Bio-medical Technician (Kainji) at Cedarcrest Hospitals Limited

Cedarcrest Hospitals was founded in Abuja in January, 2008; and was formerly known as Cedarcrest Orthopaedic Clinics. Within a few years the hospital expanded its scope of practice into a full-fledged private multispecialty hospital. The core vision of the organisation is to provide world class healthcare services to patients in Nigeria, West Africa, and globally.

With hospitals located in both Abuja and Lagos our services accommodate over one hundred (100) beds and provide services and facilities such as; emergency / trauma centre, a helipad, major radiology diagnostic centre, a prosthetic manufacturing plant, an oxygen manufacturing plant, modular surgical operating theatres, cardiac catheterization unit and several other facilities that make for a modern multispecialty hospital.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Bio-medical Technician

Job code: BTK00001
Location: Kainji, Niger

The Role

• Reporting to the Head of unit, the biomedical technician installs, repairs and services the equipment medical professionals depend upon for patient care, such as ventilators and cardiac monitors.
• Provide technical knowledge and the ability to test, repair and maintain medical devices. Equipment includes electronic test equipment and various types of medical equipment.
• The Incumbent duties will include ensuring minimum equipment breakdown, monitoring repair services of medical equipment.
• The duties also include installing, adjusting and maintaining biomedical equipment, evaluating safety and effectiveness of machines, and also train personnel on use of biomedical equipment.
• Repairs, calibrates, and maintains medical equipment and instrumentation used in health-care delivery field, Perform scheduled maintenance inspections and performance assurance inspections on equipment to ensure safe and effective operating conditions.

Responsibilities

• Install, adjust, maintain, repair, or provide technical support for biomedical equipment’s
• Evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment’s
• Acquires or builds the tools necessary to design, build and maintain biomedical signal processing systems.
• Safety-tests medical equipment and health-care facility's structural environment to ensure patient and staff safety from electrical or mechanical hazards.
• Train personnel on the proper use of biomedical equipment.
• To ensure minimum equipment breakdown for smooth hospital operations.
• Daily, Weekly, Monthly report preparation & submission.
• Diagnose equipment malfunctions with accuracy and precision.
• Maintains biomedical equipment supplies inventory; anticipating needs; managing orders
• Cost control by root cause analysis of Breakdowns to prevent reoccurrence.
• Responsible for preparation of effective preventative and predictive maintenance programme and ensuring that it is carried out in totality.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations and policies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, relevant certifications in Bio-medical Engineering
• 2-5 years of managerial experience overseeing a diverse multispecialty hospital
• Knowledge of biomedical engineering processes.

Special Conditions

• Employment is contingent on passing a medical screening conducted by the hospital
• Employee will be subject to various testing including but not limited to drug and medical testing throughout the tenure of their employment
• Knowledge of workflow processes of biomedical equipment, ability to independently troubleshoot biomedical systems.
• Employee will be required to do heavy lifting of 22kg and more, as well as standing for long periods of time

Application Closing Date
20th August, 2020.