Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist

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$46,802.00/yr - $/yr

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. Troubleshoots and performs planned maintenance on a range of medical devices and clinical systems.

*** This is an open continuous announcement until December 31, 2025. 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) Associate’s or higher degree in the biomedical technology or biomedical engineering field.
• OR (2) Associate’s 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 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 – provisions apply: (1) Employees may be reassigned or promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or be changed to a lower grade within the occupation; 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,
  
  Experience:
  
  One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade.
• Knowledge–Skills–and–Abilities (KSAs):
• Knowledge of physics, anatomy, and physiology.
• Knowledge of electronics such as analog, digital, and microprocessor theory.
• Knowledge of the use of standard‑level test equipment such as multi‑meters, electrical safety analyzers, patient simulators, storage oscilloscopes, manometers, and tachometers.
• Knowledge of basic networking concepts – such as computer and server hardware and software functionality, information technologies, computer virus protection…