• Job Description

  Req#: 722515000
  The Supervisory Biomedical Engineer is responsible for the professional and administrative management of the Biomedical Engineering Service at the Durham VA Healthcare System, a tertiary care and university-affiliated 1A complexity VA teaching and research health care system.
  
  Duties
  
  
  The major duties of this position include; but are not limited to:
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  Basic Requirements:
  • United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
  • English Language Proficiency. Biomedical Engineers must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, chapter 2, section D, paragraph 5a
  Education and/or Experience: Applicants must meet either item 1, 2 or 3 below to meet this requirement.
  1. Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Engineering. To be creditable, the curriculum must be from a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), as a professional engineering curriculum. Examples of acceptable engineering degrees include: Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biochemical Engineering. Titles may vary from educational institutions and change over time; OR
  2. Certification as a Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) and a bachelor's degree not listed above; OR
  3. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). All persons employed in VHA in this occupation, on the effective date of this qualification standard, are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education, and/or certification/registration that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation.
  
  Grade Determinations: In addition to meeting the basic requirements listed above, applicants must meet the grade requirements listed below.
  
  Supervisory Biomedical Engineer GS-14: Completion of at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS -13 and must fully meet the KSAs at that level. Those KSAs are:
  • Ability to manage overall department resources, i.e., finance, space, equipment, supplies, and staffing at a highly complex medical center or at the VISN level.
  • Ability to develop local or VISN policies and/or draft directives related to healthcare technology management.
  • Skill in balancing multiple responsibilities, setting priorities, delegating tasks and projects, meeting multiple deadlines, analyzing organizational problems, and developing and implementing effective solutions.
  • Ability to analyze complex organizational and operational problems to develop and implement solutions that result in efficient operations, and use data effectively to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the area of responsibility.
  • Skill in interpersonal relationships leading and dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers, within and outside the biomedical engineering program, to include conflict management, dispute resolution, mediation, or reasonable accommodations.
  References: VA Handbook 5005/104 Part II Appendix G38
  
  The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-14.
  
  Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019

• About the company

  The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with integrating life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 1700 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country.

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