Senior Biomedical Engineer

PRAVASH R SAMAL

Contact: ****-889-***-**** E-Mail: *********@*****.**.** Location: Odisha, India

Biomedical Engineer /Biomedical Engineering Supervisor – With over 25 years of enriched experience

Hospitals Biomedical Engineering Troubleshooting Accreditation Process Improvement Medical Devices Healthcare Radiology Quality Management Healthcare Management Medical Imaging Project Planning Patient Safety Healthcare Industry Change Management Project Management Cross-functional Team Leadership Team Building Strategic Planning Capital Equipment Clinical Trials Program Management Quality Assurance Hardware Diagnostics Operations Management Leadership Procurement PMP Team Management Field Service Team Leadership Management Contract Management Testing

Seeking position as Senior Biomedical Engineer / Department Head / Service Head

Vigilant and methodical Biomedical Engineer responsible for assisting in optimizing equipment uptime, ensuring safety and performance in a cost-conscious and expeditious manner. Performed preventive maintenance, including calibration, repair, troubleshooting, and safety inspections of biomedical equipment. Conducted electrical safety checks, functional testing, physical inspections, scheduled parts replacement according to OEM recommendations for a variety of patient care equipment; Supervised biomedical/clinical engineering technicians and other support personnel.

Conduct equipment management program to meet requirements.

Assure the provision of a continuing education program for clinical staff.

Recall and safety alert program for medical devices, including medical device incident investigations.

Capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment.

Subject matter expert in the field of biomedical engineering.

■ BUSINESS VALUE PROPOSITION

Performing scheduled maintenance. Maintaining equipment and documentation to meet regulatory standards. General troubleshooting and problem solving to effect repairs. Excellent customer relationship skills. Running diagnostic programs. Excellent documentation skills and an expert in Inspecting, testing, and calibrating equipment.

Expert in determining whether or not equipment is performing satisfactorily. Also recommending whether equipment is to be removed from service, allowed to remain in service or restored to service.

Deliver technical support, repair, analyzing, designing, modifying, planning, installing, evaluating, calibrating, preventative maintenance & user training.

Responsible for managing the overall sourcing activities of medical general capital equipment. Responsible for managing the supplier sourcing process, developing and managing a supplier database, identifying and categorizing new sources, and seeking the maximum overall value for the business.

Leadership Skills & Personality Traits:

Effective people manager who is able to engage varied audiences and inspire colleagues to perform at the highest levels. Able to operate strategically, a creative thinker with strong analytical and project management skills.

■ PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Headed as Team leader of Biomedical engineering department .

Handle breakdown calls independently with occasional assistance and spare parts from vendor’s engineers. Overtook the maintenance of many vital equipment’s cancelling the AMCs. Areas that 100% under self-maintenance (only spare parts support from vendors or 3rd party) were Central Sterilization, ICU, OR including ENDOSCOPY, LAPAROSCOPY, DENTAL, NICU, OPTH, ENT HEMODIALYSIS – GAMBRO with occasional technical support, FRESENIUS – telephonic technical support unless major spare replacement and calibration.

Coordinated and participated in Emergency task force with war preparedness and visiting field hospitals with UN agencies and Red cross during 2010-2011 war in Libya.

■ EMPLOYMENT RECITAL

Chief Biomedical Engineer ( June2017 – Jan 2018)

IMS & SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Description : Responsible for the medical equipment assets management and maintenance of this NABH accredited 1000 bedded medical college and hospital,coordinating with the management for selection,sourcing of medical equipment and its up keeping schedules .

PREVIOUS WORK OVERVIEW

During the transitional period 2016 Oct to June 2017, I worked for various organizations and entities as :

As Senior Biomedical Engineer with TBS India Telematics and Biomedical services Pvt Ltd for East Godavari region.

Also worked as part time consultant for some local groups here in Bhubaneswar .My contribution was as technical guide to them for product description at clients during technical meeting .

Engineering Manager

Diasurge Medical Fze, Sharjah, UAE (Jan 2016 – October 2016)

Description: Responsible for expanding the company’s activities by introducing new product ranges. Travelled to Ethiopia and Ghana with a view to spreading the company’s jurisdiction for the first time and successfully visiting the clients there – both in private sector and government medical colleges, listening problems and attempting to cater to needs of maintenance of their existing equipment’s and negotiating with them for the supply of new equipment’s.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Manage processes for medical equipment supplier sourcing, selection and de-selection, qualification and performance.

Evaluate supplier capabilities and establish sources for different kinds of product.

Exercise judgment and in-depth knowledge of assigned categories to make purchases consistent with specified levels of quality, delivery, and price.

Anticipate, recognize, and advise on choosing the right kind of product for various grades of end-users spread across the countries – GCC, North Africa and Ghana, Ethiopia.

Lead sourcing initiatives to leverage suitable international vendors manufacturing medical equipment in various fields.

Identify metrics, tools, and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities, and efficiencies, and work collaboratively with team members to prioritize and drive implementation.

Role: Biomedical Engineer and Supervisor Duration: 2002 – October 2015

Employer: Ministry of Health –Ibn Sina University Teaching Hospital, Sirte, Libya

Description: Executed health ministry set-ups of medical equipment. Responsible for procurement and maintenance AMC with local vendors; As the chief biomedical engineer of the University hospital responsible for equipment maintenance by gradual cancellation of AMCs for many major departments; Participated in new bulk installations from various international vendors such as Fresenius, Gambro Hemodialysis machines, Philips branded CT, MRI, Ventilators, Central monitoring stations, Datex, Ohmeda Ventilators, Tuttnaeur, Matchana, Belimed Branded Central Steam Sterilizers etc.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Managed and coordinated activities of the Biomedical Engineering Department to include the evaluation, replacement, preventive maintenance, service, maintenance, repair, calibration and support of complex biomedical patient equipment of this hospital & also of other peripheral hospitals attached to IBN –SINA Hospital.

Supported the Medical Equipment Management component for the medical center.

Presented reports regarding equipment management in accordance with patient safety goals, standards, and regulations.

Performance of maintenance, repair, and calibration of hospital general biomedical equipment. Provided first hand support and most of the times independently servicing the medical equipment during their breakdown and normal maintenance. This also involves departmental emergency requirement of supporting the hospital 24 hours, seven days on call

Coordination of vendor repairs and documentation of vendor activities according to departmental practices. Coordinating with various suppliers and their engineers for spares and service support.

Provide on job training and support to the equipment users and operators.

Represent Biomedical Engineering on hospital committees in the areas of medical equipment management, equipment acquisition request, emergency/disaster preparedness.

Maintained departmental records, Documentation of preventative maintenance, repairs, and work activities.

Attended Management and provided assistance with new equipment technical evaluation and implementation of new equipment also investigation of incident reports regarding equipment in area of responsibility.

Development and presentation of in-service educational programs for hospital personnel and attending other administrative meetings as appropriate.

Updated Clientele records on products serviced in department, and as required assisted supervisor to update records for products service/reviewed by others.

As required verify test fixtures according to engineering’s specifications.

Maintained safe, orderly work areas, appropriately uses equipment and supplies.

Followed Life Safety Management (fire protection) procedures.

Reported safety Hazards, accidents and injuries.

Reviewed hazardous materials/Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)/waste management.

Employer: New Central Polyclinic, Sirte, Libya

Description: This is the largest multi-specialty referral out-patient hospital in the region under the Ministry of Health, Libya. The hospital is attached to the IBN SINA Teaching Hospital, Sirte, Libya. This hospital caters to patients across 300kms perimeter around Sirte region.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Supervise the entire medical equipment’s of the hospital to ensure its proper working and breakdown calls.

PREVIOUS WORK OVERVIEW

Employer: Ministry of Health, Sharourah General Hospital, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Role: Senior Biomedical Engineering Technician Duration: 1996 – 2001

Description: Worked as Senior Bio-medical engineering Technician in Govt. General Hospital Sharourah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under P.H.P.Co. Ltd.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Responsibility included independently attending to the breakdown calls during and after the usual duty hours from various departments of this well –equipped hospital comprising the departments like Artificial Kidney unit / Haemodialysis unit, NICU, ICU, OR, LAB, Blood Bank, X-ray, Physiotherapy, OB/ Gyneac and various wards and outpatient departments like 2 Dental, Ophthalmology, ENT etc.

Carried out monthly preventive maintenance / calibration schedule charted out at various departments for various vital equipment’s like haemodialysis machines, blood gas analysers, blood cell counters, some other laboratory equipments, autoclave steam sterilizers, monitors/ defibrillators etc. Interacting with the suppliers' engineers during the installation and after sales warranty service of various equipment’s.

Attended various in house product trainings from supplier’s engineers for various medical equipment.

Assisting in the preparation of monthly reports for submitting at the MOH on behalf of the company.

PREVIOUS WORK OVERVIEW

Employer: B.L. Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd., Madras

Role: Bio Medical Engineer / Product Manager Duration: 1992 – 1996

Career Elevation: Initiated as a Sales & Service Engineer in 1992 and promoted as Bio Medical Engineer cum Product Manager in 1993 for Medical Equipment Division.

Description: B.L. Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd. a company with its Head office located in New Delhi, was dealing with the following medical equipment’s:

Ventilators, Oxygen monitors, Spo2 monitors, O2 concentrators.

Computerized modular spirometers, pulmonary function test systems, with body plethysmography, cardio-pulmonary exercise system with 12- lead ECG analysis and O2 and CO2 kinetics, programmable treadmills.

Body warming system using Bair hugger therapy.

Wireless central monitoring station with portable multi parameter bed side patient monitors w/ defibrillators.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Responsible included sales, installation, demonstration and after sales service / maintenance of the above said medical equipment’s for different states of India.

Responsibility of directly interacting with the overseas suppliers' engineers regarding the customers' special enquiries about a product / critical fault of the equipment. The duty involved a lot of hard work, coordination among the team of sales and service crews, extensive touring.

■ EQUIPMENT SKILLS PURVIEW

O.R.: OR tables, OR lights -Maquet, Hanaulux (including installation), multi parameter patient monitors, Tournqit, Drills (both pneumatic and electrical for - Ortho surgery), Opthalmic Surgical microscope (Carl Zeiss,HAAG –STREET Surgical ),patient warming / cooling units, electrosurgical units (Storz, Eschmann, ITC, Aesculap, Valley lab energy platform, Erbee Argon coagulation unit), suction machines (various Mfg.), Anesthesia ventilators (Dragger, GE Datex Ohmeda, Stephan Gmbh, penlon, Blease), Complete Surgical Laparascopic Towers/units (Olympus, Karl Storz Endoscopy units with Endoscope Auto-disinfector(Olympus), POKA YOKA disinfector, Drager aseptor etc.

ICU: Multi parameter bed side monitors with Central monitoring station- both wired and wireless - (Philps MP20, Schiller Argus PRO, Marquet Hellige, UTAS-Ukraine, Nihon koden) ECG machines (Philips Trim I, Schiller AT1, AT2, GE MAC1200), Defibrillators (Philips, GE), Ventilators (GE Datex Ohmeda, Stephan Gmbh, Drager, Versamed, Siemens servo, Bear, Hamilton), syringe and infusion pump (B Braun & various other Mfg.), Spo2 monitors, Oxygen concentrators, Body warming system using Bair hugger therapy UPS, Electrical remote control patient beds etc.

Dental: Finndent, Ritter, Ross, Eurodent, Siemens Sirona, including various other Italian, Iranian, Brazilian and Chinese manufacturers of Dental chair) with dental x –rays, Light cure, scaler and film processors.

Sterilizers: (Steam / Dry air- Bigger models and also table top models) Gettinge, Matachanna Series 1000, Stephenhofers, Instaclave Eschman, BMM Weston, Belimed 6-6-9VS1 Swiss made, Tuttnaeur (55 and 66 series, Vertical Sliding door single door and double door) Memmert etc.

NICU: Airshield and Drager, Ningbo David standalone plus transport incubators, Bear cub and dragger babylog ventilator, monitors w/defibrillators.

Radiology: Stand alone fixed X-Rays from Philips (basic problems only),GE, Siemens, Villa Systemi (complete de-commissioning of entire unit by self), Also Mobile X-Rays of above Mfgs,Kodak and Protec etc. Film Processors,Philips INTERA 1.5T MRI (Basics),Philips Gyroscan 64 Slice CT, Lithotriptor (Karl Storz), C-ARM X-rays.

Ultrasound: Kontron, Hitachi, Aloka, GE Vivid Pro, Philips, Bio care, Mindray

Laboratory: Beckman automated chemistry Analyzer (CX-9), Beckman coulter counter, (Human) Chemistry Analyzer, spectrophotometers (of various Mfgs)) Hematology analyzers (Huma count, Huma count 5, Mind ray Electrolyte analyzers (AVL, Human), Hemoximeter, Blood gas analyzers (Radiometer ABL 3,50, Roche Omni-c), Incubators, Flame photometers, High speed centrifuges –both Refrigerated and non-Refrigerated, cuvette / plate washers, media sterilizers, GFL water distillers etc.

Physiotherapy: Enraf nonius make stimulators, shortwave, ultrasound, microwave treatment related items,Traction-Eltrac 471,

IR/UV therapy, Tread mill, cycle ergo meter,CPM lower limb rehabilitation from FSIOTEK,Italy.etc.

Hemodialysis: COBE Centry 2Rx and CS-3, Gambro AK-95 and AK-96 including the water treatment, Fresenius 4008S and 5008 including the water treatment Aqua B plus .

Pulmonary: Computerized modular spirometers, pulmonary function test systems, with body plethysmography, cardio-pulmonary exercise system with 12- lead ECG analysis and O2 and CO2 kinetics, programmable treadmills (Medical Graphics, Schiller)

ENT & Ophthalmic: ENT diagnostic unit, Maico OAE Analyser, Opth diagnostic unit etc.

■ ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

P.G. Diploma Computer Hardware and Assembly Language Programming 1991

National Center of Computing Techniques, Chennai, India

P.G. Diploma Digital Electronics and Microprocessor Institute of Electronics, Chennai, India 1991

Bachelor of Engineering Electronics and Communications Institution of Engineers (India), AMIE 1990

■ PERSONAL DOSSIER

DOB: 16 Nov 1967

Linguistic Abilities: English, Hindi & Arabic

Address: C/o Mr. B.P. Nayak, Q/r No. S/7, Plant Site Police Colony, Rourkela-769001, Odisha, India

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