Biomedical Engineer

Quality Care Our Heroes Deserve

Now is the time to take your career to the next level and become part of the high-caliber talent that is VA. Experience what 250,000 current VA employees already have state-of-the-art practice settings, access to the latest technology, a multi-disciplinary team environment and the opportunity to provide the men and women who have bravely served this country with the finest patient care, benefits and customer satisfaction. And with VA Patient Satisfaction Scores leading the healthcare industry, you'll be joining one of the most respected facilities in the Nation.

Service: VISN1 Clinical Engineering

Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) 1012987

***POSITION IS LOCATED AT JAMAICA PLAIN, MA CAMPUS***

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

DUTIES: As a Clinical Engineer for the VA New England Health Care System (VISN 1), the incumbent provides professional engineering and relevant information technology support to a complex, technically sophisticated, and service oriented Clinical Engineering Consolidated Program (CECP). The CECP includes healthcare technology strategic planning, pre-purchase assessment, acquisition support, implementation coordination, equipment management, training, and ongoing technical support. The incumbent supports the VA's mission and CECP goals while operating in accordance with VISN policies, biomedical policies, and standards of professional service. He/she is a professional consultant and advisor on healthcare technology matters to VISN executive management, VISN Program Officers, executive management at all medical centers and clinical service lines, and facility department directors. He/she consults with, and provides guidance to technical staff in all Clinical Engineering Programs throughout the VISN. The Clinical Engineer works in conjunction with the VISN Chief Clinical Engineer on matters pertaining to Clinical Engineering technology management, program operations, and effective delivery of services. The Clinical Engineer is recognized as a technical expert and advisor on Clinical Engineering issues and aids in the support provided by clinical engineering staff across the VISN. He/she is responsible for providing assistance to the clinical staff in selection, deployment, and utilization of medical equipment. The Clinical Engineer advises the VISN Chief Clinical Engineer and management staff in the areas of high-cost and high-volume medical technology, the networking of medical technology, a wide array of general biomedical technology, and specific healthcare technology issues. The Clinical Engineer leads technology assessment of medical equipment systems by working collaboratively with medical staff to evaluate market offerings, determine VISN requirements, design system configurations, and develop specifications. These technology assessments are often extremely complex and stakeholder intensive. He/she works collaboratively with the Contracting staff to procure medical equipment that best meets clinical needs on balance with competitive processes and value considerations. The Clinical Engineer coordinates implementation of medical technology including assessing site preparation requirements, managing project activities and timelines, monitoring installations, and facilitating training of equipment operators and maintainers. While the Clinical Engineer primarily supports healthcare technology across the VISN, he/she occasionally supports local facility initiatives. The Clinical Engineer supports healthcare technologies that extend across the VISN. As such, he/she will spend time physically at each location, as well as provide technical support virtually from his/her location within VISN 1. A more detailed description is available in Human Resource Management Service.

WORK SCHEDULE: Full time, 8am-4:30pm M-F

NOTE: This position is NOT a Bargaining Unit position.

NOTE: This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.

NOTE: Relocation/recruitment expenses may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.

NOTE: Selectee may be required to work at any VISN1 Healthcare System campus, as needed.

NOTE: Candidates who meet the qualification requirements within 15 calendar days following the closing date of the announcement will be considered.

The Professional Standards Board (a peer-review group) will review the selected candidate's education and experience and recommend the step at which the candidate will be placed. The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Must pass pre-employment examination
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required
• Background and/or Security Investigation required

Required Skills: VA Handbook 5005/15, Part II, Appendix G-38 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER QUALIFICATION STANDARD Basic Qualifications

Citizenship. Citizen of the United States.

Education and/or Experience (1) Bachelor's degree: Professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (a) Be in a school of engineering with at least 1 curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or, (b) Include differential and integral calculus, and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in 5 of the following 7 areas of engineering science or physics: (1) statics and/or dynamics; (2) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (3) fluid mechanics and/or hydraulics; (4) thermodynamics; (5) electrical fields and circuits; (6) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); or (7) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR,

(2) Combination of education and experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished: [a] a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering; and [b] a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to 1 of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by 1 of the following:

1. Professional registration: Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States (e.g., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than a written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would not be rated eligible for biomedical engineering positions.

2. Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners of a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States (e.g., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia.

3. Specified academic courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph 2.b(1).

4. Related curriculum. Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.)

English Language Proficiency. Biomedical engineers must be proficient in spoken and written English

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to and essential for satisfactory performance of the job). Selective placement factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. The selective placement factor for this position is: possession of a current, unrestricted Class D license. PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in