Respiratory Care Practitioner - Weekends
Respiratory Care Practitioner - Weekends
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Job Description
Overview
Responsibilities
Provides quality care by conducting pulmonary function tests assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results and determining respiratory therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians and by prescription.
Helps patient accomplish treatment plan by administering inhalants operating mechanical ventilators therapeutic gas administration apparatus environmental control systems and aerosol generators.
Administers respiratory therapy treatments by performing bronchopulmonary drainage assisting with breathing exercises and monitoring physiological responses to therapy such as vital signs arterial blood gases and blood chemistry changes.
Evaluates effects of respiratory therapy treatment plan by observing noting and evaluating patients progress and recommending adjustments and modifications.
Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians nurses social workers and other health care workers contributing to patient care conferences.
Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs and instructing patients families and caregivers in home exercise programs.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Licensed by the North Carolina Respiratory Care Board as a CRT or RRT;
BLS (CPR)American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider
ACLSAmerican Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) must obtain RRT within 6 months of employment to the licensure section
Employment Type
Part-Time
