Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist

Indian Health Service • Phoenix, AZ

10h • Onsite

About The Position

This position provides engineering and managerial expertise to promote the safe, reliable, effective, and economical use of resources in the delivery of health care. Positions are located in the Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ and Whiteriver Service Unit, Whiteriver, AZ. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021). The role involves providing technical assistance to field positions, conducting program reviews, writing instructional material, and conducting training on testing, calibrating, and operating medical and dental systems. The specialist will perform duties of broad scope and complexity, analyzing, developing, designing, modifying, planning, installing, evaluating, certifying, and correcting malfunctions on complex medical and dental systems. The employee makes engineering decisions concerning clinical systems and medical devices and stays updated on current developments in clinical engineering to evaluate their potential application to healthcare programs.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children. Due to this requirement, the agency must ensure that persons hired for these positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes.
• Confidential Financial Disclosure Form required.
• On-call hours or standby duty may be required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• You will need to set up direct deposit so we can pay you.
• This position is covered by a Bargaining Unit.
• Background Investigation Requirement: This position requires the successful completion of a federal background investigation as a condition of employment.
• Financial Suitability Requirement: This position requires a review of the applicant's financial history as part of the personnel security and suitability determination. Applicants must demonstrate financial responsibility, maintain good standing with creditors, and satisfy all legal financial obligations prior to applying.
• Prior to the appointment, candidates must present two valid forms of identification. If one of the documents is a state-issued ID or driver's license, it must be REAL ID-compliant.
• Resume must state sufficient experience and/or education to perform the duties of the specific position.
• Clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
• MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GS-11: At least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Repair, calibration and preventive maintenance of sophisticated medical and dental equipment; experience in selection, installation, modification, testing, and evaluation of medical and dental equipment; providing documentation, consultative and instruction services to medical and dental staff, and administrative personnel; experience with Healthcare Technology Management equipment statutory regulations, maintaining compliance and accreditation.
• OR Education: Completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years (54 semester hours) of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, such education must demonstrate the knowledge skills, and abilities necessary to do the work or LL.M., if related.
• OR Combination of specialized experience and education: Qualifying combination of the specialized experience described above and the education described above.
• 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.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Nice To Haves

• Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP).
• If you are substituting education for experience; You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades.
• Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
• If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical assistance to the biomedical equipment support specialist field positions.
• Responsible for program reviews of the field sites, reporting results to the Chief, Operations Branch and the appropriate Service Unit Administrative staff.
• Writes instructional material and conducts training in the techniques and methods of testing, calibrating and operating medical and dental systems for station personnel.
• Performs duties of broad scope and complexity to analyze, develop, design, modify, plans, install, evaluate, certify and correct systems malfunctions on complex medical and dental systems that have vitally interrelated, and sometimes dispersed subsystems.
• Makes engineering decision concerning a broad range of clinical systems and medical devices.
• Keeps abreast of current developments in clinical engineering and evaluates their potential application to the service unit health care programs.

Benefits

• Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
• IHS may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their directly related previous non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service.
• This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
• Recruitment or Relocation Incentives and/or Permanent Change of Station may be authorized and is subject to availability and service unit approval.
• If offered, you will be required to sign a service agreement.
• The service period may not be less than 6 months and may not exceed 4 years.
• Failure to fulfill the service agreement will result in repayment of the incentive.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree