Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist

Indian Health Service; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Indian Health Service in Phoenix, AZ seeks a biomedical engineer to provide engineering and managerial expertise for safe, reliable and economical use of resources in health care delivery. Positions are located at Phoenix Indian Medical Center and Whiteriver Service Unit.

The role involves technical assistance, program reviews, and training for clinical engineering systems, with duties spanning design, installation, evaluation and certification of medical and dental equipment.

Qualifications

• If you are substituting education for experience; You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades.
• Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
• Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical assistance to the biomedical equipment support specialist field positions.
• Responsible for program reviews of the field sites, reporting results to the Chief, Operations Branch and the appropriate Service Unit Administrative staff.
• Writes instructional material and conducts training in the techniques and methods of testing, calibrating and operating medical and dental systems for station personnel.
• Performs duties of broad scope and complexity to analyze, develop, design, modify, plans, install, evaluate, certify and correct systems malfunctions on complex medical and dental systems that have vitally interrelated, and sometimes dispersed subsystems. The employee makes engineering decision concerning a broad range of clinical systems and medical devices.
• Keeps abreast of current developments in clinical engineering and evaluates their potential application to the service unit health care programs.

Job description

• Department: Department of Health and Human Services

Position provides engineering and managerial expertise to promote the safe, reliable, effective and economical use of resources in the delivery of health care. Positions are located in the Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ and Whiteriver Service Unit, Whiteriver, AZ. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).

Key Responsibilities

Provides technical assistance to the biomedical equipment support specialist field positions. Responsible for program reviews of the field sites, reporting results to the Chief, Operations Branch and the appropriate Service Unit Administrative staff. Writes instructional material and conducts training in the techniques and methods of testing, calibrating and operating medical and dental systems for station personnel.

Performs duties of broad scope and complexity to analyze, develop, design, modify, plans, install, evaluate, certify and correct systems malfunctions on complex medical and dental systems that have vitally interrelated, and sometimes dispersed subsystems. The employee makes engineering decision concerning a broad range of clinical systems and medical devices.

Keeps abreast of current developments in clinical engineering and evaluates their potential application to the service unit health care programs.

Requirements & Education

If you are substituting education for experience; You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.

Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.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/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $74678 – $101558/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-23.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government