Respiratory Care Specialist
1 day ago
The Respiratory Care Practitioner II is responsible for providing high-quality respiratory care to patients through assessment, planning, intervention, education, and evaluation. This includes performing various respiratory care procedures, such as oxygen and aerosolized medication delivery, ventilator care, bronchial hygiene therapy, and diagnostic services. The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, be able to effectively interact with patients, families, physicians, and other staff members, and possess good communication skills.
Key Responsibilities:- Provide respiratory care to patients through assessment, planning, intervention, education, and evaluation.
- Perform various respiratory care procedures, including oxygen and aerosolized medication delivery, ventilator care, bronchial hygiene therapy, and diagnostic services.
- Conduct prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve maintenance of a patient airway, including use of appropriate airways, maintenance of airway humidification, aspiration of secretions, extubation, and maintenance of correct ETT cuff pressures.
- Select, assemble, monitor, and evaluate mechanical ventilators for proper function and operation, including correction of malfunctions, cleanliness, and determination of appropriateness for patient condition.
- May perform pulmonary function tests (PFT).
- Serves as a preceptor to new team members and/or students.
- Assesses patient's physical status by inspection, palpation, auscultation, percussion, patient behavior, and reviewing existing data in patient's record.
- Performs treatments according to physician orders, explains therapy and therapeutic goals to patient, and modifies treatment procedures based on patient response.
- Determines appropriateness of prescribed therapy and recommends methods to physician to achieve therapeutic goals.
- Graduate of an AMA-approved school for Respiratory Care (required)
- Bachelor's Degree, Related to Respiratory Therapy/Health care/Healthcare Admin/Business Admin (preferred)
- Current Respiratory Care License in the state they are working (required)
- National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) credentialed (required)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) (preferred)
- BLS Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (required)
- ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross (required)
- PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association (required)
- NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) - AAP/AWHONN (preferred)
- Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT) (preferred)
- Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT) (preferred)
- ACCS (Adult Critical Care Specialist) - NBRC (preferred)
- Two years of experience as a Registered Respiratory Therapist or five years CRT working with patient populations from Nursery/NICU and/or ICU/CCU environments (required)
- Strong interpersonal skills and able to effectively interact with patients, their families, physicians, and other staff members
- Good communication skills
- Able to effectively work with diverse people
- Good customer service skills
- Good organizational skills and time management skills
- Good oral and written communication
- Able to receive feedback
- Able to gather and interpret data
- Accountability
- Knowledge of non-invasive respiratory therapy equipment such as oximeters or end-tidal CO2 analyzers
- Therapeutic Procedures to include CPAP/BiPap, jet aerosol, oxygen therapy, incentive spirometry, chest physiotherapy, pulse oximetry, high flow oxygen, continuous aerosols, ventilator management, diagnostic testing
- Understanding of EKGs, electronic monitoring, lead placement, and basic arrhythmias
- Arterial blood gas punctures and testing
- Airway maneuvers
- Bedside pulmonary function
- Patient assessment
- Patient education
- Knowledge of chest suction equipment
- Knowledge of chest X-ray interpretation
- EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred)
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