Clinical Engineer System Integration (HL7 Experience Required)

Description Job Summary Acts as technical subject matter expert on medical device connectivity and provides expert knowledge in developing and maintaining interfaces in a healthcare environment. Ensures effective and safe procurement, deployment, and sustainment of integrated medical devices/systems. Serves as a medical device/system subject matter expert to clinical staff, vendors, and the Clinical Engineering department. Supports, among others, the following integrated medical devices/systems: patient monitoring, nurse call, infusion pumps, vital signs, EEG, perfusion systems, OR video integration, cardiology ultrasounds, interactive patient systems, environmental monitoring systems, DICOM nodes, post-processing software, gastrointestinal systems, digital dental systems and review/acquisition software, HL7 brokers, Cerner EMR, and CMMS. Oversees multiple medical device/system projects with diverse stakeholders, timelines, and resources. Sustains medical device/system hardware, software, firmware, networking, servers, clients, databases, and interfaces with the support of clinical staff, in-house technical resources, and vendors. Sustainment scenarios include resolving end-user issues, supporting downtimes, requesting feature requests, performing vendor remediation, and responding to recalls or patient incident investigations. Job Specific Duties * Serves as a medical device/system subject matter expert to clinical staff, vendors, and the Clinical Engineering department. * Responsible for the assessment, design, procurement, installation, monitoring, maintenance, troubleshooting, documentation, configuration, performance, and testing of medical device/system hardware, software, firmware, networking, servers, clients, databases, and interfaces with the support of clinical staff, in-house technical resources, and vendors. * Responsible for resolving end-user issues, supporting downtimes, requesting feature requests, performing vendor remediation, and responding to recalls or patient incident investigations. * Develops and maintains an up-to-date inventory and technical reference documentation of medical devices/systems and their interconnections for use in end-user issues, downtimes, feature requests, vendor remediation, recalls, repairs, upgrades, incident investigations, or capital planning. * Oversees and participates in multiple medical device/system projects with diverse stakeholders, timelines, and resources. * Monitors and adopts the industry's and health system's latest best practices for integrated medical devices/systems, specifically for risk assessments, IT change management, FDA or vendor hazard/recalls, or patient incident root cause analysis. * Juggles multiple medical device/system issues requiring adequate response, delegation, prioritization, or escalation. * Participates in a rotating on-call schedule to respond to medical device/system end-user issues and device/system downtimes in a 24/7/365 environment. * Provides functional and technical guidance to assigned personnel on a daily basis including scheduling, monitoring, reviewing of systems studies, project and program. Qualifications Minimum Job Requirements * Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering or related major (OR) 5+ years of equivalent relevant experience. * 4-7 years of hands-on experience in medical systems configuration and administration. * 4-7 years o f e xperience designing, implementing, and supporting clinical application systems. * 4-7 years of work experience with SQL Server relational database systems. * 4-7 years of work experience in HL7 interface engines. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities * Healthcare Technology Management and Information Technology relevant certifications strongly preferred. * Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and writing. * Strong working knowledge of healthcare technology management, project management, information technology, and process improvement. * Strong working knowledge of Windows OS, MAC OS, Linux OS, HL7 brokers, XML, JAVA, SQL, DICOM, and Cerner EMR. * Strong working knowledge of patient monitoring, nurse call, infusion pumps, vital signs, EEG, perfusion, OR/Cath Lab video integration, Cardiology device/systems, interactive patient systems, environmental monitoring systems, DICOM nodes, post processing software, gastrointestinal systems, dental systems, HL7 brokers, and CMMS. * Strong soft skills (communication, flexibility, leadership, teamwork, time management, creativity, ability to work under pressure, self-motivation, accountability, etc.) * Practical experience with project delivery and systems development. * Experience in leading hospital applications suites preferred. * Working knowledge of HL7 standards and custom interface products. * Strong understanding of enterprise Wide Area Network (WAN), Local Area Network (LAN), TCP/IP, Ethernet. Job: Information Technology Department: CLINICAL ENGINEERING-2100-810000 Job Status: Professional