Equipment Specialist

Indian Health Service • Belcourt, ND

12d

About The Position

The Equipment Specialist performs installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, calibration, repair, and modification of complex biomedical, dental x-ray, and support equipment systems. The role develops methods for scheduled and unscheduled preventive maintenance to ensure equipment operates safely and reliably, and takes corrective action when medical devices or radiological systems do not meet applicable regulatory requirements.

The specialist calibrates and tests complex medical systems and their subsystems, and designs test systems to measure equipment reliability. The role also designs, installs, and maintains Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS), including network connectivity among imaging modalities, brokers, servers, and health information systems. Additional work includes designing, installing, and troubleshooting patient monitoring, telemetry, and patient monitoring network systems. The employee may need to respond to urgent equipment failures outside normal duty hours and may be subject to callback, standby, or irregular schedules to restore equipment needed for patient care. The position requires a valid driver's license, required occupational training, and the ability to move equipment and tools weighing up to 75 pounds, with assistance or mechanical devices when appropriate. The position has promotion potential to GS-11, but promotion is not guaranteed.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• A valid driver's license is required.
• Must complete required occupational training.
• Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Must successfully complete a federal background investigation and submit required investigation forms within five calendar days of issuance.
• Must meet applicable qualification requirements within 30 days of the announcement closing date.
• GS-05 qualification: three years of general experience, including one year equivalent to GS-04, or qualifying education, or a combination of experience and education. A bachelor's degree in any field may qualify.
• GS-07 qualification: one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level performing preventive maintenance, inspections, functional testing, troubleshooting, calibration, and basic repair of healthcare biomedical equipment; alternatively, qualifying graduate education, a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement, or a combination.
• GS-09 qualification: one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level maintaining biomedical equipment through preventive maintenance, testing, troubleshooting and repair, service coordination, service contract evaluation, and inventory maintenance; alternatively, a master's or equivalent graduate degree, two years of progressively higher graduate education, or a combination.
• Federal competitive-service status candidates must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements; these do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan.
• Applicants substituting education for experience are encouraged to provide transcripts or course information; official transcripts are required from selectees before an official offer.
• Foreign education used to meet qualification requirements must be accompanied by a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
• Must comply with the IHS Employee Immunization Policy when duties require work in an IHS healthcare facility, subject to any available exemption process.
• Must provide two valid forms of identification before appointment; any state-issued ID or driver's license provided must be REAL ID-compliant.
• Must meet the stated financial suitability requirements, including financial responsibility and satisfaction of legal financial obligations.
• Must complete a probationary period if required; ESEP appointees typically serve a two-year trial period.
• The position requires contact or control over Indian children and is subject to statutory suitability restrictions regarding certain criminal convictions or pleas.

Responsibilities

• Install, inspect, test, maintain, calibrate, repair, and modify complex biomedical, dental x-ray, and support equipment systems.
• Formulate methods and techniques for scheduled and unscheduled preventive maintenance to ensure equipment operation and safety.
• Ensure medical devices and radiological systems comply with applicable regulatory requirements and take corrective action when they do not.
• Calibrate and test complex medical systems composed of multiple subsystems.
• Design and establish test systems to measure and evaluate equipment reliability.
• Design, install, and maintain Picture Archiving and Communications Systems and maintain network connectivity among modalities, brokers, servers, and health information systems.
• Design, install, and troubleshoot patient monitoring systems, telemetry systems, and patient monitoring networks.
• Respond to urgent medical equipment failures outside normal duty hours when necessary to restore equipment required for patient care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed