Manager - Clinical Engineering - Bio-Medical Engineering - Lakeland, United States - Lakeland Regional Health

Description

Position Information

Work Type: Active - Benefit Eligible and Accrues Time Off
Exempt: Yes

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday
Work Hours per Biweekly Pay Period:

Shift Time:
Location: Medical Center, US:FL:Lakeland

Summary:
Responsible for providing leadership and for management of the human, material and financial resources of the assigned department(s), insuring that the department operations are in alignment with the goals and objectives of Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Consistently achieves the expected results at the appropriate level as outlined in LRHS's leadership competencies. The enterprise is committed to establishing and maintaining a Clinical Engineering program that addresses its 21st century healthcare technology needs. The role of Clinical Engineering is to manage healthcare technologies so as to facilitate safe, effective, timely, patient-centered, efficient and equitable delivery of care. This role is accomplished through the development and implementation of appropriate processes for selecting, deploying and maintaining those technologies. These processes are to be developed and implemented in a manner consistent with the clinical engineering industry's best practices.

Detailed responsibilities:
* People At The Heart Of All We Do
- Fosters an inclusive and engaged environment through teamwork and collaboration.
- Ensures patients and families have the best possible experiences across the continuum of care.
- Communicates appropriately with patients, families, team members, and our community in a manner that treasures all people as uniquely created.
* Safety And Performance Improvement
- Behaves in a mindful manner focused on self, patient, visitor, and team safety.
- Demonstrates accountability and commitment to quality work.
- Participates actively in process improvement and adoption of standard work.
* Stewardship
- Demonstrates responsible use of LRH's resources including people, finances, equipment and facilities.
- Knows and adheres to organizational and department policies and procedures.
* Std WK Duties: Manager-Clinical Engineering
- Develop and implement clinical engineering department strategies, goals, objectives and policies that are consistent with and support the organization's goals, objectives and policies
- Prepare and implement a healthcare technology (i.e., medical equipment) management plan. Review the plan annually and modify as necessary to improve performance, to reflect changes in the needs of the organization and in industry standards and best practices.
- Define, develop and manage the delivery of the organization's clinical engineering services, including consultative, technical, and educational services.
- Identify, acquire and manage resources (e.g., type and quantity of personnel, material, equipment, vendors, etc.) necessary to achieve clinical engineering's goals and objectives.
- Establish and maintain a computerized information management system (CMMS) to collect/store and facilitate the analysis of data and reporting about the organization's healthcare technology and related services.
- Maintain consistent standards of clinical engineering practice throughout the organization and ensure that all relevant regulatory, licensing the accreditation requirements (e.g., federal, state, and JCAHO) are met.
- Maintain effective communications with other stakeholders involved in the acquisition, use, and maintenance of healthcare technologies (e.g., medical/clinical, finance, information services, facilities, quality assurance, risk management, materials management, administrative, and regulatory staff). Participate in standing and ad hoc committees (e.g., EOC, Safety, Capital Budget, QA, management) and Task Forces as needed.
- Report on the status of the healthcare technology program to management (and other stakeholders as appropriate) on a regular scheduled basis and immediately when that status changes. Report on industry developments, emerging
- Define, develop, and manage various medical device security initiatives in conjunction with the IT security team.
- Represent the organization's interests with respect to clinical engineering in the larger healthcare community through participation in professional organizations and industry initiatives. Leader of Medical Equipment Sub-Committee and reports to the EOCC

Education:
Essential:
* Bachelor Degree
Nonessential:
* Master Degree

Education equivalent experience:
Essential:
* Biomedical or Clinical Engineering