This position is a Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist, Division of Facility Management located at the Mount Pleasant Field Office, Mount Pleasant, MI. This position reports to the Director of Clinical Engineering or designee. Open until Filled: This announcement is open until the vacancy is filled. It may be extended or closed prior to the current closing date. First cut-off date for applications is 10 business days from the open date and every 10 business days thereafter.

Duties

Uses established Health Technology Management standards, methods and techniques to perform scheduled and unscheduled preventive maintenance to assure operational safety of patient related devices. Manage the calibration, repair, and preventative maintenance on complex medical and dental x-ray systems, diagnostic laboratory analyzers, and other patient related systems. Develop, record and maintain documentation for all medical devices required for the Health Technology Mangement program. Serve as technical advisor and consult to administrators, physicians, and other health care professionals in the purchase, installation and disposition of medical devices. Provide technical assistance and guidance to entry-level equipment support specialist, administrative support specialist.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: For the GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Serve as an advisor for special projects involving the installation, service and repair of highly complex medical equipment and systems; serving as technical advisor to clinical staff regarding technical reviews of new equipment considering needs, environment, available facilities, network requirements, quality, repair ability, purchase, etc.; setting up and installing new patient care systems, conducting preventative maintenance checks and services (PM) inspections of patient care equipment; investigating patient care equipment failures, hazard alerts, recalls, updates and incidents; ordering parts and accessories as necessary to perform repair functions. OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

There are no education requirements.

Contacts

• Address Bemidji Area Indian Health Service 2225 Cooperative Court NW Bemidji, MN 56601 US
• Name: Vanessa Peralta
• Phone: (218) 444-0471
• Email: [email protected]