Respiratory Therapist
2 months ago
Cooley Dickinson Health Care, a member of the Mass General Brigham system, is a leading healthcare provider in western Massachusetts. With a rich history dating back to 1886, our network employs over 2,000 medical professionals and support staff across multiple locations.
Main FunctionThe Respiratory Therapist plays a critical role in administering respiratory therapy treatments to assigned patients. This position is part of the 1199SEIU Bargaining Unit at Cooley Dickinson Hospital.
Essential Job Functions- Technical Duties: Set up, apply, and administer therapy as directed, using a complete range of respiratory equipment. Control factors such as respiratory ratio, pressure, volume, percentage of oxygen, and other gases. Administer aerosol medications and continuously monitor patient condition.
- Pulmonary Consultations: Perform pulmonary consultations and make recommendations for modes of therapy, frequency, medication, and duration as requested. Evaluate effectiveness of therapy by auscultation, laboratory tests, clinical observation, and reporting significant changes to attending physicians and supervisors.
- Bedside Testing: Perform basic bedside pulmonary testing. Conduct advanced pulmonary function testing in the pulmonary function laboratory using highly technical and complex equipment to measure volumes, flows, diffusion rates, and metabolic oxygen requirements.
- Blood Gas Analysis: Perform techniques used in blood gas analysis. Oversee the training of all new personnel rotating through the Blood Gas Laboratory. Perform basic sleep studies.
- Record Keeping: Maintain required records, charts, etc. Record treatments given and as needed, prepare charges for submission to accounting. Assist in setting up and maintaining quality control standards and programs within the department.
- Leadership and Education: Provide direction, assistance, and guidance to assigned personnel. Participate as an instructor in teaching basic respiratory therapy procedures and routines to other hospital staff who have occasion to handle respiratory equipment. Assist supervisory personnel in orientation and further training of new personnel. Provide education to patients on disease processes, breathing, medications, and use of home respiratory therapy equipment when requested by physician or nursing.
- Emergency Response: Provide emergency assistance such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Equipment Maintenance: Assist in reconditioning and maintenance of routine therapy equipment. Maintain, calibrate, and repair highly specialized diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, such as blood gas analyzers, computerized pulmonary function and gas analyzers.
- Professional Development: Follow all organizational and departmental policies and procedures, objectives, confidentiality, quality improvement program, compliance, safety, infection control, environmental standards, and information management systems standards of use. Maintain professional growth and development through attendance at seminars, workshops, conferences or in-services, professional affiliations or journals to stay abreast of current trends in the field of expertise and to fulfill all national and state CE requirements.
- Competency and Retraining: Meet annual competency and retraining requirements.
- Meetings and Other Functions: Attend meetings as required. Perform other functions/duties as requested.
- Education: Associate degree or equivalent required.
- Licensure: Respiratory Therapist license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required.
- Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) for the Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association required. NRP from the American Academy of Pediatrics required within 3 months of hire or transfer into position.
- Experience: Six months to one year of experience required.
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