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This position is for a Supervisory Biomedical Engineer for the Biomedical Engineering program at the Hampton VA Medical Center. The supervisory biomedical engineer is responsible for the professional and administrative management of a biomedical engineering and electronics section in a facility of 1 C complexity. This position has responsibility for supervising biomedical engineering technicians and electronics technicians.
Learn more about this agency03/20/2024 to 09/30/2024
$125,282 - $162,871 per year
GS 13
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
No
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
13
Yes
Yes
CBTA-12356170-24-MTS
782627700
Current federal employees of this agency.
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
This vacancy announcement is open to the public but, Veterans Health Administration applicants will be considered first. This announcement will remain open until the position is filled.
Functions
The supervisory biomedical engineer is responsible for the professional and administrative management of a biomedical engineering and electronics section in a facility of 1 C complexity. This position has responsibility for supervising biomedical engineering technicians and electronics technicians. The range of supervisory responsibility includes development of performance standards and performance evaluations; recommendations for appointments, awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary actions; and identification of continuing training needs; etc. The supervisory biomedical engineer is responsible for financial management of budget resources allocated to support quality assurance, and maintenance activities necessary to assure the facility medical equipment inventory is available for patient care activities.
The Supervisory Biomedical Engineer serves as a staff advisor to the Chief, Engineering Service in the area of Biomedical Engineering. These areas of expertise relate to the area of specialization and scientific discipline, drawing from an educational background as well as practical experience.
The supervisory biomedical engineer also assists in the management of the medical instrument maintenance program, anesthesia record keeper (ARK), clinical information system (CIS) management and medical device integration projects. Ensures that medical equipment in the Medical Center is safe for patients and staff, reliable in its results, and experiences minimal downtime. Manages all medical equipment recalls and hazard alerts, and investigates any incidents involving medical equipment.
Leads personnel functions for the Biomedical Engineering Section. This includes the recruitment, hiring, and training of new section staff as well as the development of position descriptions, duty assignments and personnel management.
Assists in ensuring that requirements of The Joint Commission, Inspector General, Long Term Care Institute, FDA, and other groups are met as they pertain to the medical equipment program.
Provides leadership to ensure that high-performance customer support is provided to medical staff, nurses, and technologists.
Shares responsibility of representing the Medical Center in meetings with manufacturers, vendors and their engineers in matters involving medical instrumentation.
Advises the Medical Center Equipment Committee on equipment evaluations. Provides accurate, balanced advice to Management regarding decisions to be made for new acquisitions. These decisions often involve hundreds of thousands of dollars for single systems, and the background work and documentation accomplished on the part of the incumbent and other biomedical engineering staff is one of the most important parts of the committee decision making process.
Assists with advising several committees in the medical center besides Equipment Committee, such as Critical Care Committee, Reusable Medical Equipment Committee, and Environment of Care Committee and sits on various other Committees as assigned. Researches and reports on biomedical issues of interest to those committees.
Leads the project management for the purchase, planning, construction design review, installation, and in-service training stages of biomedical instrumentation projects such as radiology suites and computer systems and software. Advises and works with clinical staff and the Projects Section, Engineering Service on design and planning of construction of clinical spaces, sometimes entailing visits to other facilities to research current design trends for medical space.
Shares responsibility in ensuring that HIPAA and network security issues are managed effectively for medical systems. Documentation of such systems including details such as backup, disaster recovery, security, etc. is difficult in scope but critical to management of the networked systems. Shares responsibility in updating documentation of network connections of medical systems.
Trains clinical staff on specific subjects as needed including proper acquisition procedures and use of medical equipment. Provides personal technical support to the staff in order to resolve systems problems.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 00000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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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.
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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 09/30/2024 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12356170.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/782627700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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