Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist

Summary

Serves as a Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) within a Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) department at a VA facility. Works in support of the medical equipment management program and troubleshoots and performs planned maintenance on a range of medical devices and clinical systems.

*** This is an open continuous announcement until February 27, 2026. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available. ***

• United States Citizenship. Non‑citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education – Experience – or Certification (1) Associates or higher degree in the biomedical technology or biomedical engineering field.
• OR (2) Associates or higher degree in electronics, a field of information technology, or engineering (other than biomedical engineering) AND 1 year of creditable experience.
• OR (3) Completion of the Department of Defense (DOD) biomedical equipment technician training program.
• OR (4) Completion of a DOD training program in repair and maintenance of electronic systems or information technology AND 1 year of creditable experience.
• OR (5) Completion of a biomedical engineering technician or Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) certificate program that included an internship or apprenticeship.
• OR (6) Completion of a biomedical engineering technician or HTM certificate program that did not include an internship AND 1 year of creditable experience.
• OR (7) Hold or having ever held certification as a Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician (CBET), Certified Radiology Equipment Specialist (CRES), Certified Laboratory Equipment Specialist (CLES), or Certified Healthcare Technology Manager (CHTM).
• Continuous maintenance of certification is not required throughout VHA employment.
• Grandfathering Provision:
  Employees in VHA in this occupation – under a permanent, appropriate, and legal placement on the effective date of the qualification standard – are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade and assignment held, including positive education and certification.
• For employees who do not meet all the basic or assignment‑specific requirements in this standard – but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed – the following provisions apply: (1) Employees may be reassigned – promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level – or be changed to a lower grade within the occupation – but they may not be promoted beyond the journey level or be newly placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
• Foreign
  
  Education:
  
  To be creditable – education completed outside the U.S. must be deemed at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. program by a private organization specializing in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials.
• English Language Proficiency:
  Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
• Grade Determinations:
  Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist – GS‑05 Experience or education – none beyond the basic requirements.
• Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist – GS‑07:
  One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade.
• Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist – GS‑09:
  One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade.
• Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist – GS‑11:
  One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade.
• Physical Requirements:
  
  The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
• A pre‑placement physical examination is not required.

• 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…