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Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (Intensive Care)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 55 days ago
On-site Fort Meade, SD $94K – $122K Apply by Jul 29, 2026 Equipment Facilities, And Services ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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The Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) (Intensive Care) provides clinical and administrative support to staff, patients, and administrators for all matters of concern relating to the facility wide lifecycle management of intensive care, life saving, life preserving devices and other medical devices.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Performs manufacturer-level maintenance on life-support, high-risk surgical, or intensive care medical equipment and clinical systems.
- →Performs advanced testing and troubleshooting of advanced intensive care / high risk medical devices involving their interfaces and connections to other medical devices or information systems either directly or through the facility's hardwired and wireless networks.
- →Adheres to Medical Device Isolation Architecture (MDIA) Guidelines in both pre-procurement and during system implementation, and system management.
- →Loads operating system (OS) and clinical application software as needed.
- →Executes VA guidelines when responding to network incident response (due to infection, loss of services or regional and local policy changes).
- →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.
- →May be tasked with leading and managing installation or upgrade projects for intensive care or high risk surgical devices and other medical devices and systems.
- →This includes but is not limited to pre-implementation planning and coordination with end users, vendors, and other onsite support staff (OI&T, Informatics, SPS, etc.) 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 designated Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
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.
- ✓A current, valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment driving 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a563455a-54cf-4f99-94e4-9d3c02895f1c
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