About this role
Medical Equipment Management
- Maintain an updated inventory of all medical equipment installed across hospital departments.
- Coordinate the installation, commissioning, testing, and acceptance of new medical equipment.
- Ensure medical equipment is used safely and efficiently in accordance with manufacturers' instructions.
- Assess equipment performance and recommend repair, replacement, or upgradation as required.
- Maintain equipment history records, warranty details, manuals, and service documentation.
B. Preventive and Breakdown Maintenance
- Prepare and implement preventive maintenance schedules for medical equipment.
- Coordinate corrective maintenance and troubleshooting of faulty equipment.
- Attend equipment breakdown complaints and ensure timely resolution.
- Coordinate with authorized service providers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), wherever required.
- Verify equipment functionality and safety before returning serviced equipment to clinical use.
- Monitor equipment downtime and maintain breakdown and repair records.
C. Calibration and Safety
- Coordinate calibration and performance verification of equipment as applicable.
- Ensure electrical safety testing and other prescribed safety checks are performed at defined intervals.
- Identify equipment-related hazards and take immediate action to prevent unsafe use.
- Ensure defective or unsafe equipment is appropriately labelled, isolated, and reported until cleared for use.
- Support investigations of medical equipment-related incidents and near misses.