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Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (Information Systems)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 62 days ago
On-site White River Junction, VT $101K – $132K Apply by Jul 27, 2026 Equipment Facilities, And Services ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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This Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (Information Systems) position is in Clinical Engineering services at the White River Junction VA Healthcare System, located at the White River Junction, VT location.
What You'll Do
- →Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) Information Systems provides clinical and administrative support to staff, patients, and administrators for all matters of concern relating to the facility wide lifecycle management of networks, networked medical equipment and associated systems.
- →Duties may include, but are not limited to: Lifecycle management of network equipment including but not limited to network switches, servers, routers and related infrastructure for any and all networked complex medical devices and systems such as imaging, life support, dialysis, and monitoring.
- →Completes both routine and complex assignments involved identifying and troubleshooting issues related to VLAN configuration, IP addressing, sub-netting, HL7, DICOM, Access Control List (ACL) and network security across the medical device network.
- →Manages, troubleshoots and maintains complete systems of computerized networks, databases and servers including but not limited to biomedical information systems that store or facilitate patient information.
- →Implements and plans for new and emerging technologies including but not limited to diagnostic modalities, network management and storage, and virtual data centers.
- →Designs, implements and manages network incident response due to infection, loss of service or regional and local policy changes according to VA guidelines.
- →Ensures proper security configuration for assigned devices and networks.
- →Regularly reviews and installs available approved software updates and virus definitions for applicable networked medical devices.
- →Leads development of disaster recovery procedures for critical systems to be enacted in the event of device failure.
- →Adheres to MDIA Guidelines in both pre-procurement and during system implementation.
- →Loads operating system (OS) and clinical application software as needed.
- →Completes both routine and complex assignments involved in the installation, maintenance, modification, troubleshooting, repair and calibration of these complex therapeutic, diagnostic and life support medical devices and systems.
- →Documents all work performed in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
- →This documentation is completed in accordance with regulatory body requirements, Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) Documentation of Services guidelines and other organizational requirements.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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