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Senior Engineer:Team Lead / Mentor

Build competence, plan cover, coach new engineers and lead in a crisis.

For: Hospitals promoting a senior engineer to lead technicians, or growing a team with new graduates.

Before you start: Senior Engineer (core) completed or in progress: this branch assumes the core's competencies and builds the Team Lead / Mentor specialism on them.

Start free: week 1 of a trackBook a demo for your team
Your mentor, a character in the trackMarcus ChenFormer Head of Clinical Engineering, now regional
Length
6 weeks
Time
3-5 hours a week
Levels
Easy, Medium, Hard
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
On your own
$199, 12 months
Senior Engineer: Team Lead / Mentor: Medical City, atrium
Medical City · atrium

The arc · 6 weeks · The Team Room

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

  • Signs off competence with evidence and plans the trade-off
  • Plans safe cover, on-call and fatigue limits
  • Coaches by questions and mentors with plans
  • Trains clinicians at scale on what prevents harm
  • Responds to errors with a just culture
  • Leads the team in a major incident

The story

BMEssentia Medical City Hospital; you now lead a team of technicians, four of them new graduates.

Marcus ChenFormer Head of Clinical Engineering, now regional · your mentor (a character in the track)
“Capacity is what a competent person adds. Until then, they cost you time, and that is the investment.”

Inside the track

What you actually use, every week.

The real screens: My track, a step with your mentor, a simulation, your skills map and the certificate.

My track
My trackThe arc of 6 weeks, this week's case, your mentor and your next step, in Senior Engineer: Team Lead / Mentor's own colours.
A step in My track
A step in My trackWhat to do, why it matters now and what to look for, before you open the simulation.Shown: this track's first case, with Marcus Chen
A simulation
A simulationReal hospital work in Medical City, scored and debriefed, at your level.
Your skills map
Your skills mapThis track's own competencies, from your baseline to mastery. They move only on evidence.Shown: a sample learner's progress
The certificate
The certificateA Certificate of Completion in the track's colours, with the work behind it.Shown: a sample for Grace Mwangi, a fictional learner

The arc

6 weeks, one running case.

Each week is one working shift: learn, see inside, do, work, think, check, reflect. Open a week to see its real steps.

The case board

  1. Week 1Competence before capacityCompetency sign-off matrix
  2. Week 2Cover, on-call and fatigueCover plan for a long weekend
  3. Week 3Coaching and mentoringA mentee's development plan
  4. Week 4Teaching clinicians at scaleWard training session and super-user plan
  5. Week 5Just culture and psychological safetyTeam response guide for errors and near misses
  6. Week 6Boss week: Lead in a major incidentMajor incident debrief and team actions
  1. Week 1Competence before capacity2.2 h

    Four new graduates.

    • DoOperations Manager simulation: Four new graduates, competence before capacity30 min
    • WorkPresent studio: competency matrix and the output trade-off20 min
    • LearnClinical Engineering ch. 4, lesson 3: Creating an Organizational Chart for Clinical Engineering15 min
    • ThinkCareer Architecture G.29: The BME Mentorship Framework15 min
    • + 4 more steps

    You make: Competency sign-off matrix

  2. Week 2Cover, on-call and fatigue2.6 h

    The long weekend and the strike.

    • DoOperations Manager simulation: A long weekend on minimal cover25 min
    • WorkPresent studio: the holiday cover plan15 min
    • LearnClinical Engineering ch. 4, lesson 4: Inventory Management and Resource Allocation15 min
    • CheckCheck: cover10 min
    • + 5 more steps

    You make: Cover plan for a long weekend

  3. Week 3Coaching and mentoring2.4 h

    Daniel's advice and Sofia's request.

    • DoOperations Manager simulation: the coaching events20 min
    • WorkPractise studio: lead-level coaching drill15 min
    • LearnBMEssentials video: How to Hold a Massive Amount of Information at Once (first 15 minutes)15 min
    • ThinkCognitive Intelligence G.22: How Expert BME Engineers Compress Complex Systems15 min
    • + 5 more steps

    You make: A mentee's development plan

  4. Week 4Teaching clinicians at scale4.3 h

    The smart pump rollout.

    • DoOperations Manager simulation: Smart pump go-live30 min
    • See insideGuided learning, day 1: Volumetric infusion pump, checkpoints 24-37 of 7335 min
    • WorkTeach studio: smart pump ward session20 min
    • LearnIllustration: medication safety programmes (Clinical Engineering, Patient Safety chapter)5 min
    • + 7 more steps

    You make: Ward training session and super-user plan

  5. Week 5Just culture and psychological safety2.3 h

    Side by side.

    • DoPatient Safety simulation: Side by Side30 min
    • WorkProcedure studio: the team's response to errors15 min
    • LearnClinical Engineering ch. 13, lesson 1: Core Principles of Patient Safety in Clinical Engineering15 min
    • ThinkCareer Architecture G.27: The BME Failure Recovery Protocol15 min
    • + 5 more steps

    You make: Team response guide for errors and near misses

  6. Week 6Boss week: Lead in a major incident3.8 h

    The major incident.

    • DoOperations Manager simulation: Major incident declared35 min
    • WorkPresent studio: the team debrief15 min
    • LearnClinical Engineering ch. 10, lesson 4: Risk Management during Adverse Events15 min
    • CheckCheck: interleaved10 min
    • + 5 more steps

    You make: Major incident debrief and team actions

Proof

Only evidence counts.

A step is done when there is evidence: a simulation score, a saved work document, a passed check or a signed observation. Opening a page never ticks anything.

  • Before and afterThe same baseline check on day one and in the final week, scored per competency.
  • Mastery, not attendanceBelow-threshold competencies route to their named remediation and a re-check.
  • The audit packYour weekly work documents and capstones, ready for a supervisor, an employer or an inspector.

The certificate

BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Senior Engineer, Team Lead / Mentor

It names the track and the level you completed. Your portfolio holds the work behind it.

  • All weeks' required items done
  • Final check at or above the level's pass mark
  • At least 6 of 8 branch competencies at mastery
  • Capstone graded 60 or above (core tracks) or every branch device signed off (clinical branches)
  • Institutions: supervisor or educator sign-off; individuals: self-assessed with evidence, shown as such

Six-month team plan

Write and start a six-month plan for your team: competence, cover and wellbeing.

Evidence it gives: Staff competence and cover planning.

Coach and teach

Mentor one junior for six weeks and deliver one clinical training session.

Evidence it gives: Staff development and clinical training records.

Just culture in practice

Introduce the team's error response procedure and use it on one real near miss.

Evidence it gives: Just culture and incident learning.

Three levels

Easy, Medium or Hard.

A baseline check on day one places you, or you choose. The competencies are the same at every level; the support and the pressure change.

Easy

Baseline under 50% · simulations at Foundation

Worked examples first, then guided practice. Simulations at Foundation difficulty with the coach on and marking as you go. Fewer cases per week (the extra and hard-only cases are hidden). Mastery thresholds 10 points lower.

Medium

Baseline 50% to 74% · simulations at Practitioner

Guided to independent: the standard track. Simulations at Practitioner difficulty, the coach hidden but available, the extra cases each week from the middle of the track, mastery thresholds as stated.

Hard

Baseline 75% and above · simulations at Expert

Independent and interleaved: every simulation at Expert difficulty, all extra and hard-only cases, stricter mastery thresholds (+5), and time pressure.

Ways to get this track

On your own, with a plan, or with your organisation.

Deep Dive

This Deep Dive

$199for 12 months

  • The track's lessons, labs and Medical City scenarios
  • The certificate when you finish
  • The track mentor: 100 questions for the track, more with credit top-ups
  • Or the Senior Engineer Full family: $749

General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Subscribe within 30 days and what you paid counts toward your plan.

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  • Yes. An organisation's licence includes every track, core and branch, with the Platform, Medical City, Essentia, the App and the dashboard. Your organisation enrols you on the track, and it appears under My track; there is nothing extra to buy.

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