Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes its Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, including the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the state’s only children’s hospital and clinic locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.

Industry: Hospitals and Health Care
Company Size: 10,001+ employees

Dartmouth Health

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Provides engineering technical expertise in support of several areas of departmental activity including quality assurance monitoring of service delivery, incident investigations, training of both technical and clinical staff, and regulatory compliance initiatives. Acts to coordinate the effective management of advisories regarding potential risks with medical equipment and provides general Clinical Engineering services in support of special projects throughout the D-H system and affiliates.

-  Maintains a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations and codes; auditing work of clinical engineers; developing training for operators; investigating patient incidents involving equipment.

-  Maintains patient care equipment by establishing in-coming testing procedures, and preventive and repair maintenance programs; implementing manufacturer recalls; awarding and monitoring service contracts; conducting special operational and functional tests.

-  Maintains equipment standardization by reviewing equipment purchase and modification requests; establishing standards.

-  Provides management information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing clinical equipment data and performance trends.

-  Achieves clinical engineering operational objectives by contributing clinical engineering information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining clinical engineering system improvements; implementing change.

-  May participate in staff activities such as recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees.

-  Meets clinical engineering financial objectives by forecasting clinical engineering requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

-  Networks with peers facilitating increased customer and financial performance through innovative ideas and the sharing of information.

-  Performs other duties as required or assigned.

-  Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field with a background in the application of clinical engineering principles as would be demonstrated by five (5) years of hospital experience in a clinical engineering role, or the equivalent is required.

-  A CCE certification is highly desired but not mandatory for this position.

-  A strong background in the life sciences (Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry and Biology) and an understanding of applicable healthcare regulations including those of OSHA, AAMI, JCAHO, Title 22 and others is required.

-  None

Clinical Engineer - Hybrid

Performs a variety of routine and complex tasks associated with the installation, maintenance, service, and calibration of a diverse range of radiation producing therapeutic and diagnostic imaging systems with minimal supervision of the management team.

- Assembles, repairs, and maintains mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and basic electronic devices.

- Performs electrical, safety and calibration tests on radiation producing therapeutic and diagnostic imaging equipment using specialized test equipment.

- Supports the systematic preventive maintenance program of radiation producing and diagnostic imaging equipment.

- Documents the introduction of new radiation producing therapeutic and diagnostic imaging equipment, corrective and preventive maintenance actions, and special requests.

- Installs, maintains, calibrates, modifies and services a variety of radiation producing therapeutic and diagnostic imaging devices by interpreting engineering and vendor information, schematic diagrams, and graphic illustrations.

- Diagnoses and corrects system and equipment malfunctions by making alterations, repairs, or replacements to ensure medical equipment and internal circuitry meet specified requirements. Makes calculations for computing circuit elements necessary to adjust circuitry to specified requirements.

- Provides technical assistance to D-H personnel in the operation and maintenance of equipment. Also, assists in providing recommendations regarding purchase of radiation producing therapeutic and diagnostic imaging equipment.

- In the event of proposed research, works under the direction of Clinical Engineers, and with clinical staff to accomplish objectives of the research initiative.

- Maintains current literature, manual files, and equipment logs. May assist in obtaining data and historical documentation on equipment.

- Assists with providing on-going one-to-one teaching of personnel in operation of specialized electronic equipment. Teaches in-service sessions on equipment/electronic safety.

- Under the direction of a Clinical Engineer assists with safety incident investigations

- Works with Physicists in equipment evaluation and certification requirements. Corrects insufficiency in specifications and refers unresolved problems to CEIT III or Supervisor.

- Provides mentoring and precepting to lower level technicians.

- Performs other duties as required or assigned.

- Associates degree in Electronics/Imaging Technology, Biomedical Equipment Technology with 3 years of related experience or equivalent in education and experience required

- Bachelor’s degree preferred.

- Minimum of 4 years experience in the repair of radiology equipment.

- Basic x-ray service plus service experience in 1 or more other modalities (ultrasound, nuclear medicine, CT, MRI, cathlab, linear accelerators, or specials) required.

- Considerable knowledge of electronic circuitry and troubleshooting.

- Able to interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, and illustrated parts drawing of biomedical instrumentation.

- Ability to accommodate a flexible schedule required.

- Ability and willingness to serve "on-call" duty as required

- Must be willing to serve as a technical resource to others in areas of specialty or certification(s)

- Good communication and strong customer service skills

- Working knowledge of the clinical application of medical technologies and devices preferred.

- Ability to travel to and from multiple D-H sites required

- Eligible to be certified as a Radiology Equipment Specialist by the International Certification Commission required.

Radiologic Engineer - Clinical Engineering

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