Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical)

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:

• Conducts an equipment management program.
• Assures provision of a continuing education program for professional staff addressing the principles and application of medical instrumentation used in the delivery of healthcare.
• Manages a recall and safety alert program for medical devices including medical device incident investigations to assure compliance with patient safety goals.
• 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 for multiple sites.
• Exercises authority to oversee the overall planning direction and timely execution of the clinical engineering program including development of the service assignment of duties and pursuit of higher-level administrative approval of goals and objectives for supervisors or managers of subordinate levels.
• Exercises discretionary authority to approve allocation and distribution of funds in the services 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.

• This position is in the Excepted Service.
• This position is on a special salary rate.
• Current and former Federal employees may submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title series grade step tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• Narrative responses to the knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements:

Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7407(a).

English Language Proficiency. Biomedical Engineers must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with Chapter 2 Section D paragraph 5A VA Handbook 5005 as required by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).

Education and/or Experience: The candidate must meet either item (1) or (2) below to meet this requirement:

(1) Bachelors 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. Note: Titles may vary from educational institutions and change over time.

OR;

(2) Certification as a Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) AND a Bachelors Degree not listed in item (1) above.

Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) - Certification means having successfully passed a CCE written and oral examination administered by the American College of Clinical Engineering. Individuals with CCE certification demonstrate competency and professional recognition as measured by an examination designed by their peers. Certification promotes healthcare delivery improvement through the continuing assessment and recognition of the competency of professionals. These professionals support and advance patient care by applying engineering and management skills to healthcare technology. If appointed with a CCE requirement the employee must maintain certification throughout employment. The American College of Clinical Engineering determines acceptable educational preparation and degree requirements for CCE eligibility.

GS-14 EXPERIENCE: Must have one (1) year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-13. Experience includes but is not limited to: The supervisory biomedical engineer (clinical) is responsible for the professional and administrative management of a facility biomedical engineering program. Such individuals have responsibility supervising technical staff including lower level engineers biomedical engineering technicians and other staff. The range of supervisory responsibility includes development of performance standards and performance evaluations; recommendations for appointments awards advancements and when appropriate disciplinary actions; and identification of 11 continuing training needs etc. The supervisory biomedical engineer (clinical) is responsible for financial management of budget resources allocated to support quality assurance and maintenance activities necessary to assure the facilitys medical equipment is available for patient care activities. The supervisory biomedical engineer (clinical) is responsible for compliance and reporting of medical device cyber security and isolation for facilities under their management oversight

In addition to the experience above you must demonstrate the following Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

1. Ability to manage overall department resources i.e. finance space 14 equipment supplies and staffing at a highly complex medical center or at the VISN level.
2. Ability to develop local or VISN policies and/or draft directives related to healthcare technology management.
3. Skill in balancing multiple responsibilities setting priorities delegating tasks and projects meeting multiple deadlines analyzing organizational problems and developing and implementing effective solutions.
4. 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.5. 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.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard please visit Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Employee Occupational Health Service.