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- Serving as Chief Biomedical Engineer and is administratively under the Associate Director
- Directly consulting with the Medical and Administrative staff on principles and practices which relate to Biomedical Engineering
- Directing HTM Service in engineering principles and good manufacturing practices
- Providing the Medical Center and its medical and engineering school affiliations with professional level of Biomedical Engineering support
- Directing HTM interactions with the Department of Veteran's Affairs Centralized Biomedical Engineering programs
- May represent the Medical Centers in meetings and conferences
- Providing highly technical and professional services that directly impact the delivery of healthcare affecting large complex services that encompass the Harlingen, south Texas area as well as Medical Centers throughout the VISN.
- Initiating, planning, organizing and implementing new networked medical device programs and projects that affect the department
- Extensively involved in Quality Assurance and Continuous Quality Management
- Facilitating CQI proposals from the staff level to the clinical staff level
- Often required to justify the purchase of highly complex medical systems
- Overseeing development of technical data estimates, statistics and other information used by upper management to determine goals and objectives emphasizing the management of technology and the delivery of health care services
- Providing a wide range of technical input and oversight when analyzing benefits and costs of accomplishing work in-house vs. contracts
- Recommending whether to contract, providing technical requirements and descriptions of work to be accomplished
- Planning and establishing work schedules, deadlines and standards of acceptable work
- Coordinating and integrating contractor work with others
- Tracking quality and performance and arranging required inspections
- Deciding on the acceptability, rejection or correction of work products or services that effect payment of the contractor
- Organizing projects of broad scope and objectives that affect many levels of medical and administrative staff
- Responsible for developing and constantly improving complex medical equipment systems by developing performance specifications, technically administering contracts and establishing installation, maintenance and functional elements. Through constant failure analysis he/she obtains the most efficient and effective system needed.
- Making recommendations in the creation of internal and external program policy issues affecting the overall organization that involve technological factors
- Involved in determining the optimum mix of reduced operating costs and assurance of program effectiveness
- Involved in the introduction of labor- saving devices, automated processes and methods of improvements Work Schedule : Fulltime, Monday thru Friday 8:00 . to 4:30 .; 7:00 . to 3:30 ., 7:30 . to 4:00 .; 8:30 . to 5:00 .
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Supervisory Biomedical Engineer - Corpus Christi, United States - Veterans Health Administration
Description
Summary
Supports/advances patient care by applying engineering & managerial skills to healthcare technology. Directs a medical equipment management program meeting requirements. Supervises Biomedical Engineers & Biomedical Equipment Support Specialists. Instructs physicians, clinicians & others in correct equipment application/operator-level maintenance of medical equipment.This vacancy will remain open until filled. First cut-off date is 3/20/2024. Additional applications will be referred as needed.
Duties
Healthcare Engineer:Duties include, but are not limited to:
Recruitment: Authorized for highly qualified external applicants
Relocation Incentive: Authorized for highly qualified internal applicants
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
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
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement # : 00000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Fi nancial Disclosure Report: Not required
