Manager, Biomedical Engineering

NMC Healthcare is one of the largest private healthcare networks in the United Arab Emirates, and the third largest in Oman. Since 1975, it has provided high quality, personalized, and compassionate care to its patients and is proud to have earned the trust of millions of people in the UAE and around the world.

NMC’s network is made up of 85 medical facilities, including JCI-accredited, multi-specialty hospitals, medical centres, community clinics, day surgery centres, fertility clinics, home health services, and long-term care facilities throughout the UAE. It employs over 12,000 people and serves over 5.5 million patients every year. The NMC Healthcare group also includes the ProVita International Medical Centre, CosmeSurge, and Fakih IVF Fertility Centre brands. NMC’s Fakih IVF is ranked as one of the leading in-vitro fertilization service providers worldwide.

Job Summary:

Responsible to ensures uninterrupted and proper running of all medical and biomedical equipment in the hospital Also work on developing new medical technologies and treatments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement preventive maintenance schedules to ensure the longevity and reliability of biomedical devices.
• Collaborate with external vendors and service providers for specialized repairs and technical support as needed.
• Coordinate with the IT cyber security team to ensure all biomedical equipment comply with the requirements for network connectivity.
• Conduct periodic inspections and audits to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal quality standards.
• Evaluate the technical specifications and performance characteristics of biomedical equipment to support procurement decisions.
• Coordinate the installation, calibration, and validation of new biomedical devices in collaboration with vendors, clinical staff, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and risk management activities to enhance the performance and reliability of biomedical systems.
• Planning of medical equipment’s for existing hospital and any new projects.
• Provides domain knowledge input during the pre-purchase stage of all biomedical equipment.
• Maintains a regularly updated inventory of all biomedical equipment in the hospital.
• Coordinates and evaluates the work performed by service contractors to include maintenance, calibration, installation and verification of service documentation.
• Conducts and assesses safety and risk assessment together with the FMS teams and develops measures to counter them.
• Vendor management and development with particular reference to vendors who can repair PCB's major assemblies that companies ask to replace at high costs.
• Collects monitoring data for the medical equipment management program.
• Develops and coordinates departmental quality initiatives.
• Strictly adheres to organization’s regulations and policies especially those related to infection control, patient safety, HAAD, JCI and ISO.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree – Biomedical or related fields. Master’s degree in biomedical engineering will be an advantage.