Clinical Engineering Network Specialist

Company: Dignity Health - Corporate Service Center
Location: San Luis Obispo
Posted on: March 26, 2020

Job Description:

Overview Dignity Health, one of the nationaposs largest health care systems, is a 22-state network of more than 9,000 physicians, 63,000 employees, and 400 care centers, including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. In FY17, Dignity Health provided 2. 6 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unpaid cost of government programs. For more information, please visit our website at www. dignityhealth.org. Responsibilities NOTE This position will support the Medical Foundation Clinics within the Market. Position Summary The Biomedical Network Engineer is responsible for design, implementation and support of the Biomedical IT environment. This position provides specialized repair (radiology, biomedical and biomedical network devices.) and maintenance services to medical treatment and diagnostic equipment. Principle Duties and Accountabilities Provides specialized medical equipment repair on Biomedical IT equipment in inventory. Performs electrical safety testing on specialized medical equipment in inventory. Performs preventative maintenancecalibrationssecurity for specialized medical equipment in inventory. Provides technicalnetwork support and assistance to Clinical Engineering technicians. Must be able to recommend, develop and implement Biomedical IT solutions in a moderately complex dynamic multi-site biomedical environment. Proactively monitor, evaluate, analyze and resolve Biomedical IT issues in a timely manner. Develop and maintain documentation related to Biomedical IT architecture, processes and support. Develop and maintain documentation related to information security architecture, processes and support. Performs product evaluations on proposed and current technology solutions creates risk statements, summaries and presentations for management in an effort to identify, recommend and prioritize cost effective Biomedical IT solutions. Assists users in the specification, selection, installation, andor administration of the various Biomedical IT related devices and software that may be attached to the network. Provides technical consulting to other Information Technology personnel, on an as needed basis, in the analysis of network performance. Leadcoordinate efforts for medical device patching and updating of firmware andor applications appropriate for the medical device. Research medical device manufactureraposs resources for approved patches and updates applicable to medical devices in all modalities. Knowledgeable in general cybersecurity topics and activities of protection and mitigation of devices to maintain clinical functionality. Completes all necessary record keeping for network environment, work orders received and finished. Serves as a technical resource to various departments in providing expertise in the area of Biomedical IT and participates on project task teams as assigned. Provides after-hours support of the data network operations consistent with the Information TechnologyClinical Engineering department on-call policies and procedures Participates in hospital sponsored education relating to job function and attends all education programs deemed appropriate by Manager. Evaluate new Biomedical Information technology. Assist with the planning and design of future biomedical IT Equipment. ClinicalEngineering Qualifications Minimum Qualifications Bacheloraposs degree in Electrical Engineering or Network Engineering Minimum of six (6) to eight (8) years of related clinical engineering experience, with a minimum of two (2) years of experience in Clinical Engineering network security. Advanced knowledge of information networking principles and best practices Experience with HIPAAHITECH compliance standards Reliable transportation is required Preferred Qualifications A+Network+ certification is preferred Certification for Radiological Equipment Specialist (CRES) or Certified Biomedical Equiment Technician (CBET) certifications are preferred OptionsApply for this job onlineApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later. Share on your newsfeed Connect With Us! Not ready to apply, or canapost find a relevant opportunity? Join one of our Talent Communities to learn more about a career at Dignity Health and experience humankindness. Equal Opportunity Dignity Health is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please click here. Dignity Health will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractoraposs legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). External hires must pass a post offer, pre-employment background checkdrug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest andor conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances. 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