The Respiratory Therapist DOM will provide direct patient care in the inpatient setting rotating through intensive care units, trauma rooms, emergency department, and hospital wards, for respiratory-related services, providing both diagnostic and therapeutic services consistent with acceptable standards of care provided by a Respiratory Therapist.
Responsibilities
- Select and assemble proper equipment, supplies, and appropriate therapeutic agents for each service to be performed.
- Administer inhalation therapy involving nebulized beta agonist, antibiotics and saline; administered via metered-dose inhalers or via handheld nebulizer units.
- Administer and discontinue oxygen therapy appliances including nasal cannula, face masks/tent, venture masks. T-piece set-ups, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices, and oxygen tents.
- Administer and discontinue mechanical ventilation using conventional and advanced modes of ventilation including high-frequency oscillatory ventilation.
- Administer chest physiotherapy and endotracheal suctioning in adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients.
- Administer manual ventilation via anesthesia-type bags, both during cardiopulmonary resuscitation emergencies as well as during routine suctioning.
- Obtain and process of arterial blood gas samples; process venous blood gases in standard blood gas machines.
- Application of pulse oximetry devices.
- Perform patient instructions regarding incentive spirometry.
- Chart all patient procedures using Essentris.
- Setup and monitor inhaled nitric oxide systems.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must have completed an approved Respiratory Therapy educational program and passed the certification examination by an approved organization such as the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC).
- Have and maintain certification as a Respiratory Therapist by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC). At a minimum, certification as a Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT).
- Must have and maintain current and valid unrestricted license as a Respiratory Therapist in at least one of the 50 states in the U.S., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience in the last three (3) years as a Respiratory Therapist.
- Shall have and maintain current certification in
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Meet Continuing Education requirements to maintain their certification and/or license.
- Have received Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) required training for the healthcare worker, and that training currency is maintained.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Be familiar with adult, pediatric and Level III NICU neonatal practices working with premature infants.
- Detailed Oriented skills to ensure patient are receiving the appropriate treatments.
- Shall be able to read, write, and speak English well enough to effectively communicate with patients and other HCPs.
Physical Demands (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
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