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.
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.
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.