Respiratory Therapist PRN Days WH Rt Ekg

3 days ago

Edinburg, Texas, United States DHR Health Full time
Job Title: Respiratory Therapist PRN Days

DHR Health is seeking a skilled Respiratory Therapist to join our team on a PRN basis. As a Respiratory Therapist, you will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
  • Provide emergency care, including artificial respiration, external cardiac massage, and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
  • Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method, and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, and medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders.
  • Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes, and consult with a physician if adverse reactions occur.
  • Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.
  • Work as part of a team of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to manage patient care.
  • Enforce safety rules and ensure careful adherence to physicians' orders.
  • Maintain charts that contain patients' pertinent identification and therapy information.
  • Inspect, clean, test, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.
  • Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises and the use of medications and respiratory equipment.
  • Explain treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation and allay fears.
  • Relay blood analysis results to a physician.
  • Perform pulmonary function and adjust equipment to obtain optimum results in therapy.
  • Perform bronchopulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises.
  • Demonstrate respiratory care procedures to trainees and other healthcare personnel.
  • Teach, train, supervise, and utilize the assistance of students, respiratory therapy technicians, and assistants.
  • Use a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in cardiac and pulmonary research and to diagnose disorders.
  • Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems.
  • Conduct tests, such as electrocardiograms, stress testing, and lung capacity tests, to evaluate patients' cardiopulmonary functions.

Requirements:

  • Current State of Texas RCP license is required.
  • RCP, CRT, or RRT certification is strongly preferred.
  • Current BLS/CPR certification required.
  • Current NRP certification required within 6 months of hire date.
  • Current ACLS/PALS strongly preferred.

Working Conditions:

The individual spends over 95% of their time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise. There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.

Aptitudes:

The individual must possess the following aptitudes:

  • Intelligence: General learning ability, ability to reason and make judgments.
  • Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively.
  • Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
  • Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects.
  • Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines.
  • Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material. To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation.
  • Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed. Ability to make a movement response accurately and quickly.
  • Finger Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with fingers in placing and turning motions.
  • Manual Dexterity: Ability to move hands easily and skillfully. To work with hands in placing and turning motions.
  • Eye-Hand-Foot Coordination: Ability to move the hand and foot coordinately with each other in accordance with visual stimuli.
  • Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive and respond to similarities or differences in colors, shapes, or other values of the same or different color.

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