Residence Requirements:

RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS: THERE ARE NO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EXAMINATION.  There is one vacancy at the Erie County Medical Center.

Examples of Duties:

A Director of Biomedical Services directs the operations of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Erie County Medical Center Corporation;

Oversees the installation, maintenance, calibration and inspection of biomedical equipment;

Manages and evaluates technical Biomedical Engineering staff in the installation, maintenance, calibration and inspection of biomedical equipment;

Oversees equipment usage and safety training programs administered to technical and medical staff;

Collaborates with Executive Leadership, Nursing and Medical staff to determine issues with existing equipment and potential equipment needs;

Develops and approves specifications and performance of new equipment; determines suitability for utilization and compatibility with existing equipment;

Develops and implements policies and procedures to ensure the availability of equipment, its optimum usage and related safety precautions;

Monitors industry literature and trends to stay current with new equipment and technological advances for potential use at ECMCC;

Prepares departmental budgets and monitors performance and variances; approves requisitions for equipment, tools and supplies;

Develops schedules and supervises testing of equipment; inspects equipment as needed;

Participates in the development of biomedical equipment contracts; monitors the performance of such contracts;

Collects, maintains and analyzes required data; prepares and presents reports as needed;

Serves as a liaison to vendors and contractors;

Monitors product recall notices and performs necessary corrective action to ensure safety.

Qualifications:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Candidates must meet one of the following requirements on or before the date of the written test: 

A.) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree, majoring in Biomedical Electronics, Electronics or closely related field, and five (5) years of experience in the maintenance of electronic equipment, of which three (3) years involved maintenance of biomedical equipment and of which two (2) years were in an administrative* or supervisory** capacity; or:

B.) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with an Associate’s Degree or sixty (60) semester credit hours, majoring in Biomedical Electronics, Electronics or closely related field, and seven (7) years of experience in the maintenance of electronic equipment, of which three (3) years involved maintenance of biomedical equipment and of which two (2) years were in an administrative* or supervisory** capacity; or:

C.) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and nine (9) years of experience in the maintenance of electronic equipment, of which three (3) years involved maintenance of biomedical equipment and of which two (2) years were in an administrative* or supervisory** capacity; or:

D.) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B) and (C).

Notes:

NOTES:  1.  *Administrative experience is defined as the responsible planning, management and control functions of an organization or organizational unit including the development and/or approval of operating policy and procedures 2.  **Supervision – Responsible direction and control of subordinate employees.  This involves the assignment of work, approval of work, training, evaluation and discipline of employees.  The supervisory aspects must be an integral part of the job, not incidental or occasional.  3. Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.  4.   Your degree and/or college credit must have been awarded by a regionally accredited college or university or one recognized by the New York State Education Department as following acceptable educational practices.  A grade of "D" or better is necessary for a course to be credited as successfully completed.  If your degree and/or college credit was awarded by an educational institution outside of the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency.  You can write to this Department for a list of acceptable companies providing this service; you must pay the required evaluation fee.

Notice to Candidates:  Transcripts will now be accepted by the Department of Personnel ONLY at time of application.  All subsequent transcripts must be submitted at time of interview.

The New York State Department of Civil Service has not prepared a test guide for this examination. However,candidates may find information in the publication "How to take a written test" helpful in preparing for this test. This publication is available on line at: www.cs.ny.gov/testing/localtestguides.cfm

Subjects of Examination:

SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION: A written test designed to evaluate knowledge, skills and /or abilities in the following areas:

1. Administrative supervision

These questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices involved in directing the activities of a large subordinate staff, including subordinate supervisors. Questions relate to the personal interactions between an upper level supervisor and his/her subordinate supervisors in the accomplishment of objectives. These questions cover such areas as assigning work to and coordinating the activities of several units, establishing and guiding staff development programs, evaluating the performance of subordinate supervisors, and maintaining relationships with other organizational sections.

2. Interviewing

These questions test for knowledge of the principles and practices employed in obtaining information from individuals through structured conversations. These questions require you to apply the principles, practices, and techniques of effective interviewing to hypothetical interviewing situations. Included are questions that present a problem arising from an interviewing situation, and you must choose the most appropriate course of action to take.

3. Preparing written material

These questions test for the ability to present information clearly and accurately, and to organize paragraphs logically and comprehensibly. For some questions, you will be given information in two or three sentences followed by four restatements of the information. You must then choose the best version. For other questions, you will be given paragraphs with their sentences out of order. You must then choose, from four suggestions, the best order for the sentences.

4. Understanding and interpreting tabular material

These questions test your ability to understand, analyze, and use the internal logic of data presented in tabular form. You may be asked to perform tasks such as completing tables, drawing conclusions from them, analyzing data trends or interrelationships, and revising or combining data sets. The concepts of rate, ratio, and proportion are tested. Mathematical operations are simple, and computational speed is not a major factor in the test. You should bring with you a hand-held battery- or solar-powered calculator for use on this test. You will not be permitted to use the calculator function of your cell phone.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES:  Unless otherwise noted, candidates are permitted to use quiet, hand held, solar or battery powered calculators.  Devices with typewriter keyboards, "Spell Checkers", “Personal Digital Assistants", "Address Books", "Language Translators", "Dictionaries", or any similar devices are prohibited.  You may not bring books or other reference materials.

**IMPORTANT APPLICATION FEE - READ CAREFULLY**

A $20.00 filing fee is required for this exam. The required fee must accompany your application. Send or bring check or money order made payable to Erie County Personnel Department and write the examination number(s) on your check or money order. Do not send or bring cash, as the County cannot be responsible for cash payment. As no refund will be made, you are urged to compare your qualifications carefully with the requirements for admission and file only for those examinations for which you are clearly qualified.