Supervisory Respiratory Therapist - DE

Summary

This position is located in the Division of Clinical Services, Respiratory Therapy Services Branch, Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as Chief of the Respiratory Therapy responsible for planning, directing, controlling and evaluating the effectiveness of the services provided by department.

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Duties

• Provides administrative supervision and technical direction for the respiratory therapy department, the blood gas laboratory, pulmonary function services, and consulting service to the outlying service units.
• Writes respiratory therapy policies and procedures in accordance with standards of The Joint Commission.
• Assures the proper care and maintenance of respiratory therapy equipment and supplies.
• Assures uninterrupted supply of necessary accessories and supplies.
• Oversees the calibration and maintaining of blood gas analyzers and blood gas supplies.
• Serves in planning and implementing in-service education programs to meet needs of respiratory therapy staff.
• Independently provides emergency inhalation therapy treatments to critically ill and high-risk patients.
• Sets up and operates positive pressure ventilators, pneumatic nebulizers and volume ventilators to administer complex inhalation therapy treatments to patients.
• Sets up, operates and monitors pulmonary function instruments and equipment, such as blood gas analyzers, pulmonary bedside spirometer, water spirometer.
  
  

This position is being announced concurrently under Excepted Service/Merit Promotion Hiring procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-25-NJ-12691437-ESEP/MP for eligibility requirements.

NOTE: Applicants must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered for both.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Selectee may be subject to a probationary period
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children. Due to this requirement, the agency must ensure that persons hired for these positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes.
• A one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period may be required upon selection/placement.
• Confidential Financial Disclosure Form required.
• IHS Selectees that will work in an IHS health care facility are subject to Employee Health Policies related to Measles and Rubella, COVID-19, and seasonal influenza immunizations. Vaccine exemption requests may be available according to the National and/or Service Unit guidance.
• The selected individual is required to obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements. If privileges are not obtained or maintained during employment, the employee will be subject to adverse actions, up to and including removal from Federal service.
• On-call hours or standby duty may be required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
• You will need to set up direct deposit so we can pay you.
• Background Investigation: If you are selected for this vacancy, you must undergo a pre-employment fingerprint check and background investigation. Fingerprint results and background investigation documentation must be cleared prior to hire. After you begin your employment, your continued employment is contingent upon the outcome of a complete background investigation as determined by the sensitivity level of your position. The investigation must find that you are suitable for Federal employment in your position. If you are found not suitable, you will be terminated after you begin work. If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or subject to possible criminal charges. You may be subject to a credit check as a part of the background investigation process.
  
  

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

Basic Requirement(s)

Specialized Experience: For positions at GS-4 and above: Qualifying specialized experience must have demonstrated a knowledge of basic equipment used in respiratory therapy and included duties such as:

• Making regular rounds on hospital nursing units to review or collect clinical data to insure that the respiratory equipment is operating properly and in compliance with physicians' orders.
• Transporting, setting up, or testing the operation of and changing simple oxygen administering devices, e.g., masks and nasal cannulas with cylinder or centralized medical gas systems.
• Disassembling, cleaning, assembling, and sterilizing reusable respiratory equipment such as oxygen analyzers and regulators, including recognizing and reporting variations from expected results.
  
  

In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below-

Minimum Qualifications

GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Experience in Critical Care, use of ventilators and DPAP/BiPAP equipment; Experience in all modalities of respiratory care and equipment, including but not limited to, ventilators (neonatal-adult), CPAP/BiPAP equipment, blood gas analyzers, percussors, pulse oximeters, Oxygen analyzers, flowmeters, pulmonary function equipment and testing, disassembling, cleaning, assembling, and sterilizing reusable respiratory equipment. Troubleshooting and maintaining respiratory equipment; maintaining patient records and documentation.

Supervisory or Managerial Competencies: Candidates should possess proficiency or the potential to develop proficiency on these competencies prior into a supervisory position:

• Accountability
• Customer Service
• Decisiveness
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Oral Communication
• Problem Solving
• Resilience
• Written Communication
  
  

You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

• Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.
• If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
  
  

Additional information

• Additional selection(s) of candidates may be possible within 240 days from the date the certificate of eligibles was issued for this announcement.
• Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. IHS may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their directly related previous non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
• This position is NOT covered by a Bargaining Unit.
• Recruitment or relocation incentives may be authorized. At least a 1-year service agreement will be required.
• The Indian Health Service (IHS), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) have student loan repayment programs for qualifying health disciplines. This is a competitive process separate from the hiring process. Opportunities for LRP are based on agency hiring priorities and availability of funds. For additional information please visit:
• For IHS - https://www.ihs.gov/loanrepayment/
• For NHSC - https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/
• For HRSA Nurse Corps - https://bhw.hrsa.gov/loansscholarships/nursecorps
  

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