Assimilation of Biomedical Engineering into Environmental Services at University Hospital

The management structure at University Hospital was realigned into five portfolios headed by a Vice-President. Forty-five departments were consolidated into 17 teams, each headed by a manager who reports to a V.P. Biomedical Engineering (BME) was included as part of Environmental Services along with Property Services, Housekeeping and Security. BME segmented into Medical Equipment, Clinical Engineering and Dialysis Technical Services each headed by a Biomedical Engineering Technologist, Clinical Engineer or Technical Specialist respectively. BME continues to meet the needs of the hospital as individual sections within a multidisciplinary team. The management and technical duties of the previous Manager, BME, have been assumed by Manager, Environmental Services, BME staff, and the new position of Director, Technology Development. Although the past and present Manager of Environmental Services was a Clinical Engineer, in the the team could be managed by an individual with either different technical qualifications (i.e. Operating Engineer) or no technical qualifications.