About Blue Water Thinking
Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals.
Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers.
Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated "one-team" approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions, thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs.
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Lastly, our formula for success is simple: Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible.
Job Description:
The Biomedical Engineer is responsible for overseeing small- to medium-scale healthcare technology projects within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The role requires strong project management skills, an in depth understanding of healthcare technology management (HTM), and experience working within the VA enterprise.
The Biomedical Engineer will lead tasks throughout the full project lifecycle, including project planning, execution, stakeholder communication, risk management, and successful project delivery. The position requires coordination across clinical, technical, and administrative teams, ensuring compliance with VA and federal regulations and alignment with organizational goals.
Responsibilities:
• Plan, lead, and execute multiple HTM-related projects involving the Oracle Health Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) efforts within the VA healthcare system, ensuring timely and successful delivery.
• Collaborate with EHRM stakeholders across Biomedical Engineering departments, VA medical centers, and VISN leadership to define project goals and deliverables.
• Utilize government acquisition and procurement systems knowledge to support project execution (including One Source, ECRI, Best in Class).
• Apply knowledge of VA procurement and clinical operations to guide technology planning and implementation.
• Communicate project status, risks, and milestones effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, including VA leadership and clinical staff.
• Develop and present detailed project reports and presentations to a wide range of stakeholders.
• Utilize knowledge of various HTM Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to inform project planning and tracking.
• Integrate the use of emerging technologies, including Large Language Model (LLM) applications, to support decision-making, documentation, and process automation.
• Provide technical and professional Biomedical Engineering support to the VHA Office of Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) PMO, focusing on networked medical systems, clinical technology integration, and enterprise HTM initiatives.
• Support corrective and planned maintenance activities for network-connected medical devices, including coordination with clinical, IT, cybersecurity, and vendor stakeholders to ensure system availability, reliability, and compliance.
• Apply medical device networking expertise (TCP/IP, VLANs, device connectivity, and clinical system interfaces) to support secure integration of medical technologies within VA enterprise network environments.
• Assist with cybersecurity-related medical device risk mitigation, including vulnerability remediation support, compliance with VA and VHA cybersecurity requirements, and collaboration with cybersecurity and information security teams.
Qualifications:
• Minimum of 5 years of professional Biomedical Engineering or Clinical Engineering experience supporting healthcare technology management (HTM) functions within hospital or enterprise healthcare environments, preferably within the VHA or other large federal healthcare systems.
• Demonstrated experience supporting network-connected medical devices and clinical systems, including medical device networking, system integration, and coordination with IT and cybersecurity teams to ensure secure and reliable device connectivity.
• Proven experience providing technical and professional support for corrective and planned maintenance of medical devices and networked medical systems,
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