishes a regular communication plan within the department.
11.Serves as a resource mentor for technology management issues within CHCO.

SCOPE AND LEVEL

Guidelines: Guidelines are in the form of stated goals and objectives for function.

Complexity: Work assignment is unstructured and leader is responsible for implementing and managing a variety of objectives, resources, and initiatives to achieve the goals of the function. Duties performed include operational planning; developing standards, priorities, guidelines, processes, measurement (evaluation) systems; implementation of production and performance management standards; and allocating resources. Work is tactical and operational in nature.

Decision Making: Employee is responsible for planning, organizing, allocating resources, ensuring compliance with procedures, and achieving the objectives of the function.

Communications: Communication at this level is primarily internally focused and involves establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with team members, peers, directors, and executives. Provides guidance and interpretation of the enterprise's policies, procedures, and standards. Provides information to higher-level directors and executives.

Supervision Received: Responsible for achieving the objectives of function within the scope of established guidelines. Employee is expected to resolve problems that arise in the normal course of the work. Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and feasibility of decisions.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Audio-Visual: Depth Perception: Good

Audio-Visual: Far Vision: Good

Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good

Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good

General Activity: Sit: 4-8 hrs. per day

General Activity: Stand/Walk: 2-4 hrs. per day

Motion: Bend: Up to 1/3 of time

Motion: Carry: Up to 1/3 of time

Use of Hands/Feet: Both Hands - Gross Motor Function

Use of Hands/Feet: Both Hands - Precise Motor Function (Or Fine Manipulation)

Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 25 pounds: Up to 1/3 of time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Equipment: telephone, computers, reading reports/graphs

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Handles multiple priorities effectively

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works alone effectively

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works in close proximity to others and/or in a distracting environment

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Managing workload and system issues

Mental Stress: Multi-tasking, meeting deadlines, prioritizing

Mental Stress: Occasional off-hours and/or off-site work required

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.