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Clinical Equipment Coordinator

Company : Caritas Christi Healthcare System

City: Brighton

State: MA

ZIP: 02135

Posting Date: July 18, 2008

Type of Position: Allied Health

Company Profile

Company Name:Caritas Christi Healthcare System

Description

Established in 1985, Caritas Christi Health Care, the second largest health care system in New England, is a comprehensive, integrated health care delivery network providing community-based medicine and tertiary care in eastern Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

Each member of the Caritas Christi system, while a member of a community of health care providers, has its own rich history of providing outstanding, compassionate care and respect for the dignity of those served.

The acute care hospitals of Caritas Christi include: Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Brighton; Caritas Carney Hospital, Dorchester; Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton; Caritas Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center, Methuen; Caritas Norwood Hospital, Norwood; and Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River.

Primary BusinessHospital

Job Description

About us:

Each member of the Caritas Christi system, while a member of a community of health care providers, has its own rich history of providing outstanding, compassionate care and respect for the dignity of those served.

At the hub of the system's six-hospital network is Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, a tertiary academic teaching hospital affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine. The other acute care hospitals in Massachusetts are Caritas Carney Hospital, Dorchester; Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton; Caritas Holy Family Hospital and Medical Center, Methuen; Caritas Norwood Hospital, Norwood; and Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River.

Non-acute Caritas Christi facilities, which provide social, educational or health care services, include Caritas Home Care, Caritas Good Samaritan Hospice, Caritas Labouré College, Caritas St. Mary's Women and Children's Center and Por Cristo, an international volunteer medical services organization.

In addition the system includes Caritas Physician Network, a 400-physician group practice

Facility: Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston MA
Department: Clinical Engineering Services
- Part-time - 16 hrs/wk, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 am - 7:30 pm
- Day shift
- High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Job Description:
The appropriate management and deployment of the Common Pool Medical Equipment (CPME) significantly contributes to the overall quality of healthcare delivered at the Medical Center. The primary function of the Clinical Equipment Coordinator (CEC) is the management of the CPME and its related supplies and accessories to ensure that sufficient CPME devices and their corresponding supplies are available to clinical staff for the administration proper patient care. Maintain an accurate and dynamic inventory of all CPME throughout the medical center. Clean and tag equipment to established standard. Perform functional testing and very basic repairs of CPME throughout the hospital. respond to all service requests for CPME. The CEC will provide "first look" response to all service requests and will determine if problem is an equipment, operator, or a procedural error. The CEC will perform minor repairs and will send equipment to Clinical Engineering's main shop for major repairs and upgrades.

Qualifications:
High school and or/some experience with clinical equipment or supplies. experience in an Health Care environment. Basic technical knowledge of clinical equipment preventive and corrective repair standards. Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve equipment repairs is critical to success in this role. Knowledge of computers, electrical, electronic and mechanical principles required. Ability to explain and demonstrate the correct operation of clinical equipment to medical personnel required.

Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.

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