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Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (Intensive Care)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
On-site Reno, NV $103K – $134K Apply by Sep 14, 2026 Equipment Facilities, And Services ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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This position serves 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. Works in support of the medical equipment management program. In addition to duties at the full performance level, the BESS maintains life-support, high-risk surgical, or intensive care medical equipment and clinical systems.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to: Performs manufacturer-level maintenance on life-support, high-risk surgical, or intensive care medical equipment and clinical systems.
- →Manages network systems, databases, and interfaces on life-support, high- risk surgical, or intensive care medical equipment and clinical systems.
- →Coordinates and implements cybersecurity measures and disaster recovery plans.
- →Manages the planning, acquisition, and installation of life-support, high-risk surgical, or intensive care medical equipment and clinical systems.
- →Serves as a subject matter expert on assigned committees, projects, and workgroups.
- →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.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a0326db9-d993-41d5-9912-39b1e1bf5618
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