Clarification from the agency

Individuals with disabilities Internal - Appears on USAJOBS Veterans with 30% or more Disability

This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Major Duties:

• Establishes national criteria for conduct of an equipment management program that meets current Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the National Fire protection Association (NFPA) requirements.
• Reviews all requests for major medical equipment systems to assure they meet economic and workload requirements established by VA and good clinical practice.
• Oversees the development, testing, and implementation of medical equipment and clinical applications into vendor EHRM solutions.
• Manages a national center for engineering programs that provides solutions to medical technology and biomedical engineering issues.
• Leads in medical device security policy negotiation and development with the DoD, HTM, OI&T and the EHRM vendor to leverage partnerships, reciprocity and resources while ensuring medical device security policies balance the needs of cybersecurity and the clinical business requirements of VHA.

Work Schedule: Full Time/Mon - Fri 8:00am - 4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Available
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Telework: Available
Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a one year probationary period
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/01/2019.
Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Must be proficient in spoken and written English.
• Must meet education requirement as listed below.

Bachelor's degree in Professional Engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (a) Be in a school of engineering with at least 1 curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology as a professional engineering curriculum; or, (b) Include differential and integral calculus, and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in 5 of the following 7 areas of engineering science or physics: (1) statics and/or dynamics; (2) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (3) fluid mechanics and/or hydraulics; (4) thermodynamics; (5) electrical fields and circuits; (6) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); or (7) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

Or

Combination of education and experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished: a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering; and a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

Professional registration: Current registration as a professional engineer by any State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States (e.g., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than a written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would not be rated eligible for biomedical engineering positions.

Written Test: Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training examination, or the written test
required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners of a State, Territory, Commonwealth of the United States (e.g., Puerto Rico), or the District of Columbia.


Specified academic courses: Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements.

Related curriculum: Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions.


Specialized Experience for GS-15: 1 year specialized experience at the next lower level of GS-14 includes:
demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities-
1. Knowledge of, and ability to interpret and apply, relevant codes, regulations, guidelines, and standards associated with biomedical engineering to establish criteria on a national basis for biomedical engineering programs.
2. Ability to effectively communicate, both orally and in writing, on technical information with a wide variety of individuals including senior VHA managers.
3. Knowledge of, and ability to apply, the principles, theories, concepts, and practices of the biomedical engineering profession to establish a national recall and safety alert program, and/or conduct medical equipment investigations for the national program office.


Grade Determinations: includes basic requirements and specialized experience.

References: VA Handbook 5005/104 PART II APPENDIX G38. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-15. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-15.

Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.

NOTE: The Professional Standards Board (a peer-review group) will review the selected candidate's education and experience and recommend the grade and salary at which the candidate will be placed. For internal selectees eligible for promotion, the board will recommend grade and HR will determine step in accordance with policy.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.