Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical)

Department of Veterans Affairs•White River Junction, VT

28d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical) position is in the Clinical Engineering Service at the White River Junction Healthcare System located at the White River Junction, VT location. This position is full time at 40 hours per week. "The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this occupational series. For more information, refer to Required Documents below." The Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical) position is responsible for the professional and administrative management of the Biomedical Engineering Service. Duties include, but are not limited to:

Responsibilities

Responsibility for an equipment management program that meets current JCAHO and NFPA requirements. The breadth of technology is typical of a tertiary care and university-affiliated institution.
Assures provision of a continuing education program for clinical staff addressing the principles and application of medical instrumentation used in the delivery of health care. This includes a curriculum that addresses the safe and effective use of medical equipment and/or technology.
Manages a recall and safety alert program for medical devices, including medical device incident investigations to assure compliance with patient safety goals, SMDA, and JCAHO requirements.
Serves as advisor to senior clinical and leadership staff on medical engineering technology (including existing and emerging technology) addressing viability, long-term suitability, compatibility, and/or safety.
Conducts capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment spanning initial concept, installation, and effective implementation of complex medical equipment.
Serves as institutional expert who directly supports the most complex and specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance.
Exercises discretionary authority to approve allocation and distribution of funds in the service's budget.
Has full administrative, managerial, and supervisory responsibilities for a multi-Medical Center clinical engineering program. Responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling, and evaluating this program at each facility and its outpatient clinics.
Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of the employees.
Evaluates work performance of subordinates.
Interviews candidates for positions and makes selections.
Evaluates performance of staff and finds ways to improve production or increase quality of work and also develops performance standards.
Exercises significant responsibility in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, or in advising management officials of higher rank including physicians and clinical staff relating to technical matters.
Makes selections for subordinate non-supervisory positions, hears and resolves grievances or serious employee complaints.
Makes decisions regarding non-routine, costly and controversial training needs and training requests related to employees of the unit, approves expenses comparable to within grade increases, extensive overtime, and employee travel, recommends awards or bonuses for non-supervisory personnel and changes position classifications subject to approval by higher level officials.
Responsible for providing assistance to the medical staff in selection and utilization of medical equipment.