Supervisory Registered Respiratory Therapist Job in Boise, ID

Summary

This job is open to

• Internal to an agency

  Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• The Incumbent Registered Respiratory Therapist is responsible for managing all administrative and clinical aspects of the organizational unit. This includes In-Patient and Out-Patient Respiratory Care Services and clinics.
• The Incumbent is responsible for all aspects of the department's goals. This includes planning, organizing, staffing, decision making, coordinating, reporting and budgeting for all areas supervised. Decisions are made exercising wide latitude and independent judgement.
• The Incumbent has broad and overall responsibility for clinical practice, program management, education, human resource management, budget management and supervision for employees whose work involves providing high acuity care.
• The Incumbent provides leadership with objective, independent assessments and recommendations for policy, operational and administrative issues and initiatives requiring decision and action.
• The incumbent is the health care systems key person to implement programs in respiratory and sleep related patient care.
• The Incumbent directs more than one kind of work, each representing a requirement for a distinctly different additional body of knowledge for which this position provides both technical and administrative supervision.
• Applies specialized principles and practices of health care management in leading programs.
• Develops and implements the organizational vision that integrates program goals, strategic priorities, ICARE values, and other factors.
• Plans the sequence of operations, recommends and implements changes in organization or work assignments to improve work, services, job satisfaction, etc.
• Prepares formal requests for filling vacancies and for addition personnel to meet work requirements, reviews candidates, performs interviews and selects staff.
• Serves as a consultant and works in collaboration with case managers, discharge coordinators, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and ancillary staff regarding the respiratory care provided.
• Develops policies, procedures and protocols, performance and quality standards, position descriptions and functional statements.
• Consults with affiliates and works collaboratively with the Medical Center's managers and clinical leaders to develop and enhance program opportunities and performance in support of mission objectives.
• Provides oversight in developing procedures and methodologies for monitoring quality assurance and continuous improvement programs.
• Establishes a master staffing plan, including numbers and skills for staff based on patient needs, staffing guidelines, staff qualifications, infection control concerns, work area geography, and human resources supply and demand.
• Plans and implements an effective educational program for in-services, orientation, continuing education and other personnel training including respiratory therapists, medical students, residents, house staff, nursing staff, patients/families/caregivers and other Medical Center personnel.
• Responsible for ensuring all legal, regulatory, quality and safety standards for his/her areas are met, including Joint Commission, OIG, Fire Safety, Infection Control, Blood Borne Pathogens, Chemical Hazards, CPR, education documentation, patient confidentiality, employee orientation, and employee competency.
• Develops performance improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary; proposes and effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Completes annual performance appraisals.
• Develops a 5-year equipment plan. Researches appropriate critical care equipment, arranges in-services, gathers all required documentation and quotes to purchase. Enters SEPG/EER and closely works with Logistics to ensure equipment purchase and delivery.
• The Chief, Respiratory Care is responsible to the CC/Pulmonology/Sleep Medical Director, Specialty Medicine Section Chief, and to the Service Chief/ACOS Medicine.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

How You Will Be Evaluated

Required Documents

How to Apply

All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/14/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12733618.

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Next steps

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.

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NOTE: Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted. HCP in violation of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locations include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associated clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with patients outside VA medical facilities.