Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist

Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist

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