Respiratory Therapist

1 week ago


Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States UnityPoint Health Full time
Overview
At UnityPoint Health, we're dedicated to delivering exceptional care to our patients. As a Respiratory Therapist, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the well-being of our pediatric, adolescent, adult, and infant patients.

**Job Summary:** We're seeking a skilled Respiratory Therapist to join our team. In this role, you'll be responsible for reviewing physician orders and patient information to assess patient condition and review guidelines for treatment. You'll also administer therapy modalities, including handheld nebulizer, metered dose inhaler, intermittent positive pressure breathing, and chest physiotherapy. Additionally, you'll perform ventilator therapies on adults, pediatrics, and infants, as well as conduct physiologic monitoring, such as arterial blood sampling and bedside spirometry.

**Responsibilities:**
  • Reviews physician orders and patient information to assess patient condition and review guidelines for treatment.
  • Determines precautions to be observed, and modifications which may be needed that will be compatible with physician's orders.
  • Follows Respiratory Care policies to guide patient care.
  • Administers therapy modalities to pediatric, adolescent, adult patients which include, but are not limited to: handheld nebulizer (HHN), metered dose inhaler (MDI), intermittent positive pressure breathing (I.P.P.B.) and chest physiotherapy (CPT).
  • Administers oxygen therapies to pediatric, adolescent, young/middle/mature adult patients which include, but are not limited to: aerosol, nonaerosol and heliumoxygen mixtures (heliox).
  • Performs ventilator therapies on adults, pediatrics, and infants. This includes airway management, clinical assessments, and all modes of ventilation including, but not limited to, controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV), assistcontrol ventilation (A/C), synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV), flowby, pressure support ventilation (PSV), positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP), continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), and pressure control ventilation (PCV).
  • Performs physiologic monitoring which includes, but is not limited to, arterial blood sampling, bedside spirometry, ECG, Holter monitor application, and pulse oximetry (SpO2).
  • Operates blood gas analyzer to determine the acidbase balance and the efficiency of ventilation.
  • Performs specialized procedures which include, but are not limited to, airway management during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), tracheal suctioning, and tracheostomy care.


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