Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist - Intensive Care - 889867900

Caecommunity; Richmond (VA); Vor Ort; USD 80.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Richmond VA Medical Center is seeking a Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (Intensive Care) to maintain life-support and high-risk surgical equipment within the HTM program. The role emphasizes support for intensive care, surgical, and intra-aortic equipment in a VA facility.

Applicants may be tentatively selected while meeting certification requirements. The incumbent will apply HL7/DICOM standards and advanced testing to ensure safe operation of critical medical systems and support

Qualifikationen

• United States Citizenship required.
• English language proficiency in speaking and writing.
• Education, experience, or certification options listed in the vacancy must be met.

Aufgaben

• Maintain life-support, high-risk, or intensive care equipment and clinical systems.
• Support the medical equipment management program (HTM).
• Serve as Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (Intensive Care) with advanced diagnostic capabilities.

Kenntnisse

HL7/DICOM knowledge

High-risk equipment testing

Networked medical systems knowledge

Ausbildung

AS/AA Biomedical Technology or Biomedical Engineering

AS/AA Electronics/IT/Engineering + 1 yr exp

DOD BME/HTM training program

DOD IT/electronic repair training + 1 yr exp

HTM certificate with internship

HTM certificate without internship + 1 yr exp

CBET/CRES/CLES/CHTM certification

Jobbeschreibung

The Richmond VA Medical Center is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as a Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) specialized in Intensive Care, high-risk, or surgical equipment within a Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) department at a VA facility. The incumbent works in support of the medical equipment management program. The selected BESS (Intensive Care) maintains life-support, high-risk surgery, or intensive care medical equipment and clinical systems.

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 must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).
• Education, Experience, or Certification.
  • Associates or higher degree in the biomedical technology or biomedical engineering field; OR
  • Associates or higher degree in electronics, a field of information technology, or engineering (other than biomedical engineering) AND 1 year of creditable experience; OR
  • Completion of the Department of Defense (DOD) biomedical equipment technician training program; OR
  • Completion of a DOD training program in repair and maintenance of electronic systems or information technology AND 1 year of creditable experience; OR
  • Completion of a biomedical engineering technician or Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) certificate program that included an internship or apprenticeship; OR
  • Completion of biomedical engineering technician or HTM certificate program that did not include an internship AND 1 year of creditable experience; OR
  • Hold or having ever 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). Continuous maintenance of certification is not required throughout VHA employment.
• Grandfathering Provision. Employees in VHA in this occupation, under a permanent, appropriate, and legal placement on the effective date of the qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade and assignment held including positive education and certification. For employees who do not meet all the basic or assignment-specific requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed, the following provisions apply:
  • Employees may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or be changed to a lower grade within the occupation, but they may not be promoted beyond the journey level or be newly placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
  • Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed on a temporary or permanent basis until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard.
  • Employees retained in this occupation under this provision who subsequently leave the occupation lose protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation.
  • NOTE: This provision is not intended to regularize appointments/placements.

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).

Grade Determinations

Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (Intensive Care), GS-12.

• Experience. One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade.

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs:
  • 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 specialized networked medical equipment and clinical system interfaces.
  • Ability to resolve complex failures on specialized medical equipment and clinical systems.

• Assignment. For all assignments above the FPL, the higher-level duties must be of significant scope, administrative independence, complexity, and range of variety, as described in this standard at the specific grade level and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. At the advanced level, the BESS, in addition to the duties at the FPL, leverage advanced knowledge in performing manufacturer-level maintenance on specialized high-risk surgical or intensive care medical equipment and clinical systems. This includes systems such as anesthesia, intensive care ventilator equipment, intra-aortic balloon pumps, heart-lung bypass systems, and other advanced operating room or intensive care unit equipment. They manage specialized network systems, databases, and interfaces such as Clinical Information Systems (CIS), Anesthesia Record Keeping (ARK), or other networked medical systems. BESSs (Intensive Care) use specialized diagnostic software, quality assurance tools, and test equipment. They assist in designing and implementing security measures and a disaster recovery plan to prevent loss of patient data from medical equipment and clinical systems. BESSs (Intensive Care) serve as a facility, VISN, or national subject matter expert (SME). They manage projects for specialized, high-risk, surgical, and intensive care medical equipment and clinical systems.

Reference

For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is the GS-12.