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The Home Medical Equipment Tech triages rental home respiratory equipment and performs required repairs, calibration, and recertification in accordance with manufacturer specifications and Lincare guidelines.
Job Responsibilities:
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties for this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk to hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, sit, and stand. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 60 pounds.
May be required to stoop, kneel, or crouch as it relates to product handling and distribution. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. This position will be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and can be exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold including climates consistent with outside weather conditions. This position will be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
The Home Medical Equipment Tech triages rental home respiratory equipment and performs required repairs, calibration, and recertification in accordance with manufacturer specifications and Lincare guidelines.
Job Responsibilities:
- Repairs and recertifies of home Ventilator, Concentrators, and other Respiratory equipment per manufacturer guidelines
- Executes testing procedures utilizing proprietary test equipment, ensures compliance to codes/manufacturer's instructions, troubleshoots, and sterilizes equipment for patient use.
- Performs preventive maintenance and manufacturer required function testing
- Triage returned devices and determine proper disposition
- Maintain a safe and organized production/test area
- Documents and maintains records all for all repair and function test of equipment
Qualifications
- Ability to determine when repairs are feasible as compared to manufacturing guidelines
- Ability to understand the mechanical operation of Home Medical devices via testing equipment and/or gauges
- Interpret a variety of instructions in a variety of communication mediums
- Knowledge of Durable Medical Equipment (DME) or Home Medical Equipment (HME) preferred
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a production environment
- Mechanical aptitude with ability to learn
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or G.E.D. required
- On-site training provided as required for specific equipment
- Maintain certification necessary to repair specific equipment
- Must pass and maintain vendor training classes and become certified per manufacturers requirements.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties for this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk to hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, sit, and stand. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 60 pounds.
May be required to stoop, kneel, or crouch as it relates to product handling and distribution. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. This position will be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and can be exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold including climates consistent with outside weather conditions. This position will be regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
