Summary:
Provide routine and advanced respiratory care responsibilities manage ventilators implement cardiorespiratory protocols and perform advanced airway care
Type of Opportunity: Per Required Need
FTE: 0.001000
Exempt: No
Work Schedule: Days
Other information:
Two to three years college level courses/Associates Degree/Diploma in Respiratory Care. New Mexico Respiratory Care Practitioner License Registered Respiratory Therapist credential from the NBRC ACLS and/or PALS BLS required. Six months to one year critical care experience preferred
UPDATED 10/21/24
Education:
Essential:
* Associate Degree
Credentials:
Essential:
* Respiratory Care Practcnr-NM
* Reg Resp Therapist (NBRC)
Responsibilities:
*All Certified Respiratory Therapist responsibilities.
*Assists physicians with Bronchoscopy Procedures under departmental policy including monitoring and assessment of the level of consciousness cardiovascular and pulmonary systems; as well as delivery of IV conscious sedation agents to include drugs in the classifications of opiods benzodiazepines and sedative hypnotics and their reversal agents
*Initiates ventilator protocols; implements and coordinates ventilator management.
*Performs advanced airway care to include tracheotomy changes extubation and intubation.
*Initiates and monitors high frequency ventilators.
*In NICU Therapists will also perform: Surfactant delivery intubation and attend high risk deliveries.
*Optional procedures: transport team Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy intubation and Back-up charge therapist.
*Initiates and monitors Nitric Oxide delivery
*Other duties as assigned
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