Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist - Salisbury, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

The Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) for Salisbury - W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center provides clinical and administrative support to staff, patients, and administrators for all matters of concern relating to the facility wide lifecycle management of medical equipment.

Duties

The Biomedical Equipment Support Specialist (BESS) provides clinical and administrative support to staff, patients, and administrators for all matters of concern relating to the facility wide lifecycle management of medical equipment. Biomedical support requires the application of engineering and mechanical concepts and methodology to provide lifecycle management and technical support of diagnostic, therapeutic devices, monitoring, and other equipment utilized in the practice of medicine, and to improve clinical care provided by doctors, nurses, and other clinical staff throughout VA. Medical equipment supported by the BESS is maintained to the standards required by multiple accrediting agencies (e.g. Food and Drug Administration, The Joint Commission, the National Fire Protection Association, etc.).

FUNCTIONS:

• Lifecycle management of all medical systems such as imaging, life support, dialysis, and monitoring to include physical and network support.
• Coordinates and works with other facility support departments for incoming inspections, regular and unscheduled maintenance, and planning for end of life replacement of medical equipment
• Maintains functional knowledge of relevant safety codes and standards of regulatory bodies including, but not limited to, The Joint Commission (TJC), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).
• Documents all work performed in the computerized maintenance management system
• Applies basic networking principles to resolve medical system communication issues including, but not limited to, node to server failures.
• Investigates, remediates and documents Repairable Medical Device (RMD) recalls and safety alerts
• Maintains knowledge of the state of the art in medical technology, including scientific advances, network protocols, and vendor changes.
• Provides training and education as appropriate to medical technology end users and clinical staff.
• Loads operating system (OS) and clinical application software as needed.
• Additional duties are performed as assigned by supervisor related to maintenance, remediation, and tracking of medical systems