Experience

Choctaw Nation Health Authority

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Biomedical Engineering

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  • Direct, coordinate and govern all functions related to safety testing, repair, and maintenance of all patient care equipment throughout the hospital and clinics. Develop strategic plan and PI for Biomedical engineering department. • Research, plan and assist with new technology acquisition and execution.• Planning and execution of several projects for the hospital and clinics including Infant abduction prevention system, Nurse call upgrade, Dental clinic expansion, Addition of Specialty clinic, Infusion clinics and medical equipment integration with EHR/RPMS. • Facilitate budget planning and ongoing management of department capital and operational budget. Monitors support costs including Cost of Service Ratio (COSR) to determine appropriate methods for managing equipment service contracts.• Regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment on significant matters central to the Biomedical function.• Research, develop, and schedule formal in-service training programs, coordinates and attend vendor training, and provides follow up training to team. • Work directly with legal to review contracts for procurement of medical equipment’s. • Review and finalize capital equipment recommendations to ensure continuity of care complain resolution, and uniform service provisions. • Function under continual time pressures, responds to stat calls to identify and correct problems and return critical equipment/systems to service.• Direct the Biomedical Department during regulatory inspections like Joint Commission (TJC), Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), College of American Pathologists (CAP) and any other applicable state regulatory agencies Show less

• Global Biomed Manager

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  - Direct Biomed team so that a high level of communication, cooperation, and coordination are met and to ensure compliance during regulatory inspections. - Review and finalize capital equipment recommendations to ensure continuity of care; complain resolution, and uniform service provisions. - Coordinate and participate in special projects such as new equipment acquisition purchase planning, development of bid specifications, analysis of vendor proposals, installation planning, acceptance testing, renovations, equipment upgrades, and equipment disposal. - Establish performance metrics for work order compliance, such as response times, scheduled equipment inspections, life support inspections, use errors, no problems found, cannot locate equipment, recalls/hazard alerts, and alarm work orders.- Document operator induced equipment problems and follow up corrective activities on work order system, instructs individuals and groups of equipment users on proper and safe use of equipment on informal basis. - Research, develop, and schedule formal in-service training programs, coordinates and attends vendor training, and provides follow up training to team. - Identify customer needs, allocate resources, and serve as a technical advisor to the clinical staff for the safe operation and proper use of medical equipment.- Regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment on significant matters central to the Biomedical function- Facilitate budget planning, and ongoing management of department capital and operational budget. Monitors support cost including COSR (Cost of Service Ratio) to determine appropriate methods for managing equipment service contracts.- Perform and documents preventative maintenance inspections only on high risk equipment to include physical, functional, calibration, and electrical safety checks Show less

• Biomedical / Clinical Engineer

  • Jul 2009 - Oct 2016

  - Managing and planning medical equipment setup for a new 300 employee hospital that is currently under construction in compliance with state and federal regulatory authorities. Report directly to Executive director and Hospital administrator. -Managed and kept track of the medical equipment assets in the hospital.-Designed Preventive Maintenance procedures based on OEM recommendation, maintenance history, and occurrences.- Resident technical expert to solve problems to determine the clinical efficacy of complex medical equipment systems and devices- Research new technologies, installations and investigate technological changes- To provide for the ongoing maintenance & operation of all biomedical equipment throughout the facility through repair, preventive maintenance & safety inspections- Identify, evaluate & maintain inventory of biomedical equipment utilize throughout the facility.- Provide education to personnel on the capabilities, limitations and special applications of biomedical equipment; operating, safety and emergency procedures to follow when reporting problems, failures, and users errors; and the skills and/or information to perform maintenance activities.- Evaluate all mechanical and electrical patient care equipment prior to use based on function including diagnosis, care, treatment and monitoring; physical risks associated with use, maintenance requirements and history of equipment incidents.- Perform preventive maintenance and safety inspection on all equipment in the facility- Investigate and report all biomedical equipment failures and user errors. Repair the equipment and document a report. - Utilize JCAHO, OSHA, NIOSH, ANSI, AAMI, NFPA, state, federal and regulatory body standards, regulations and legislative ruling in the formulation of departmental policies and procedures and guidelines for practice. Show less



SOMA TECHNOLOGY INC

• Biomedical Engineer

  • Jan 2009 - Jul 2009

  - Developed test methods to verify device under test meets OEM quality & design specifications & corrected parameters that were found not to meet OEM standards - Evaluated & documented the root cause of failures for devices that were returned by the customers and took necessary steps to mitigate the failures - Provided troubleshooting, service, repair and preventive maintenance in a cost-effective manner with a strong focus on customer satisfaction - Created and managed product information bank for various medical devices and conducted periodic training programs with technical information and updates for sales division - Trained nursing staff and other health care personnel for proper use and operation of equipments and dealt with technical queries and field problems that occur during regular hospital operation Show less