Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist - Information Systems

Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist -- Information Systems

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• The Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) is specialized in information systems within a Healthcare Technology Management department at the facility.
• Works in support of the medical equipment management program to maintain medical servers and networks, diagnostic software, virtual platforms, and clinical applications software.
• Manages projects involving medical equipment and clinical systems, to include procurement, installation, and maintenance, and manages hardware components of virtual servers, physical servers, and medical workstations.
• Facilitates operating system updates, upgrades, and virus protection and identifies, troubleshoots, and completes corrective action for issues related to networked medical equipment and clinical systems.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on assigned committees, projects, and workgroups.
• Troubleshoots medical equipment and clinical systems using a variety of technical data and completes corrective action and performs incoming inspections and planned maintenance on medical equipment and clinical systems.
• Maintains and enhances knowledge in technological advancements through professional development and technical training.

Requirements:

United States Citizenship Education, Experience, or Certification. 1. Associates or higher degree in the biomedical technology or biomedical engineering field; OR 2. Associates or higher degree in electronics, a field of information technology, or engineering (other than biomedical engineering) AND 1 year of creditable experience; OR 3. Completion of the Department of Defense (DOD) biomedical equipment technician training program; OR 4. Completion of a DOD training program in repair and maintenance of electronic systems or information technology AND 1 year of creditable experience; OR 5. Completion of a biomedical engineering technician or Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) certificate program that included an internship or apprenticeship; OR 6. Completion of biomedical engineering technician or HTM certificate program that did not include an internship AND 1 year of creditable experience; OR 7. 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. Foreign Education. To be creditable, education completed outside the U.S. must be deemed at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. program by a private organization specializing in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials

Position Highlights:

• Work Schedule: Full time: 8:00am -- 4:30pm, Monday -- Friday; compressed or flexible schedule may be authorized at supervisor's discretion
• Onsite: Role is in-person at the Grand Junction, CO VA Medical Center
• Strong work/life balance at a mid-sized medical facility with a strong patient focus
• Paid Time Off: Accrual of annual leave/PTO and sick leave plus 11 paid federal holidays
• Excellent Federal Benefits: Insurance - Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Retirement: Social Security plus traditional federal pension (5-year vest), and federal 401K
• Compensation: Competitive base salary range: $96,290 - $125,183 per year. Sign-on bonus may be authorized for highly qualified candidates.

About us:

We serve those who served our country providing critical medical services including acute and chronic inpatient and outpatient care. The facility consists of 62-bed capabilities for surgical procedures, specialty care, mental health outpatient services, as well as a Community Living Center, social programs and services, onsite lab, plus primary care, outpatient specialty clinics, and 4 outlying, community clinics. The service area encompasses western Colorado and eastern Utah regions. Grand Junction is an outdoor recreational hub; a small-size metro community set in the high desert and mesas of the Rocky Mountains. Come enjoy the majestic beauty and mild climate of the western Colorado canyons and countryside.