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Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 53 days ago
On-site Charleston, SC $41K – $97K Apply by Aug 3, 2026 Equipment Facilities, And Services ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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The Clinical Engineering Service is seeking a full-time Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist for the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston South Carolina. The Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) provides clinical and administrative support to staff, patients, and administrators for all matters of concern relating to the facility wide lifecycle management of medical equipment.
What You'll Do
- →The Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) ensures the safe, reliable, efficient, and effective function of medical equipment, instruments, devices and systems used for therapeutic and diagnostic patient care and treatment in the medical center and its associated clinics.
- →The medical equipment, instruments, devices, and systems defined as items used or involved with patient diagnosis or treatment range from simple individual devices to complex systems which span a number of occupational categories (electrical, mechanical, refrigeration, chemical, etc.) and employ high levels of technology.
- →Typical duties include, but are not limited to: Installs, modifies, troubleshoots, maintains, tests, calibrates, adjusts, overhauls, and repairs a wide variety of electronic, mechanical, electromechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic medical, laboratory, and dental equipment.
- →Provide technical support to include preventative maintenance inspections, maintenance and repair, calibration, installation, modification, and user training.
- →Requires incumbent to analyze, diagnose, develop, and plan systems in a broad scope and complexity.
- →Determines the nature and extent of repairs required by checking equipment for malfunctions, require the tracing of wiring, broken or worn parts, leaks, feedback, and interference.
- →Incumbent must apply practical knowledge of the principles of electronic circuits, functions of solid-state components, and principles of computer networking and interfaces.
- →Knowledge of the relationships between electrical and electronic circuitry as well as the interrelationship of chemical, radiation, hydraulic, pneumatic, vacuum, or gas components of a piece of equipment or a system.
- →Initiates job requests and/or receives requests on applicable systems.
- →Maintains individual skill and knowledge levels at the highest level possibly reading pertinent publication in specific areas of responsibility, reviewing technical literature and directives, attending VA or manufacturer training courses when required, and so forth.
- →Works within the restraints of time, various budgets, and changing priorities to accomplish goals and project objectives.
- →Work Schedule: 7:30am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: FS 56833, FS 57018, FS 50969, FS 56970 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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: 14fc565f-338b-4837-bf40-b0bef5ff458f
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