Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical) Position Available In Hinds, Mississippi

Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center Summary This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval , award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP applicion. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/16/2025 to 06/23/2025 Salary $148,935•$193,614 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locion Jackson, MS 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBST-12750759-25-RC

Control number 838842300 This job is open to Federal employees•Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees•Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to current permanent employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Videos Duties The Chief Biomedical Engineer is responsible for the professional and administrive management of the Biomedical Engineering Department the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center. The incumbent has responsibility for supervising technical staff including engineers, Biomedical Engineering technicians, and other technical staff. The duties of the Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical) include, but are not limited to the following: The Chief Biomedical Engineer is a staff professional consultant and advisor on professional clinical engineering mters to top management, high level medical and administrive staff, and VISN management. He/She has total responsibility for execution and management of a complex, professional, highly technical, Biomedical Engineering program. The program has direct impact on all services provided by the medical center and freestanding outpient clinics. The program must provide safe, reliably maintained equipment for the delivery of quality health care in a cost-effective manner. The Chief Biomedical Engineer has performance ring/reporting accountability to the Chief Engineer with mrix oversight and performance ring input from the VISN 16 Chief Biomedical Engineer. He/She receives administrive direction with assignments in terms of broadly defined missions or functions. He/She exercises authority to oversee the overall planning, direction, and timely execution of the Biomedical Engineering program, including development of the service, assignment of duties, and pursuit of higher-level administrive approval of goals and objectives for supervisors or managers of subordine levels. He/She approves multiyear and long-range plans developed by the supervisors of subordine levels and subsequently manages the overall work to ensure achievement of those goals and objectives. The Chief Biomedical Engineer has responsibility for independent planning, designing, and implementing programs, projects, studies, or other work. Successful execution of these responsibilities has major impact upon the outcome of the pient care delivery multiple sites. The Chief Biomedical Engineer is a key member of the management team and is relied on for authoritive advice on Biomedical Engineering issues. He/She fully participes as a technical advisor in most significant management planning and policy or decision-making actions. The Chief Biomedical Engineer has administrive, managerial, and supervisory responsibilities in support of the VISN 16 Biomedical Engineering program. He/She is fully responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling, and evaluing this program the medical center and its outpient clinics. These activities are coordined with the administrive and medical departments each site. The Chief Biomedical Engineer inities, modifies, and sets policy, procedures, standards, and goals in accordance with the VISN 16 Biomedical Engineering Office defined standards. The Chief Biomedical Engineer is responsible for the full range of personnel actions and organizion design proposals recommended by subordine supervisors. The incumbent plans work to be accomplished by subordines, sets, and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work. He/She assigns work to subordines based on priorities, selective considerion of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of the employees.

Work Schedule :

Monday•Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Subject to change based on the needs of the facility) Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Stion (Relocion Assistance):

Not Authorized EDRP Authorized:

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Ronda Eady ronda.eady@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance.

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 Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 586-00595-F Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentively selected for VA employment in a testing designed position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment medical evaluion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Qualificions Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship :

Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency . Candides must be proficient in spoken and written English. Educion and/or Experience. (1) Bachelor’s Degree or Higher in Engineering. To be creditable, the curriculum must be from a school of engineering with least one curriculum accredited by the Accredition Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), as a professional engineering curriculum. Examples of acceptable engineering degrees include: Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biochemical Engineering. Titles may vary from educional institutions and change over time. OR , (2) Certificion as a Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) and a bachelor’s degree not listed above. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinions :

Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical), GS-14: (a) Experience . Completion of least one year of experience equivalent to the next lower level (GS13), and must fully meet the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) th level. KSAs the GS13 level are: i. Ability to conduct capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment spanning initial concept, installion, and effective implemention of complex medical equipment; ii. •Knowledge [and capacity to support the most complex and specialized clinical technology including service, system administrion, training, and quality assurance;] 9 iii. [K]nowledge of, and the ability to interpret and apply complex codes, regulions, guidelines, and standards associed with the biomedical engineering field; iv. [Ability to develop and implement policies th are consistent with organizional objectives; v. Ability to communice and work collaborively with key stakeholders, including technical and professional staff various levels of the organizion. (b) Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities . In addition to the experience above, the biomedical engineer (clinical) must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

i. Ability to manage overall department resources, i.e., finance, space, 14 equipment, supplies, and staffing a highly complex medical center or the VISN level. ii. Ability to develop local or VISN policies and/or draft directives reled to healthcare technology management. iii. Skill in balancing multiple responsibilities, setting priorities, deleging tasks and projects, meeting multiple deadlines, analyzing organizional problems, and developing and implementing effective solutions. iv. Ability to analyze complex organizional and operional problems to develop and implement solutions th result in efficient operions, and use da effectively to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the area of responsibility. v. Skill in interpersonal relionships leading and dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers, within and outside the biomedical engineering program, to include conflict man

Preferred Experience:

N/A Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS14.

Physical Requirements:

Physical Demands :

Physical aspects associed with work required of this assignment are typical for the occupion, see Duties section for essential job duties of the position. May require standing, lifting, carrying, sitting, stooping, bending, pulling, and pushing. May be required to wear personal protective equipment and undergo annual TB screening or testing as conditions of employment.

Work Environment :

Work is performed in an office/clinic setting with minimal risks th requires normal safety precautions; the area is adequely lighted, heed, and ventiled. However, the work environment requires someone with the ability to handle several tasks once in sometimes stressful situions.

Educion Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order: 1st Area of Considerion•current permanent G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center employees including sellites; 2nd Area of Considerion•current permanent VA Nionwide employees

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have•whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Proof of Certificion as a Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Resume Requirement:

Your resume must include the following informion: Job title, description of duties, beginning and ending de (month/year) of employment, and average hours worked per week. SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Eligibility): Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/23/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Richard Cohen Phone Address GV Sonny Montgomery

VAMC 1500

East Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson, MS 39216 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full•and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Proof of Certificion as a Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Resume Requirement:

Your resume must include the following informion: Job title, description of duties, beginning and ending de (month/year) of employment, and average hours worked per week. SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Eligibility): Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/23/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Richard Cohen Phone Address GV Sonny Montgomery

VAMC 1500

East Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson, MS 39216 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full•and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/16/2025 to 06/23/2025 Salary $148,935•$193,614 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locion Jackson, MS 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBST-12750759-25-RC

Control number 838842300 ., .