REG RESPIRATORY THERAPIST - RRT-PD (FLAT RATE)
About The Position
The Registered Respiratory Therapist provides routine and advanced respiratory therapy procedures for diagnosing, treating, and caring for patients with respiratory dysfunction. The role serves neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients and provides care in accordance with established guidelines and physician-approved therapist-driven protocols. The therapist operates and monitors life-support devices in critical care areas, supports emergency response teams, documents patient care and service charges, maintains respiratory equipment, and assists with critical-patient transportation and respiratory or cardiology procedures. The role also includes instructing students, medical personnel, patients, and families on respiratory therapy procedures and maintaining current knowledge of respiratory therapy issues.
Requirements
- Credentialed as a Registered Respiratory Therapist by the National Board for Respiratory Care.
- Licensed by the State of Michigan.
- Current BLS certification.
- Graduate of a Respiratory Therapy program.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to provide care appropriate to the physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related needs of patients served in the assigned service area; the necessary skills and knowledge may be gained through education, training, or experience.
Nice To Haves
- ACC Certification or NPS Certification from the National Board for Respiratory Care.
- One year of critical care experience in a hospital setting.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients' conditions and initiate appropriate emergency and non-emergency procedures according to established guidelines.
- Provide respiratory care to neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Administer aerosol medications and oxygen, humidification, ventilator support, respiratory treatments, and diagnostic procedures within physician-approved therapist-driven protocols.
- Initiate, operate, maintain, and monitor life-support devices in critical care areas while ensuring safe patient care practices.
- Consult with medical staff and make recommendations.
- Participate as a member of the Code Blue team and provide CPR.
- Report and document relevant patient-care and status information in accordance with established guidelines.
- Accept and document physician telephone orders for respiratory therapy procedures when applicable.
- Use the electronic patient record and maintain accurate service-charge records.
- Perform routine respiratory therapy equipment maintenance and cleaning or sterilization, and ensure environmental safety.
- Participate as a member of the Code Red team.
- Assist in transporting critical patients to or from Sparrow Hospital.
- Assist physicians with surgical and non-surgical respiratory or cardiology procedures.
- Instruct respiratory therapy students, medical personnel, patients, and families regarding respiratory therapy procedures.
- Maintain current knowledge of respiratory therapy-related issues.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
