Washington State Biomedical Association

It is with great pleasure that I announce the winners of the WSBA Scholarship Award. Congratulations go to first year student Lonny Stephens, and second year student William Cooper, who each won $500 for their submission on the topic of “What is My Motivation for Entering the Patient Care Equipment Field to Work as a Biomedical Equipment Technician?” I would like to thank the seven other entrants who also submitted essays for consideration.

Thanks also to the judges, Tom Hudon, Corrie Schumacher, Viki Philips, Dennis McMahon, Teri Anderson and Lynda Wilkinson.

The WSBA is proud to support the BMET program at North Seattle Community College.

Greetings and welcome to a new year with the Washington State Biomedical Association! We’re off to a great start with our first meeting which was held January 20^th at Swedish Medical Center’s Ballard campus. Thank you to the folks at Swedish!

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our new President-Elect, Jeff Schweer. I’d also like to thank Sandy Whyte, Corrie Schumacher, Jeannie Jazuk-Dunn and Geoff McAlpin for agreeing to stay on for another year and keep things running smoothly.

Your officers have been discussing ways of encouraging more member participation and we would like your feedback on these ideas:

• Holding meetings on Fridays instead of Wednesdays
• Video taping meetings for web broadcast
• Rolling the annual meeting in with the symposium
• Holding a CBET study class

I also wanted to take a moment and give a belated “Thank you!” to Philips for once again hosting the annual meeting at their Bothell facilities.

Corrie and I  represented the WSBA at the CMIA’s symposium in San Diego this weekend, we were  on a fact finding mission and returned with a wealth of information that we will be happy to share with all our members and hopefully apply some of it in our own upcoming WSBA Symposium  on September 24th & 25th.

                                            {mark your calenders}

      There is also new knowledge base on the CMIA website with educational pdf’s on a variety of subjects, feel free to download.

      The content of this event is also available for your perusal @

                              http://www.cmia.org/knowledge.htm

                               Slainte’ Mhath, Sandy.

Modern Medical Systems, Seattle

Modern Medical Systems is seeking a full time Sr. BMET/Site Manager for our Seattle area Team.

SR. BMET with Management Skills
Experience
1. Must have 10 years and above and AA Degree
2. Repair of medical equipment
3. AAMI certification desired
4. Provide Clinical in-service training on new and old-equipment
5. Cross train technical staff
6. Evaluate new equipment purchases
7. Supervise and Manage the Biomedical department
8. Incident Investigation/ Risk Management
9. Attend Safety Committee meetings
10. Department development
11. Coordinate outside vendor services.
We offer excellent pay and benefits, retirement plans, opportunities for career advancement, paid training days, generous TTO accruals, and more. For immediate consideration please contact:

Kile Jackson
Regional Service Manager – NW

Modern Medical Systems Co.
170 Finn Court, Suite One, Farmingdale, NY 11735
main (425) 899-3857: fax (425) 899-2071: cell (425) 941-3086
For more info, visit www.ModernMedicalSystems.com,

When: Wed, November 18
Sponsored by: Philips Healthcare
Location: 22100 Bothell Everett Hwy Building B, Cafeteria Bothell, WA 98021
Time: Doors open at 5:00 PM Dinner begins at 6:00 PM
Description: Once again we are very pleased to announce that Philips Healthcare will be hosting our Annual Meeting. This is typically a fun, social event that includes dinner and a super prize drawing at the end. In the midst of all this excitement will be a little WSBA business and election of the 2010 WSBA Officers.

All those who plan to attend MUST let me know no later than 11/11/09. (If you do not RSVP, you will not be allowed through Philips’ security.)

The complete list of attendees will then be forwarded to Philips to perform a background check and you must provide a photo ID to Security on the night of the event.

Please note that these new requirements are due to stricter homeland security measures and are not negotiable. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Please… you MUST RSVP to secretary@bmet.org to attend.

Our webmaster, who is on vacation, is the only one who can post to the job list, so until he returns I will post this opening to the front page.

Begin post:

We invite you to bring your career to an environment where talent is rewarded and new ideas are encouraged. At Seattle Children’s, the Pacific Northwest’s premier pediatric care center, we offer more than just state-of-the-art facilities and open career growth potential. You will also find a true commitment to our patients and families that reaches far beyond the bounds of clinical expertise. 

Biomedical Equipment Technician II

Currently we are seeking a full time Biomedical Equipment Technician II for our Clinical Engineering department. You will be responsible for repairing, calibrating, and maintaining all types of medical equipment technologies, devices, instruments, life support equipment and support systems of moderate complexity.

Requirements include an AA degree in Biomedical Equipment Technology and 2 years’ experience working in the repair and calibration of medical equipment. Certification by ICC/AAMI is preferred. 

We offer excellent pay and benefits, retirement plans, opportunities for career advancement, paid training days, transportation discounts, generous PTO accruals, and so much more. For immediate consideration, please apply online to www.seattlechildrens.org/jobs.  Seattle Children’s is an Equal Opportunity Employer.