Supervisory Biomedical Engineer

Supervisory Biomedical Engineer Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network (VISN 22)

• San Diego VA Health Care System Summary The incumbent Supervisory/Deputy Chief Biomedical Engineer for VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) supports the Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) Program.

The HTM Program includes healthcare technology stregic planning, pre-purchase assessment, acquisition support, project management and communicion, implemention coordinion, program management, process improvement, equipment management, training, and ongoing maintenance support across the enterprise. Learn more about this agency Summary The incumbent Supervisory/Deputy Chief Biomedical Engineer for VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) supports the Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) Program. The HTM Program includes healthcare technology stregic planning, pre-purchase assessment, acquisition support, project management and communicion, implemention coordinion, program management, process improvement, equipment management, training, and ongoing maintenance support across the enterprise. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/30/2026 to 05/06/2026 Salary $153,663

• $199,765 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: San Diego, CA 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) 0858 Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Not Required Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

CBSX-12949030-26-EL

Control number 867237000 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This announcement is open to qualified Current, Permanent employees of the San Diego VA Health Care System candides only.

NOTE:

The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more informion, refer to Required Documents below. Videos Duties Help Major duties to include but not limited to: Serves as a resident expert and project manager of healthcare technology for VASDHS. Leads technology assessment of healthcare technology by working collaborively with medical staff to evalue market offerings, determine requirements, design system configurions, and develop specificions. Works collaborively with the Contracting staff to procure equipment th best meets clinical needs on balance with competitive processes and value considerions. Coordines implemention of healthcare technology including assessing site preparion requirements, managing project activities and timelines, monitoring installions, and faciliting training of equipment operors and maintainers. Manages implemention and recurring technical support of healthcare technologies and actively collabores with OI&T and clinical service lines to optimize effectiveness of the systems. Balances multiple projects simultaneously and works with a broad range of clinical, technical, and administrive stakeholders, through strong project management, change management, relionship

• building, and communicion skills.

Ensures th medical device recalls and hazard alerts are acted upon as approprie and th equipment reled safety enhancements are implemented across the VASDHS. Ensures th equipment installions enhance and/or support pient safety practices and supports implemention of effective educion programs for healthcare technology users. Manages equipment procurement processes including equipment functionality, developing technical specificions, evaluing technical proposals, and contributing to price negotiions. Analyzes maintenance and support stregies including review of out-sourcing versus in-house support for different aspects of the system. Consults on construction projects, Informion Technology projects, space functional changes, and associed planning with respect to medical technologies and their reled clinical areas (OR, ICU, PACU, etc). Provides engineering review and guidance encompassing the Medical Devices Protection Program (MDPP), life cycle management, high-cost high tech equipment, professional engineering consulting with the medical staff in all areas involving medical instrumention: in-house services for calibrion, repair and safety of all medical instrumention and assurance of meeting guidelines set by the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) and other code-setting agencies regarding overall maintenance and safety of medical instrumention. Gives critical support to the HTM program by interacting with professional and medical staff as a member of numerous committees dealing with issues touching upon medical equipment and processes. Provides professional engineering direction to comply with legislive and accrediting requirements the medical center including federal (e.g., OSHA, EPA, FDA, NFPA), ste and local authorities having specific jurisdiction concerning protection and quality of life and environment, as well as accrediting bodies (e.g.

TJC, CAP

). Develops policies and procedures to comply with these frequently conflicting requirements while minimizing adverse impact to pient care. Promotes the viability of VASDHS by supporting stregic planning, working with executive administrive staff and Engineering management to plan, implement, and design solutions to needs. Performs other reled duties as assigned.

Work Schedule :

Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible :

Not Available.

Telework :

Not Available.

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 000000

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized. Requirements Help 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. 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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). 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. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Complete all applicion requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 2-year trial period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your trial period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

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. Educion and/or

Experience:

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. (Acceptable engineering degrees include: Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biochemical Engineering); OR Certificion as a Certified Clinical Engineer (CCE) and a bachelor's degree not listed above.

English Language Proficiency:

Biomedical Engineers must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. § . 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).

Grandfhering Provision:

All persons employed in VHA in this occupion, on the effective de of this qualificion standard, are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive educion, and/or certificion/registrion th are part of the basic requirements of the occupion. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualificions applicable to the position the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: Such employees in an occupion th does not require a certificion/registrion, may be reassigned, promoted, or demoted within the occupion. Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis, prior to the effective de of the qualificion standard, may not have their temporary appointment extended, or be reappointed on a temporary, or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard. Employees initially grandfhered into this occupion, who subsequently obtain additional educion and/or certificion/registrion, th meet all the basic requirements of this qualificion standard, must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupion. If an employee, who was retained in an occupion listed in 38 U.S.C. § 7401(3) under this provision, leaves th occupion, the employee loses protected stus, and must meet the full VA qualificion standard requirements in effect the time of reentry to the occupion.

Grade Determinions :

GS-13

Experience:

Applicants must have one (1) year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level and must fully meet the KSAs th level.

• AND•In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre the following

KSA's:

Knowledge of the management of overall department resources, i.e., finances, space, equipment, supplies, and staffing the local level. Ability to draft and/or recommend local policies and/or directives reled to healthcare technology management. Ability to balance multiple responsibilities, set priorities, delege tasks, meet multiple deadlines, analyze organizional problems, and develop and implement effective solutions. Ability to analyze 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. Skill in interpersonal relionships in leading and dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers, both within and outside the biomedical engineering program, to include conflict management, dispute resolution, mediion, or reasonable accommodions.

Preferred Experience:

High Tech Medical Equipment Procurements, Medical Device Protection Program, Supervisory Experience, and Budgeting.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificionStandards/ .

Physical Requirements:

See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Educion

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on 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: http://ope.ed.gov/accredition/ . 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, : https://sites.ed.gov/internional/recognition-of-foreign-qualificions/ . Additional informion Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. 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, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

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 VA for Vets 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 Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Special Note for

Applicions:

To complete your applicion, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx to download the standard Clinical Resume Document. This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field. Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limition into the 'Other' document upload field. 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 Resume/CV Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans' Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets

• Veterans
• Job Seekers
• Veterans' Preference .

Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help 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 05/06/2026 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12949030 . 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 Eric Limon Phone 909-504-5612 Eric.

Limon@va.gov Address San Diego VA Medical Center 3350 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego, CA 92161 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 USAJobs Help Center .

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. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Special Note for

Applicions:

To complete your applicion, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx to download the standard Clinical Resume Document. This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field. Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limition into the 'Other' document upload field. 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 Resume/CV Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans' Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans' Preference, please Feds Hire Vets

• Veterans
• Job Seekers
• Veterans' Preference .

Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help 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 05/06/2026 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12949030 . 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. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Eric Limon Phone 909-504-5612 Eric.

Limon@va.gov Address San Diego VA Medical Center 3350 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego, CA 92161 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 USAJobs Help Center .

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. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/30/2026 to 05/06/2026 Salary $153,663

• $199,765 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: San Diego, CA 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

CBSX-12949030-26-EL

Control number 867237000