Assistant Bio-Medical Equipment Technician

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Periodic checking of OR anesthesia monitors, (EKG, pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, etc.) and recording their status to ensure proper functioning. Daily checking, cleaning, and maintenance of anesthesia machines located in the OR, OB suites or other areas

Checking functionality of all sophisticated anesthesia equipment including but not limited to anesthesia machines, Sonosite ultrasound device, transcranial Doppler, Transesophageal echo device, transcranial 02 monitor and obtain help from Sr. Technologists in correcting malfunctions if necessary

Stocking of Anesthesia carts in teh OR, OB Suite or other areas

Helping Manager and monitoring technologist organize anesthesia equipment and supply, receiving and relaying messages, coming to the equipment room etc.

Minimum Qualifications
1. Satisfactory completion of one year's service as Bio-Medical Technician Trainee; or,
2. Associate Degree which included a course in the appropriate medical technician field at the second year level; or,
3. One academic year of study in an accelerated junior college, college or university which included six semester hours in the health or medical field and/or chemistry or biological sciences, plus a nine-month approved training course in appropriate medical machine technician field; or,
4. Successful completion of an approved program in Operating Room or Surgical Technician, plus two years experience in appropriate medical technician field; or,
5. A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience.
6. Employees performing blood analysis require certificates of qualification issued by the New York City Department of Health in the subspecialty of 29 (pH blood gases) or specialty 28 (general clinical chemistry).

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs