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Job Field: Government Jobs
Location: Gainesville, FL
Salary: $42,960.00 - $55,844.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (352)376-1611x5699

JOB SUMMARY:

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THE LIST OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS WAS AMENDED TO INCLUDE COPY OF LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION.  APPLICANTS WHO PREVIOUSLY APPLIED, NEED NOT REAPPLY OR RESUBMIT DOCUMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED.

 

Vacancy Identification Number (VIN):  TAG:VacancyID (Please include on all documents) 

Tour of Duty:   12 hour tours and one 8 hr tour (730pm to 0400a or midnight to 0800a)  

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.

 How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

 As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips.  Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries.

Special Employment Consideration:  Individuals eligible for the following appointments are encouraged to apply: 5 CFR 213.3102 "u", Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities; mental retardation, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities; and Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more.

 A $2,000 RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS POSITION

  RELOCATION EXPENSES ARE NOT APPROVED FOR THIS POSITION

 

The incumbent, as part of the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System, Malcom Randall VA Respiratory Therapy Health Care Team, performs the following duties:   conducting various pulmonary testing procedures such as basic (FVC, MMV, flow volume loops) and complete spirometry (SVC, FVC, MMV, FRC, diffusion capacity, lung volumes); specific diagnostic studies to determine oxygen consumption/carbon dioxide production; drawing and interpreting results of blood gas analysis;   inventories/replenishes supplies in the PFT and Bronchoscopy Suite; administering a wide variety of complex respiratory therapy procedures and techniques including mechanical ventilatory support to patients with artificial airway and other complex medical problems; perform artificial airway care and maintenance; calibrate various respiratory therapy equipment to include pulmonary function testing apparatus, blood gas analyzers, pressure and volume ventilators, recording oximeters, and mass spectrometers; instructing others in the performance of respiratory therapy procedures and techniques; provide patient education to patients and caregivers; setting up, performing function check, calibrating and monitoring complex respiratory equipment such as CPAP, BIPAP, and auto titration machines; and provide oxygen and life support to patients during emergency resuscitation/assisting with ventilator transport routine and/or emergency respiratory therapy procedures and other clinical respiratory duties. The incumbent is expected to perform direct patient care duties, as necessary, and must be able to operate a variety of equipment including: mechanical ventilators, CPAP/BiPAP devices, pulmonary function equipment, oxygen monitors/analyzers, and pressure transducers and other items of equipment used in providing respiratory therapy. 

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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U. S. Citizenship

Must pass pre-employment examination

English Language Proficiency required

Designated and-or Random Drug Testing required

Background and-or Security Investigation required