Supervisory Registered Respiratory Therapist

Supervisory Registered Respiratory TherapistThe Supervisory Registered Respiratory Therapist has broad and overall responsibility for the service-level department and full responsibility for clinical practice, program management, education, human resources management, budget management and supervision for employees whose work involves providing high acuity care. Performs all functions related to the role of Chief. They initiate and conduct audits and analyze a wide variety of data related to program planning and the specialized needs of the Veteran, the service and the medical center. Duties include, but are not limited to:Plan, assess and evaluate programs to ensure coordination between care delivered by the program and overall delivery of health care within the facility.Initiate and conduct audits and analyze a wide variety of data related to program planning and the specialized needs of the Veteran, the service and the medical center.Advise leadership on policy implications, key issues, relationships to both internal and external interest groups and recommend courses of action.Maintain interdepartmental relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals.Coordinate and negotiate resolutions to complex problems and report progress and resolution of problems in achieving goals and objectives to higher levels of management.Prepare special reports and responses, congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs and decision papers for the medical center leadership, VISN or central office, which may be highly sensitive, confidential and of a complex nature.Develop policies, procedures and protocols, performance and quality standards, position descriptions and functional statements.Represent the department at interdisciplinary meetings and on facility level committees.Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Telework: AdHocVirtual: This is not a virtual position.Functional Statement #: F02926Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not AuthorizedPermanent Change of Station (PCS): Not AuthorizedPCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not AuthorizedNotifications:This position is in the Excepted Service.This position is not Bargaining Unit position.The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.No award SF50's will be accepted as they don't possess the correct information.Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.No Award SF-50s or SF-50s older than one year will be accepted, as they do not contain the correct information.Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.Current and former federal employees are required to submit copies of their most recent SF-50, Notice of Personnel Action. The SF-50 should include details such as the position title, series, grade, step, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In certain instances, multiple SF-50 forms may be necessary to demonstrate a higher grade previously held.