This position is located in the Critical Care Therapy and Respiratory Care Section of the Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center. This section is currently seeking a Registered, Supervisory Respiratory Therapist to add to their team. Ensure to describe your experience in your resume.

Duties

Leading Respiratory Therapist for the Critical Care Team to administer conventional, specialized and complex respiratory therapy treatments to a variety of patients. Instructing employees in specific tasks and job techniques and makes available written instructions, reference materials and supplies. Reporting to supervisor on performance, progress and training needs of employees, and on behavior problems. Providing on the job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices. Maintaining relationships with personnel from the Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM) and the Department of Clinical Research Informatics (DCRI) to assist in the electronic performance and quality management of the lab. Developing and providing reports to evaluate activity and cost of the laboratory. Distributing and balancing the workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization, assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload, and assures that each employee has enough work to keep busy. Interpreting physician orders, providing specialized therapy to critically ill patients that usually require adaptation of established technical procedures. Participating with the physician in planning, instituting, evaluating and devising a patient care plan for pulmonary hygiene. Evaluating the physician order for appropriateness and adjusts the order if necessary. Assisting in the examination and observation of patients by performing such duties as taking diagnostic histories, conducting physical examinations, and performing diagnostic screening tests

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship requirement or proof of being a U.S. National must be met by closing date.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of the pre-appointment process (i.e., background investigation, verification of qualifications and job requirements, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, etc.)
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Applicants must meet all qualifications requirements within thirty (30) calendar days of the closing date of this announcement, including time in grade.
• If selected, you must pass a pre-employment medical examination, provide evidence of immunization, and be free from communicable diseases.
• This position is designated as an "emergency essential" position and the selected candidate will be considered an "emergency essential" employee.
• This position requires weekend hours, night shifts, regular or rotational shifts, holiday hours.
• This position has on-call or call-back requirements.
• Therapist regularly work in an intensive care unit with patients who have severe respiratory and other medical problems. There is recurring exposure to contagious diseases and hazardous gases.
• Selectee may be subject to a medical surveillance program due to the potential exposure to hazardous environments or substances.
• Frequent use of protective clothing is required to prevent disease, spread of infection and penetration of radiation from use of x-ray devices at the bedside during procedures on patients.
• Therapist regularly works in an intensive care unit with patients who have severe respiratory and other medical problems.
• Work requires dexterity to perform intricate procedures in confined areas.
• The therapist must frequently bend, reach, stoop and stretch to set up and take apart equipment, position patients, and push/pull moderately heavy objects.
• The work requires standing and walking for prolonged periods of time.
• A one-year supervisory trial/probationary period may be required upon selection/ placement.

Qualifications

You qualify at the GS-11 level, if you meet one of the following qualification requirements: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one (1) year of qualifying experience equivalent to at least the GS-10 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector, performing the following types of tasks: Performing diagnostic histories, conducting physical examinations, and performing diagnostics screening tests; maintaining, and calibrating equipment such as ventilators, mass spectrometers, and hemodynamic pressure transducers to decrease patient's dependence on ventilators; record and analyze invasive and non-invasive pressures during bedside procedures; monitoring, physiological measurements during procedures and advising physicians of abnormalities; mentoring or leading other respiratory therapist. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. You will receive credit for all experience material to the position, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizational activities, regardless of whether you received pay. To determine your qualifications and referral status, we may review your resume and supporting documentation and compare it against your responses to the vacancy questionnaire. Ensure you support your self-ratings with the information you provide in your application. We may verify or assess your qualifications at any time. Inflated or unsupported qualifications may affect your rating. Any misrepresentation or material omission of facts may be sufficient cause to end further consideration of your candidacy. Persons listed as knowing your past accomplishments or experience in your application may be contacted for verification purposes at any time. Verification may, but need not, begin before receiving an offer. In addition to the previous requirements, you must demonstrate possession of the following selective factor to qualify for the position: You must possess the required certificate as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RPT) from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) and a registry number, or a certificate from another body which the NBRC recognizes as its credentialing equivalent. Preview assessment questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12460148

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address National Institutes of Health 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892 US
• Name: NIH HR Service Desk Branch E
• Email: [email protected]