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Position Title
Lead Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (Biomedical Information System)
Agency
Veterans Health Administration
Announcement Number
CBTC-12083703-23-RP Opens in new window
Open Period
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 to Tuesday, August 29, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50).  Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted).  Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
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Preferences
1. Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?

If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
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Resume Reminder- Your resume must include the following information for each job listed:
  • Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
  • Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
  • Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
  • Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.

Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.
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Accuracy of Application Reminder:
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
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2. Are you willing to accept the working conditions as indicated in the announcement? (limit characters)
3. Are you willing to accept the conditions of employment as indicated in the announcement? (limit characters)
4. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English? (limit characters)
TRANSCRIPT REMINDER - If you are basing your qualifications on education (or a combination of education and experience) or if the position requires a college education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application. (limit characters)
Assessment 1
BASIC REQUIREMENTS -To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all basic requirements. The following section is used to determine if you meet the requirements for the Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist, Biomedical Information Systems position.

Creditable Experience. To be creditable, experience must demonstrate the use of knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with Biomedical Equipment Support. Experience may be acquired by paid or non-paid employment. 

Quality of Experience. Experience is only creditable if it is either directly related to the position to be filled or in a related field (i.e. Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist, Biomedical Equipment Technician, Field Service Engineer, Medical Equipment Repairer, or IT Specialist in a healthcare setting).
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1. Please select the statement below that best describes your Experience and Education.

Experience is only creditable if it is either directly related to the position to be filled or in a related field (i.e. Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist, Biomedical Equipment Technician, Field Service Engineer, Medical Equipment Repairer, or IT Specialist in a healthcare setting).

*If you have an Associate degree your two years of experience has to be post education.
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2. GS-12 GRADE DETERMINATION: Do you have at least one full year of experience at the GS-11 grade level that demonstrates the following technical competencies as described at the GS-11 level?

Submit SF-50's that support one full year. No award SF-50's

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3. GS-12 GRADE DETERMINATION:
In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs

a) Current knowledge of computer virus protection software, available software patches and upgrades, and information security tools.
b) Expert knowledge of electronics, computer and networking theory with experience maintaining, interfacing and troubleshooting networked medical equipment to include VLAN configuration, IP addressing, sub-netting, and network security.
c) Ability to utilize and maintain computer and server based medical equipment, medical record databases, and proprietary and generic software, Experience with TCP/IP, HL7, networking, network security, and DICOM standards.
d) Ability to interpret, identify, and apply network engineering principles and practices where there often times is no previous example to follow, or precedence.
e) Skill to distinguish networking problems from non-networking and discuss various options with IT networking and operations staff members.

Do you meet these KSAs as outlined here and in the qualification standards section of the announcement?

*Note: Please ensure how you meet these KSAs is clearly described in your resume; we may not make assumptions regarding your experience*
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