Respiratory Care Practitioner - M-F Days
Respiratory Care Practitioner - M-F Days
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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 North Carolina Respiratory Care Board and by National Board of Respiratory Care as an RRT (Registered Respiratory Therapy) within six (6) months of hire
Provisional license OR CRT (Certified Respiratory Therapist) required at hire in lieu of RRT credential
BLS (CPR)-American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider
ACLS-American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Employment Type
Full-Time
