Biomedical Equipment Lifecycle Specialist

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Maywood (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) at the US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair provides clinical and administrative support for the lifecycle management of diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring devices across the facility.

Responsibilities include advanced testing, troubleshooting, and maintaining medical computers and software, with project management of equipment and clinical system upgrades, within a demanding medical mission context.

Qualifications

• Experience with standards for safe operation of medical equipment.
• Ability to interpret schematic drawings and wiring diagrams.
• Ability to troubleshoot medical equipment interfaces.
• Experience maintaining medical computers and software.
• Project management experience with medical equipment.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and administrative support for lifecycle management of medical equipment.
• Perform advanced testing to troubleshoot medical equipment and clinical system interfaces.
• Maintain medical computers and software.
• Manage projects involving medical equipment and clinical systems.

Skills

NFPA standards

FDA standards

TJC standards

AAMI standards

Test equipment use

Schematic interpretation

Networking fundamentals

Project management

Tools

Digital multimeters

Electrical safety analyzers

Defibrillator analyzers

Patient simulators

Manometers

Tachometers

LAN analyzers

Job description

The Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) at the US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair provides clinical and administrative support for the lifecycle management of diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring devices across the facility.

Responsibilities include advanced testing, troubleshooting, and maintaining medical computers and software, with project management of equipment and clinical system upgrades, within a demanding medical mission context.