Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist - Information Systems

Summary

Serves as a Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) specialized in information systems within a Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) department at a VA facility. Works in support of the medical equipment management program. In addition to duties at the full performance level - the BESS maintains medical servers and networks - diagnostic software - virtual platforms - and clinical applications software.

• 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
• Associates or higher degree in the biomedical technology or biomedical engineering field
• OR Associates or higher degree in electronics - a field of information technology - or engineering (other than biomedical engineering) AND 1 year of creditable experience
• OR Completion of the Department of Defense (DOD) biomedical equipment technician training program
• OR Completion of a DOD training program in repair and maintenance of electronic systems or information technology AND 1 year of creditable experience
• OR Completion of a biomedical engineering technician or Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) certificate program that included an internship or apprenticeship
• OR Completion of biomedical engineering technician or HTM certificate program that did not include an internship AND 1 year of creditable experience
• OR 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
• GS 12 Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (Information Systems) Requirement:
  Experience
• One year of creditable experience equivalent to the next lower grade
• Knowledge
  - Skills - and Abilities
• In addition to the experience above - the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs:
  Knowledge of Health Level 7 (HL7) and Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standards
• Knowledge of advanced testing methods to troubleshoot networked medical equipment and clinical system interfaces
• Skill in maintaining computer and server based medical equipment - databases - and software
• Skill in managing medical equipment and clinical system projects that interface with an electronic health record or other information systems
• Skill in applying cybersecurity standards to medical devices and clinical systems such as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) - and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines
• Ability to apply information security tools including virus protection - software updates - and operating system patches
• Ability to establish a medical network including VLAN configuration
  - Internet Protocol addressing - and network security
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• 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 and maintains medical servers and networks - diagnostic software - virtual platforms - and clinical applications software
• Manages projects involving medical equipment and clinical systems - to include procurement - installation - and maintenance
• Manages hardware components of virtual servers - physical servers - and medical workstations
• Facilitates operating system updates - upgrades - and virus protection
• Identifies - troubleshoots - and completes corrective action for issues related to networked medical equipment and clinical systems
• Evaluates compatibility and adaptability of medical equipment and clinical systems to integrate with the electronic health record or other clinical systems
• Reviews - coordinates - and implements available software patches - updates - and…