Biomedical Equipment Referent (m/f)

Candidate profile

• Biomedical Engineer or relevant experience as Service Engineer for medical equipment
• Experience as Service Engineer in hospital environment an asset
• Field experience in developing countries, with MSF an asset
• Proactive and willing to propose innovative ideas and solutions rapidly
• Mobile & flexible
• Good analytical skills
• Able to plan his/her work
• Result, quality & service oriented
• Good Teamwork and cooperation capacity / Excellent team player
• Proficient in electromechanical aspects of medical equipment
• Proficient in the management and technical aspects of maintenance and repairs of medical equipment
• Good understanding of electricity and electrical safety
• Familiar with basic medical imaging technology and with laboratory diagnostics technologies
• Familiar with quality control aspects of diagnostic equipment
• Good oral and written communication in English and French (any additional language is an asset)

Conditions

• One year contract - Full time - based in Brussels.
• Hospital insurance (DKV) - pension plan - canteen - 100% reimbursement for public transport costs
• Starting date:  immediate.

Deadline for applications: 17th of August 2015

 

 

Curriculum Vitae and covering letter to be sent by e-mail to Recruit-HQ-Log@brussels.msf.org with “biomed” in the subject.

 

 

Biomedical Equipment Referent (m/f)

 

Context

The Log department is opening a position for a Biomedical Equipment Referent, who has interest in operational challenges and tactics.

According with Log vision @ MSF Today, the Operational Logistics is a very specific and well-known force of MSF. Beyond the fulfillment of basic logistic needs, logistics is a solution-driven and innovative force that helps to build and realize operational projects. 

The Raison d’être of the position is to guarantee that the medical equipment used in the field are being installed, maintained and repaired in order to ensure continuity of our programs depending on the equipment in a large range of existing MSF standard equipment and the prospect of more and more advanced diagnostic equipment.

 

The Biomedical Equipment Referent is part of the Back Office of the Logistics department. S/he will be part of the BioMed platform together with the BioMed referent of the Medical department and the Biomed technician in MSFSupply to ensure the coherence between the 3 entities in charge each one of different interlinked aspects.

On request, as a member of the Log Back Office, the Biomedical Equipment Referent is in a functional relation with the Scenario Referents.

The Biomedical Equipment Referent ensures continuity of the use of medical equipment in the field through advice and implementation of correct installation, maintenance, repairs and quality control of medical equipment. S/he validates the technical aspects related with maintenance and repairs of new proposed equipment by Medical department and must be clearly aware of the high level of care aimed for by operations. The technical variety and complexity of the equipment and possible local outsourcing procedures the maintenance/repairs may involve will be a challenge.

The Referent has to analyze and propose specialized techniques and products for the implementation of maintenance and/or repairs. 

Job Profile

Provide 1^st line support and Help Desk specialized in Biomedical Equipment maintenance:

• To support Log Cells and Logcos on biomedical equipment maintenance when no local service capacity or formal MSF guidance is available
•  To support Back Office on the content development and updates of 1^st line support tools
  

Produce 2nd line support in Biomedical Equipment maintenance:

• To support on the definition on the planning and execute installation, maintenance, repairs and decommissioning of Biomedical Equipment or directly define by delegation from Ops in case of high complex technical projects.
• To define, together with field Biomed responsible, the capacity of MSF to outsource Biomedical Equipment maintenance locally
• To follow up (on demand) on local service contracts
• To give support to the technical aspects & execution of outsourced maintenance
• To coordinate the activities of the MIO Biomed and to guarantee the technical support for field Biomed referents and technicians
• Coaching and briefing of persons supervising Biomed technicians 
• To liaise with the medical department (and other actors) in order to validate technical specifications of new proposed equipment.
  

Produce 3rd line support documents, guidance & “dossiers de fond” in Biomedical Equipment maintenance:

• To produce / Update guidance documents and technical protocols for the maintenance of Biomedical Equipment
• To Produce / Update necessary template type documents + checklists related to maintenance for further use and guidance of field activities
• To Develop and deliver training modules content related to the maintenance and repair of Biomed equipment adapted to the new field reality
• To Assist in identifying Biomed logisticians
• Liaise with other OC technicians / working groups in order to share / exchange / adopt / improve existing methods / guidelines and templates
• To work on R&D projects regarding Biomedical Equipment
• To capitalize on field experiences in order to maintain an ongoing continuous institutional learning and improvement process
• Participate in the mapping of local suppliers/service companies