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The Chief, Registered Respiratory Therapy (RRT), GS-10, directs and supervises the work of as many as 20 RT staff who administer routine, intensive, and emergency respiratory care and life support to patients, whose age may vary from 17 years to 100+ years, with cardiopulmonary deficiencies and abnormalities. The incumbent must also be able to administer routine, intensive, and emergent respiratory care and life support to patients, whose age may vary from 17 years to 100+years, with cardiopulmonary deficiencies and abnormalities. The Chief of RT is directly responsible to the Chief, Anesthesiology Service and collaborates with appropriate supervisors in the Medical Center.
Must possess expert knowledge of respiratory therapy methods; full range of equipment; complex respiratory procedures; and techniques used in respiratory therapy including the operating characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of the complex equipment used in intensive respiratory care and emergency situations. Must have the ability to perform complex respiratory procedures. Must have knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system including in-depth understanding of how the structure and function of the lungs and bronchi relate to gas exchange and ventilation. Must have extensive knowledge of a wide variety of acute and chronic respiratory disorders, and must be able to participate with physicians, nurses, and/or other medical staff in respiratory patient treatment planning. Must have the knowledge and ability to: provide emergency or critical respiratory care; and to plan and conduct in-service education or training for hospital staff, students, patients, and families. Must have the ability to plan, organize, direct, coordinate, and evaluate programs involving respiratory care.
Work Schedule: Full-Time, Days
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
03/08/2018 to 03/23/2018
$57,957 - $72,447 per year
GS 10
1 vacancy in the following location:
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
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CBDW-10150170-18-JS
493339600
Grade Determinations:
GS-10: You must possess all of the following:
In addition to meeting the requirement for GS-9, candidates must have had at least 1
additional year of successful and progressively responsible experience in which the candidate demonstrated the ability to assume supervisory duties and function in an assignment at the GS-10 level.
(GS-9) In addition to meeting the requirements for GS-8, candidates must have had at least 1 additional year of successful and progressively responsible experience related to respiratory therapy at the GS-8 level or equivalent. This experience must have included demonstrated accomplishments in upgrading services to patients. The candidate must have demonstrated expert knowledge of respiratory therapy methods, equipment, and procedures and the ability to assume responsibility to plan, organize, direct, coordinate, and evaluate programs involving respiratory care.
(GS-8) At least 1 year of successful experience related to respiratory therapy at the GS-7 level or equivalent. Qualifying experience at this level is work which includes duties such as: administering assisted and controlled ventilation to patients with tracheotomies and other complex medical problems requiring frequent adjustments in ventilator parameters; administering and monitoring advanced ventilator techniques such as positive end expiratory pressure and continuous positive airway pressure; developing plans for weaning patients from ventilators; assessing the respiratory status of patients using data acquired through physical observation and clinical analysis of blood gas data, chest x-rays, and electrocardiogram to determine the effectiveness of therapy being administered and to make recommendations to physicians regarding changes in treatment; performing the most difficult respiratory therapy procedures to maintain ventilation, including endotracheal intubation, tracheal lavage, and tracheotomy care; and providing in-service training to others in various specialized areas of
respiratory care.
Demonstrated knowledge and ability needed to perform complex respiratory procedures
with minimal supervision. Is able to participate with physicians and nurses and other staff in
planning respiratory treatment, with great reliance on the individual's knowledge of the
equipment.
Demonstrated knowledge and ability to provide emergency or critical respiratory care; service as a shift leader or supervisor or sole responsible respiratory therapist on a shift; and to plan and conduct training sessions with respiratory therapy students, hospital staff, patients, and family members.
References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G11
Physical Requirements: Heavy lifting (45 pounds and over); heavy carrying (45 pounds and over); straight pulling; pushing; reaching above shoulder; use of fingers; both hands required; walking; standing; repeated bending; ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; hearing aid permitted.
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Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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