RESPIRATORY THERAPIST
NATIONAL NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, BETHESDA, MD
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Charlene Sentelle Snapp
Medical Recruiter
OMV Medical, Inc. Equal Opportunity Employer
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1. Site of Service. The contractor shall provide personnel for service in the Pulmonary Medicine Department at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
2. Labor Categories. The contractor shall provide personnel from the following labor category:
Respiratory Therapist (Certified)
3. Qualifications. The health care workers (HCW) shall possess and maintain the minimum qualifications stated in Section C.8.100 of the basic contract.
C.8.100 RESPIRATORY THERAPIST (CERTIFIED)
C.8.100.1 Have graduated from a respiratory therapy education program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).
C.8.100.2 Possess certification as a Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
C.8.100.3 Have a minimum of 1 year of full-time experience within the last 3 years in a setting corresponding to the requirements of the task order.
In addition, the following qualification is required:
a. Provide two letters of recommendation written within the last two years attesting to the HCWs clinical skills. A minimum of one letter must be from a supervisor. Reference letters must include name, title, phone number, date of reference, address and signature of the individual providing the reference.
4. Staffing and scheduling.
a. The contractor shall provide two individual full-time Respiratory Therapists. To maintain continuity of services, each HCW MUST BE A FULL-TIME INDIVIDUAL. The Commanding Officer will not approve more than one individual for each required position.
b. The Head, Pulmonary Medicine Department will supervise the HCW.
c. The HCW shall provide services Sunday through Saturday for either 8.5, 9, or 12 ¾
hour period between the hours of 0645-1515, 0645-1930, 0730-1630, 1445-2315, 1845-0730, or
2245-0715. The shift includes an uncompensated 30 minute, 45 minute, or 1 hour uncompensated meal break depending on the length of the shift. The HCW shall be on duty for about 40 hours each week, except during the periods of approved leave and holidays. In no instance will the HCW be required to provide services (on-site service plus approved leave) in excess of 80 hours per 2-week period. The Supervisor will schedule the specific schedule for the HCW for each 2-week period one month in advance.
d. The HCW will accrue 8 hours of personal leave for each 80 hours worked and shall be subject to leave approval in accordance with Section C of the basic contract. This leave may also be used for unplanned absences resulting from sickness or emergency situations. The HCW shall be compensated by the contractor for these periods of authorized planned absence.
e. Services will be required on day of observance of the Federal holidays. HCWs shall be compensated by the Government for these services in accordance with Section C of the basic contract.
f. The contractor need not provide back-up coverage for the HCW during periods of approved leave and holidays.
g. The contractor shall make every effort to minimize turnover and, notwithstanding contractor employee probation policies, shall recruit only a HCW who indicates interest in a long-term commitment under the task order.
5. Duties. The HCWs shall perform all applicable duties given in Section C.10.100 of the basic contract :
C.10.100 RESPIRATORY THERAPY (CERTIFIED)
C.10.100.1 Efficiently administer all types of respiratory care, and efficiently draw blood, in accordance with professional qualifications, and as directed by the Respiratory Therapist (Advanced) or physician.
C.10.100.2 Operate and troubleshoot all types of respiratory equipment to include proper disassembly, cleaning, sterilization, and packaging of all respiratory therapy equipment to ensure safe patient care.
C.10.100.3 Maintain equipment, to include performing examinations to detect worn tubes, loose connections or other indications of disrepair and notify supervisor of need for maintenance. Start equipment and observe gauges measuring pressure, rate of flow and continuity of test equipment. Notify supervisor of malfunctions.
C.10.100.4 Be familiar with the functions and modes of equipment, ensuring equipment is cleaned, reassembled, and returned to storage.
C.10.100.5 Receive, set-up, operate, and maintain various devices and systems such as ventilators; nebulizers, oxygen therapy systems, humidity and aerosol therapy, sterilizers, and aeration chambers.
C.10.100.6 Administer prescribed doses of medical gases and aerosolized drugs intermittently and continuously. Perform airway management and hygiene including chest percussion postural drainage. Obtain arterial blood gas specimens.
C.10.100.7 Perform patient assessments and monitoring and provide patient instructions including breathing exercises. Make therapeutic recommendations. Examine patient records and report and identify changes in the clinical status of patients. Identify contraindications and report adverse responses/reactions.
C.10.100.8 Change nebulizers on nursing wards and reset 02 flow as prescribed by physician.
C.10.100.9 Stock shelves in department and other departments of the MTF as needed for the provision of respiratory therapy.
C.10.100.10 Deliver oxygen tanks and other equipment and supplies to specified MTF locations.
and the following additional duties:
a. Routine workload will be scheduled by the supervisor per inpatient workload. Secondary workload is the result of consultation requests submitted by other MTF staff. HCW are responsible for a full range of examinations, the development of comprehensive treatment plans when indicated, delivery of treatment within the personnel and equipment capabilities of the MTF, provision of mandated medical surveillance and preventive services and the quality and timelines of treatment records and reports required to document procedures performed and care provided. HCWs shall refer patients to staff specialists for consultative opinions and continuation of care and shall see the patients of other staff health care providers who have been referred for consultation and treatment.
b. Treatments, procedures, and duties shall be carried out in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Respiratory Policy and Procedures Manual.
c. Other duties include sputum inductions, slow vital capacities and inspiratory efforts, bedside pulmonary functions, incentive spirometry, and if required, member of the cardiac arrest team.
d. May be required to assist in the transportation of patients from other medical facilities. Such transports will occur during the health care workers normal working hours. Transportation will be provided by the government.
e. Performs limited administrative duties which may include maintaining statistical records of his/her clinical workload, participating in medical education programs, and participating in clinical staff quality assurance functions as prescribed by the MTF Commanding Officer.