Supervisory Biomedical Engineer (Clinical)

The incumbent serves as Chief of Healthcare Technology Management Service and is responsible for the Healthcare Technology Program at the Columbia VA Health Care System (CVAHCS). CVAHCS is currently a 1b complexity facility. The incumbent is vested with complete responsibility and authority to implement the Healthcare Technology Management program in a facility with a complexity equal to a tertiary care and/or university-affiliated facility.

Duties include, but not limited to: Provides management support and technical expert consultation to Executive Leadership for all issues related to the areas listed above. Has final decision-making authority, responsibility and accountability on issues affecting the Healthcare Technology Management Service. Has full administrative and managerial responsibilities for planning, staffing, budgeting, developing, and effectively managing the total Healthcare Technology Management Program. Determines organizational changes in key positions within the Service. Ensures internal personnel-related programs are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner. Communicates agency and local policies and priorities to all employees within the Service. Delegates to each section supervisor the authority and responsibility to carry out assigned tasks. Follows progress of each and recommends improvement to be made where warranted. Ensures labor/management relations are maintained in accordance with Medical Center policy and procedures and that other requirements such as effective use of performance standards, EEO policies, and other personnel-related rules and regulations are effectively enforced. Acts as a consultant to the Medical Center regarding Healthcare Technology Management. Develops new methods or proposes new policies as required for other professional engineers at the facility and/or professional engineers in the VISN. Serves on standing committees of the facility as assigned by the Leadership team. Develops long-range plans for new and complex programs. Makes best use of present resources, plans for future needs and implementation of new resources. Assists with the coordination of all requests for additional resources, working closely with others to pull together comprehensive short-range and long-range plans. Conducts an equipment management program that meets current requirements from The Joint Commission (T JC) and NFPA, including planning, selection, consultation, installation, application, and maintenance. Manages a recall and safety alert program for equipment, including medical device incident investigations to ensure compliance with patient safety goals, SMDA, and TJC requirements. Takes a lead role in the coordination of purchase, planning, construction, installation, and in-service training stages of major Healthcare Technology Management. Chairs the Technology Operations Oversight Board, which provides the Medical Center with guidance regarding Technology Purchases and acts as a resource for Technology related issues. Demonstrates the ability to be resourceful in devising alternative methods to accomplish the objectives of Healthcare Technology Management when technical guidelines are not always prescriptive, economic conflicts are present, and other factors contribute to the complexity of decision making. Assesses situations that are complicated by conflicting or insufficient data that must be analyzed to determine the applicability, efficiency, and effectiveness of established and/or innovative methods. Works with the Medical Center Leadership, Service Chiefs, employees and their representatives, outside contracting agencies, engineers, architects, public sector department heads, engineers and managers at other VAMCs, VISN personnel, VACO personnel, CEOSH personnel, other federal agencies, members of academia and industry, and members of the private sector. Supervises biomedical engineers, biomedical equipment support specialists, and administrative staff. Assigns work, evaluates performance, identifies staff development and training needs, and ensures performance plans are communicated and routinely reviewed. Addresses training requirements, recommends awards and advancements, and takes disciplinary action when appropriate. Manages funds that support quality assurance, maintenance, and operational activities necessary to ensure the facility's medical equipment inventory remains fully available for patient care. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm Telework: Available, Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 62612F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

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