Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist

Veterans Health Administration; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 47,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration is seeking a Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) within an HTM department at a VA facility to troubleshoot and maintain a range of medical devices and clinical systems.

Responsibilities include managing equipment lifecycles, performing planned maintenance, and documenting work in CMMS, while addressing hazard alerts and recalls and ensuring cybersecurity and network reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining and servicing medical equipment and clinical systems.
• Ability to follow procedures for inspections, maintenance, and documentation.
• Familiarity with safety, recalls, and hazard remediation processes.

Responsibilities

• Manages the lifecycle of medical equipment and clinical systems.
• Troubleshoots medical equipment and clinical systems using technical data and completes corrective action.
• Performs incoming inspections and planned maintenance on medical equipment and clinical systems.
• Documents all work in the CMMS.
• Responds to hazard alerts, recalls, and incidents; documents actions in the system.
• Monitors backups, maintains network connectivity, mitigates cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and supports clinical systems.

Skills

Troubleshooting

CMMS documentation

Lifecycle management

Cybersecurity awareness

Network connectivity

Test equipment

Tools

CMMS

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) within a Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) department at a VA facility. Works in support of the medical equipment management program. Troubleshoots and performs planned maintenance on a range of medical devices and clinical systems.

Key Responsibilities

Manages the lifecycle of medical equipment and clinical systems. 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).

Responds to and remediates hazard alerts, recall notifications, and incidents concerning medical equipment and clinical systems. Documents all actions in the appropriate system. Monitors system backups, ensures network connectivity, mitigates cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and maintains clinical systems. Utilizes test equipment in accordance with manufacturer instructions. Manages projects involving medical equipment and clinical systems.

Provides customer support to staff, evaluates issues and needs, responds with solutions, and keeps customers abreast of status. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Mon- Fri, 7:00am- 3:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 08333F, 08332F, 08331F, 08330F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & 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/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $47083 – $112215/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-09-28.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.