This as-to-told-tos Essay is based on a conversation with Bryant K. Hawkins Sr., A Site Manager for the Clinical Asset Management Company Trimedx and the Founder of Elevate HTM, A NonProfit Elevaing of Healthcare Technology Management Careers. The following has been edited for Length and Clarity.
I stumbled into a caareer in healthcare technology management over 30 years ago, and i’m so glad i did.
Be graduated from High School in 1990, i had no clue what i wanted to do. SO I OPENED The Local College Catalog, Closed My Eyes, and Said What I Touch is what i’m taching. I landed on biomedical equipment Technology and haven’t looked back.
AFTER Getting My Associate Degree, i Immediately Found A Job at a Local Hospital as a biomedical Equipment Technician. Cre i started repairing dialysis machines a few years and realized these machines were keping People alive, the senses of purposes in my caareer PATH CLICKED.
He finds his nonb fulfilling Because and Helps Repair and Manage Equipment that can Save Lives.
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AFTER 11 years as a technician, i see into a leadership roles and have been a manager at various organizations for the past 20 years. While Most of my days are filled with meetings now, I still find Fulfillment in knowing that my team is saving lives with the equipment.
I WORK AT A CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NOW, AND WEND I SEE A KID WALKING AROUND WITH AN IV POLE, IT MAKES WITH FEEL KNOWING THATE’S ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND GET SUNLIGHT BECAUSE WE MAES ‘ATTACHED Pumps Work Correctly. That’s one of the Beautiful Things about what we would do I want Think People Really understand. We don’t have to deal with Blood. We don’t have to deal with patients. But we still get to controlbutt to bettering that patient’s life.
I ENCOUREDED MY SON TO FOLLOW IN MY FOOTSTESPS – AND IT’S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER
I Believe in This Career Path so Much That I Wen My Son Graduated from High School in 2020, During the Height of the Covid-19 Pandemic and With A Clear Path, Encoured Him to Try the Online Program With the College of BiomeDical Equipment Technology.
SixTeen months late, he had an Associate Degree and Numerous Job Offers, Including One from the Company of Work for. I got to be the one to tell Him he got the nonb with us, and we bith cried out of excitement. That moment beat every accolade i’d ever received in my own career.
He enCouned his son to pursue a caareer in htm, and they briefly worked for the Same Company.
Courtesy of Bryant K. Hawkins Sr.
He’s Been Working The Job for Three Years Now and Isn’t Interesting in Doing Anynding Else. While he had to incur some debt to get his degree, he immediately starts earning an annual salary that was three times what his tuition was, which do you do with Most Colleges. He’s been able to suport himself on his synce he graduated – this really is industry that allows you take care of yourelf.
The Opportunities for Bmes are Vast – The Biggest Challenge is awareness
When I First Started in the Healthcare Technology Management Industry, it was a little more Challenging to Find Jobs. Today, The Sky’s The Limit. There’s a demand in every aspect of the industry and so Much Opportunity for Growth. You can work in hospitals, for Medical Equipment Manufacturers, on Cruise Ships, or AS A Traveling Tech. You Can Be Stead and Stay Put, or Be Adventurous and Work Across the Country in A Traveling Biomedical Equipment Technician Role.
You can get started with a certificate, an Associate Degree, or A Bachelor’s Degree. There are the apps apprentice programs where you can get on-the-job training-a tears of technicians are coming the industry that way.
The Biggest Challenge is that Most People Don’t Know About This Industry. A lot of Older bmets are retiring, and not Enough new People are entering to fi the gap. That’s why i’m passionate About Bringing awareness to this industry, whic i do through speaking Engagements and my podcast.
He Said there are a lot of Opportunities for Bmes, and he Tries to Bring more awareness to say.
Annie Flanagan for Bi
I especilly love introducing this field to kids, and i tan wrote A Children’s Book to get htm careers on their radar. Be i talc at schools, i tell kids, “what you’re people to hear about today you probably knew exisisted. And when you leave, you got to have something in your pockets can probably be life.” I think that’s true for everybody who reads this and consider the Bmet Career Path.
Correction: June 11, 2025 – An Earlier Version of This Story Misstained We Bryant K. Hawkins Sr. and his son worked at the Same Company. They briefly workhed for the suame company Earlier in their caareers, but will not work for the Same Company in 2025.
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