Biomedical Equipment Technician

Hospitals in the West is an administration within the Västra Götaland Region and consists of four hospitals – Alingsås Hospital, Angered Community Hospital, Högsbo Community Hospital, and Kungälv Hospital. Approximately 3,000 employees work with us every day to provide excellent and safe specialist healthcare of the highest quality. Welcome to Biomedical Technology at Hospitals in the West At Medical Technology within Hospitals in the West, a total of 16 engineers and technicians work together in 5 different technical teams. Our primary task is to ensure that equipment is safe to use for both patients and staff. Our customers are primarily our four hospitals, as well as Community and Regional Health services in our service area. Who are you? We are looking for someone who is outgoing, has good customer service skills, and well-developed collaboration abilities. It is very important that you can handle tasks of varying nature, have a strong ability to work on multiple tasks in parallel, and are stress-resilient. We value responsibility and quality awareness highly and place great emphasis on your personal qualities, as client meetings are a daily part of the work to build your network for good collaboration. What we offer you You should preferably have experience working with biomedical equipment such as blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, and equipment used in outpatient care. You will be part of the mechatronics technical team. Your placement will primarily be in Kungälv. We work in a team-based manner, which means that planned maintenance is performed on-site at one of Hospitals in the West's four hospital locations or within Regional or Community Health centers or clinics. Business travel occurs one or several times per week during daytime hours. Main tasks include preventive and corrective maintenance on biomedical equipment. Depending on your competence and potential, your assignment may also include participation in procurement processes and conducting training initiatives for healthcare staff, among others. We work in a flow-based case management system, which means that departments register their cases themselves in the Medusa customer portal. We are committed to continuous professional development through training and courses where you can grow in your professional role, making your job both rewarding and stimulating. Qualifications You may have engineering education at upper secondary or higher education level or equivalent experience acquired from previous work. Experience in project management is meriting. It is a requirement that you have practical skills and experience in service work, preferably within biomedical technology. A practical test will be conducted as part of the selection process. It is meriting if you have previous experience working in a hospital organization and have broader general technical competence. Knowledge of network technology, computers, and data acquisition is welcome. To function in your role, you need to be comfortable managing many cases simultaneously and be able to prioritize among them to provide customers with the help they need. Language skills: Swedish; fluent in speech and writing English; good knowledge to communicate verbally and to understand service manuals and training materials A Class B manual transmission driver's license is a requirement for this position as you may need to use a car for transportation. Other information Selection and interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis with a break for summer vacation weeks 30-33. The intended start date is in December. We welcome your application! About Västra Götaland Region With us, you become part of something larger. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives throughout Västra Götaland every day. You contribute to safe and equitable care and to a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communications create quality of life. We are in the midst of digital development where you can help shape the future ways of working to improve and simplify everyday life for residents and operations. As a permanent employee, you will be registered for civil contingency duty as part of our shared responsibility for maintaining societal critical functions even in times of crisis. Want to know more about us? On our website you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference and develop in their professions every day. https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/ Application Västra Götaland Region prefers that you register your application through the recruitment system. If you have questions about the advertised position or for special and exceptional reasons cannot register your information in a public system – contact the contact person for the respective announcement. To staffing, recruitment, and temporary work agencies and to you as a job advertisement seller: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing, recruitment, and temporary work agencies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job announcements. Västra Götaland Region has procurement agreements in place.

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