Kansas City VA Medical Center s committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.
The incumbent performs as a Supervisory Biomedical Engineer for the Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) program at the Kansas City VAMC, a large, 1b complexity medical center. The Kansas City VAMC has 157 beds and 8 CBOCs serving more than 50,000 veterans. The facility is supported by $47million inventory of medical equipment. HTM Service oversees all medical equipment systems.
Major duties include but not limited to:
- Knowledge of the management of overall department resources, i.e., finances, space, equipment, supplies, and staffing at the local level.
- Draft and/or make recommendations to local policies and /or directives related to healthcare technology management.
- Sets priorities, responsibilities, meets multiple deadlines, analyze organizational problems, delegate tasks, and develop and implement effective solutions.
- Supporting an equipment management program that meets current Joint Commission, FDA, CAP, CARF, NFPA, and VA requirements
- Develop and implement solutions resulting in efficient operations and use data efficiently to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity.
- Continuing education program for clinical staff addressing the principles and application of medical instrumentation used in the delivery of healthcare. Effectively communicate, both orally and in writing, with a wide variety of individuals, including technical and professional clinical staff, to communicate technical information
- Leading and dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers, within and outside of biomedical engineering to include conflict management, dispute resolution, mediation, or reasonable accommodations.
- Advising clinical and administrative staff on medical engineering technology including existing and emerging technology addressing viability, long-term suitability, compatibility, and/or safety while keeping abreast of changes in technology and utilizing information gained in the solution of biomedical engineering problems.
- Assisting with capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment spanning initial concept, installation, and effective implementation of complex medical equipment.
- Functioning as a subject matter expert in the field of biomedical engineering who directly supports specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance at a medical center.
- Knowledge of basic project management principles, as applied to the healthcare setting and medical equipment, and information system implementation
- Provides support to VISN and National Initiatives. At the facility level, employees must have notable ongoing responsibilities as assigned by the VISN, and/or Healthcare Technology Management Program Office.
- Managing a recall and safety alert program for medical devices, including medical device incident investigations to assure compliance with patient safety goals, SMDA, and Joint Commission requirements.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm CST
Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: Yes - eligible for highly qualified candidates
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework: Not Available
Functional Statement #: 000000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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Starting at $133,400 Per Year (GS 13)
