Advancements in Veteran care mean advancements in technology, and VA works hard to be at the cutting edge of those health care innovations. To do so, we need top-notch technology experts in both clinical and nonclinical specialties across the country.
What can you do with a technology background at VA?
- Information technology specialists will provide technical support, whether it’s phone support, desk-side technical support, or bench-top diagnosis and repair.
- Biomedical engineers mix engineering concepts with biological sciences like chemistry, anatomy and physiology, and biology to manage equipment used in VA’s medical centers around the country.
- Biomedical equipment support specialists make sure diagnostic equipment, therapeutic devices, monitoring tools and other equipment work well in improving health service delivery systems for VA facilities and our Veteran patients.
- Supervisory health care engineers work with biomedical engineers to integrate technology into our facilities.
No matter your role, your expertise and VA’s nationwide health care system offer plenty of opportunities for advancement. You can progress to a supervisory role overseeing equipment throughout the hospital, and incorporating fiscal responsibilities and human resources duties as you manage technological needs.
With needs from Wyoming to West Virginia, from Mississippi to Montana and more, chances are VA has an opportunity to join our team near you right now.
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I would be willing to test new technology for the VA. I am 73 but pretty tech-savvy. I have diabetes and I am currently enrolled in the telehealth system sending in my blood sugar reading. I am also enrolled in the podimetrics diabetes foot ulcer program but they haven’t been working so well with their machine.
I want to work.
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