Respiratory Therapist - 36 Hour Day Shift

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Job Summary

Staff Respiratory Therapist 36hr Day shift

Respiratory therapists treat evaluate monitor and manage patients with breathing disorders or cardiovascular problems.
Care provided by respiratory therapists may include administration of oxygen cardiopulmonary resuscitation chest physical therapy management of mechanical ventilators administering drugs to the lungs monitoring cardiopulmonary systems and measuring lung function.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Determines respiratory treatment goals in consultation with physicians nurses and by prescription
2. Delivers and assesses responses to ordered therapy to be sure it is restoring the patients pulmonary function.
3. Administers prescribed doses of aerosol drugs
4. Utilizes various types of oxygen and other therapeutic gas equipment such as masks BIPAP/CPAP ventilators per hospital policy
5. Administers Respiratory Therapy by performing various techniques of bronchopulmonary drainage such as percussion/vibration Acapella incentive spirometry
6. Monitors physiological responses to therapy such as vital signs arterial blood gases and blood chemistry changes
7. Educate patients and family members on a variety of topics such as correct MDI or aerosol use smoking cessation and other respiratory equipment
8. Assists in educating students
9. Ability to perform arterial blood gas puncture
10. Respond to Code Blue stat calls and be a member of RRT (Rapid Response Team)
11. Assist with endotracheal intubation
12. Extubate patients per order
13. Maintain the integrity of the patient-ventilator system by proper airway management measure ventilator volumes and pressures and obtain ventilator mechanics (RSBI Raw spontaneous RR and minute volume NIF)
14. Be an active critical care team member in meeting patients goals by attending rounds giving pertinent patient information and offering suggestions.
15. Be a team player both on the floor and in the ICU to meet the best patient goals and needs
16. Assist and direct treatments given by CRTs and those with limited licenses.
17. Assist with the orientation of new employees
18. Monitors records and communicates patient condition and general treatment acceptance.

• Associated Degree in Respiratory Care
• Current Massachusetts Board of Respiratory Care license
• Registered Respiratory Therapist
• Current BLS certification
• ACLS Required. Must be obtained within the first 90 days of employment
• PALS Required. Must be obtained within the first 90 days of employment.
• 1 Year experience is preferred.

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

• Staff adheres to all C.A.R.E. Standards
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; and participating in professional societies.
• Perform yearly departmental competencies in a timely fashion.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Requires critical thinking skills decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate actions in volatile situations.
• Requires frequent standing bending reaching squatting kneeling and moving equipment.
• Provides age and culturally-appropriate care.
• Complies with the College of American Pathologists CMS and Joint Commission standards and regulations. To include:
  • Yearly competency in blood gas analysis
  • CAP requirements for transportation of specimens

WORKING CONDITIONS:
Respiratory therapists are on their feet walking and working the majority of the time. They push ventilators which are on wheels to different locations. They perform chest physical therapy on patients and assist during CPR sometimes performing cardiac compressions. Therapists typically work three 12-hour shifts and take turns covering weekends and holidays.

About Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital

Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital an affiliate of Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care research teaching and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham we believe in equal access to quality care employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race gender identity sexual orientation ability religion ethnicity national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital is a 171-bed non-profit community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900 Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive.

At Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers our patients and those we may never meet are at the center of everything we do. If youre looking for more than a career join Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.

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1153 Centre Street

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