Duties
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Oversees, directs, and manages the lifecycle management of the facility's medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Collaborates with other departments and service lines, clinical and administrative staff, and executive leadership at the medical center, VISN, and national levels, as needed.
- Directs work on all aspects of medical equipment and clinical systems support to include technology assessments, acquisition, and implementation; planned and corrective maintenance; upgrades and modifications; and end of life tasks to include decommissioning, data sanitization, and technical evaluation for condition prior to disposal.
- Establishes workload distribution and revises work schedules to meet workload priorities, challenges, and issues.
- Establishes and maintains the medical equipment management program and completes annual evaluations of the program's effectiveness.
- Develops and implements policies and procedures to ensure compliance with established standards and regulations.
- Establishes and monitors metrics, and initiates performance improvement activities.
- Defines, evaluates, and enhances subordinate staff's competency to perform the duties and responsibilities for their respective roles.
- Develops individual and/or departmental training plans that address gaps in staff and departmental competencies.
- Develops, delivers, and evaluates performance plans for subordinate staff. Recognizes deserving staff for exceptional performance.Addresses performance problems and conduct issues in accordance with established labor union agreements, human resources guidance, and policies.
- Requests and develops recruitment packages to fill/backfill any open or vacant positions.
- Screens and interviews applicants, conducts reference checks, and selects only qualified candidates.
- Employs available resources to retain talent.
- Develops and implements succession planning.
- Forecasts and develops departmental budgets utilizing available data.
- Manages fund control points and ensures all purchases and expenditures are completed in accordance with applicable federal laws.
- Serves as a Government Purchase Card (GPC) holder, approving official, or alternate approving official.
- Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
- Develops documentation to purchase commodities and/or vendor services.
- Manages, monitors, and evaluates contractor performance and addresses issues or deficiencies.
- Regularly solicits and reviews feedback from customers to monitor the quality of the program.
- Identifies opportunities to improve customer service and satisfaction, and addresses customer feedback effectively and in a timely manner.
- Manages, responds to, and remediates hazard alerts, recall notifications, and incidents concerning medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Documents all actions in the appropriate system.
- Plans, leads, and/or manages projects for medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Oversees the facility's medical device protection program.
- Ensures networked medical equipment and clinical systems are inventoried, tracked, and patched.
- Validates identified cybersecurity vulnerabilities are addressed.
- Serves as a subject matter expert on assigned committees, projects, and workgroups.
- Troubleshoots medical equipment and clinical systems using a variety of technical data and completes corrective action.
- Performs incoming inspections and planned maintenance on medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Documents all work in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Utilizes test equipment in accordance with manufacturer instructions.
- Provides customer support to staff, evaluates issues and needs, responds with solutions, and keeps customers abreast of status.
- Educates staff on the safe operation and user-level maintenance of medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Maintains knowledge of and complies with applicable standards, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Provides guidance and mentorship to expand professional knowledge and enhance technical skillsets.
- Maintains and enhances knowledge in technological advancements through professional development and technical training.
Work Schedule: 07:30am - 4:00pm
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
- All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- Subject to background/security investigation.
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
Qualifications
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- English Language Proficiency. Candidates will not be appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C. chapters 73 or 74, to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA who is not proficient in written and spoken English.
- May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).
- Experience and Education (must meet one of the following)
- Associates or higher degree in biomedical electronics technology or biomedical engineering field.
- Associates or higher degree in electronics, a field of information technology, or engineering (other than biomedical engineering) AND 1 year of creditable experience.
- Completion of the Department of Defense (DOD) biomedical equipment technician training program.
- Completion of the DOD training program in repair and maintenance of electronic systems or information technology AND 1 year of creditable experience.
- Completion of a biomedical engineering technician or Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) certificate program that included an internship or apprenticeship.
- Completion of a biomedical engineering technician or HTM certificated program that did not include an internship AND 1 year of creditable experience.
- Hold or have held certification as a Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET), Certified Radiology Equipment Specialist (CRES), Certified Laboratory Equipment Specialist (CLES), or Certified Healthcare Technology Manager (CHTM).
Grade Determinations: Supervisory Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist GS-1601-13
- Experience: At least one (1) year of experience at the GS-12 grade level that demonstrates the technical competencies described at that level:
- Knowledge of Health Level 7 (HL7) and Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standards.
- Knowledge of advanced testing methods to troubleshoot networked medical equipment and clinical system interfaces.
- Skill in maintaining computer and server based medical equipment, databases, and software.
- Skill in managing medical equipment and clinical system projects that interface with an electronic health record or other information systems.
- Skill in applying cybersecurity standards to medical devices and clinical systems such as Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines.
- Ability to apply information security tools including virus protection, software updates, and operating system patches.
- Ability to establish a medical network including VLAN configuration, Internet Protocol addressing, and network security.
OR
- Knowledge of HL7 and DICOM standards.
- Skill in applying standards including National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Joint Commission (TJC), and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) for safe operation of medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Skill in operating test equipment for specialized high-risk, surgical, or intensive care medical equipment such as ventilator testers, mechanical lungs, and anesthetic gas monitors.
- Skill in maintaining specialized high-risk, intensive care, or surgical equipment such as ventilators, heart-lung bypass, anesthesia, and intra-aortic balloon pumps.
- Skill in performing advanced testing to troubleshoot specialist networked medical equipment and clinical system interfaces.
- Ability to resolve complex failures on specialized medical equipment and clinical systems.
OR
- Knowledge of imaging principles including techniques, technologies, radiological practices, and procedures.
- Knowledge of HL7 and DICOM standards.
- Skill in applying standards for safe operation of medical equipment and clinical systems including NFPA, Nuclear Radiation Commission (NRC), FDA, TJC, and the American College of Radiology (ACR).
- Ability to resolve complex failures on imaging equipment and clinical systems.
- Ability to perform advanced testing to troubleshooting imaging equipment and clinical system interfaces.
OR
- Skill in managing projects involving medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Skills in resolving customer concerns.
- Ability to comply with standards for safe operation of medical equipment and clinical systems including NFPA, FDA, NRC, TJC, and AAMI.
- Ability to lead staff in managing daily work assignments and priorities.
- Ability to mentor staff in professional and technical development.
- Ability to analyze data to monitor overall program effectiveness.
OR
- Skill in managing workflow by directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives.
- Skill in developing policies to oversee medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Skill in managing interpersonal relationships between employees, team leaders, and managers.
- Ability to analyze data to optimize quality, efficiency, performance, and productivity.
- Ability to supervise subordinate staff (for example, plan, organize, delegate, direct, control, review activities, and performance).
- Ability to provide guidance on multiple types of medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: In addition to meeting the KSAs at the GS-12 grade level, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
- Skill in managing workflow by directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives.
- Skill in developing policies to oversee medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Skill in managing interpersonal relationships between employees, team leaders, and managers.
- Skill in applying standards for safe operation of medical equipment and clinical systems including NFPA, FDA, NRC, TJC, and AAMI.
- Ability to supervise subordinate staff (for example, plan, organize, delegate, direct, control, and review activities and performance).
- Ability to provide guidance on multiple types of medical equipment and clinical systems.
- Ability to analyze data to optimize quality, efficiency, performance, and productivity.
References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G49, Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist Qualification Standard GS-1601.
The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13.
Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
Education
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Benefits
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
Required Documents
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please use this
checklist to ensure you have included all documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
- Cover Letter
- DD-214/ Statement of Service
- Disability Letter (Schedule A)
- Disability Letter (VA)
- Performance Appraisal
- Professional Certification
- Resume
- SF-15
- SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
- Transcript
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit
Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 02/26/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12668593.
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- Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
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Next steps
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NOTE: Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted. HCP in violation of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locations include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associated clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with patients outside VA medical facilities.