• Job Description

  Req#: 838045100
  The Registered Respiratory Therapist (Pulmonary) incumbent displays proficiency and performs at a level of excellence in all Respiratory Care and Diagnostic Services at the Lee County Healthcare Center in Cape Coral, FL. The services are performed in accordance with the guidelines established by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC), American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), and policies/procedures of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System and C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center.
  
  
  
  Duties
  
  
  The Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) (Pulmonary) is responsible for providing all modalities of direct patient respiratory care as outlined in the Respiratory Therapy Policy and Procedure Manual and performing job duties in accordance with mission, vision, and values of Bay Pines VA Healthcare System.
  
  Duties of the RRT may include but are not limited to:
  
  
  Requirements
  
  
  
  
  Qualifications
  
  
  
  BASIC REQUIREMENTS
  • United States Citizenship. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
  • English Language Proficiency. RTs/RRTs appointed to direct patient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
  • Education. Individuals must have successfully completed a respiratory care program accredited by the CoARC or its successor. Please check that your program is verified on the CoARC website as this will be verified. Transcripts are required to be submitted.
  • Licensure- Submitted Documentation . Persons appointed or reassigned to RRT positions in the GS-0601 series must possess and maintain for the duration of employment a full, current and unrestricted license from a state to practice as an RRT.
  • Credential- Submitted Documentation . Persons appointed or reassigned to RRT positions in the GS-0601 series must possess and maintain for the duration of employment a valid, current, unrestricted credential of RRT.
  GRADE REQUIREMENTS
  
  Registered Respiratory Therapist (Pulmonary) GS-12
  
  Experience, Licensure and Credential. Candidates must possess:
  • One (1) year of creditable experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level demonstrating the clinical competencies described at that level. RRTs at this grade level in this assignment have experience demonstrating advanced practice skills and clinical judgment across many areas of respiratory care both inpatient and outpatient. Knowledge, skills, and abilities at the GS-11 grade level include:
    • Ability to collaboratively consult with physicians and other healthcare professionals for complex respiratory care to develop care plans to provide favorable patient outcomes.
    • Skill in evaluating the efficacies of therapeutic modalities.
    • Skill in performing advanced airway and ventilation management.
  • Hold an active license and RRT credential and CPFT Or, RPFT certification.(Submitted Documentation)
  Selective Placement Factor (SPF): This position includes a skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to and essential for satisfactory performance of the job. Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. Evidence of the Selective Placement Factor must be reflected in your resume. The SPF for this position is:
  • Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT)Or,
  • Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT)
  
  Preferred Experience: Experience in PFT.
  
  Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the requirements above, candidates must demonstrate all the following KSAs:
  • Knowledge of complex pulmonary function testing to include but not limited to cardiopulmonary stress testing, exercise testing, metabolic testing, bronchoprovocation testing and shunt testing.
  • Ability to establish a quality control program related to pulmonary function lab.
  • Skill in analyzing physiologic specimen and information from basic diagnostic procedures.
  • Skill in assessing for signs and symptoms of adverse actions to medications and or testing procedures.
  • Skill in determining appropriate intervention for adverse actions to medications and or testing procedures.
  • Ability to provide training in advanced pulmonary function procedures.
  • Ability to provide clinical consultation in advanced pulmonary function procedures.
  
  Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
  
  Physical Requirements: Moving equipment and supplies, lifting, bending, stooping, and possible exposure to body fluid is involved. Heavy lifting, 45 pounds and over. Heavy carrying, 45 pounds and over, Pushing, Reaching above shoulder, Use of fingers/ Both hands required, Walking/ Standing /Kneeling, - Repeated bending, Climbing, legs only Both legs required, Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously, Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4, Both eyes required, Ability to distinguish basic colors, and Hearing without aid.

• About the company

  The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with integrating life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 1700 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country.

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