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Registered Respiratory Therapist
Indian Health Service · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
Join the Indian Health Service as a Respiratory Therapist and make a meaningful impact in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Provide life-saving respiratory care, patient education, and advanced cardiopulmonary services in a collaborative healthcare environment. Use your expertise to improve patient outcomes while serving populations with unique and rewarding healthcare needs. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).
What You'll Do
- →Provide respiratory therapy assessment, treatment, and monitoring services for patients across the lifespan in inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and critical care settings.
- →Administer oxygen therapy, aerosol medications, airway management, ventilator support, and other respiratory care modalities.
- →Perform blood gas analysis, pulmonary function testing, and other diagnostic procedures to evaluate respiratory status.
- →Respond to respiratory emergencies and provide critical care support, including CPR, airway management, and ventilator management.
- →Educate patients, families, and staff regarding respiratory treatments, equipment use, and disease management.
- →Operate, calibrate, troubleshoot, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment while ensuring compliance with safety, quality, and infection control standards.
- →Document care provided and participate in quality improvement and respiratory care program activities.
- →Requirements: (Continued) IHS Selectees whose duties and responsibilities require them to work permanently, temporarily, or occasionally in an IHS healthcare facility must comply with the IHS Employee Immunization Policy related to vaccine-preventable diseases, consistent with recommendations for healthcare workers.
- →Vaccine exemption requests may be available, as outlined in the IHS Employee Immunization Policy and facility guidance.
- →Physical Demands: The work involves walking, sitting, standing, reaching and bending in the assessment and treatment of patients.
- →Additional Information: (Continued) 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.
Requirements
- ✓Selectee may be subject to a probationary period ESEP appointees typically serve a two year trial 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.
- ✓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 Requirement: This position requires the successful completion of a federal background investigation as a condition of employment.
- ✓A background investigation is a standard process used by the Federal Government to verify an individual's identity, employment history, education, and other relevant information to determine suitability for Federal service.
- ✓Upon receipt of instructions, applicants must complete all required background investigation forms within five (5) calendar days of issuance.
- ✓Timely completion is critical to avoid delays in processing or a determination of unsuitability.
- ✓Applicants are strongly encouraged to prioritize this requirement and to maintain regular communication with their assigned Personnel Security Specialist throughout the process.
- ✓Financial Suitability Requirement: This position requires a review of the applicant's financial history as part of the personnel security and suitability determination.
- ✓Applicants must demonstrate financial responsibility, maintain good standing with creditors, and satisfy all legal financial obligations prior to applying.
Personality Fit
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