Respiratory Therapist Registered - Mount Sinai Brooklyn - Full-time - Night
Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY
•$60 - $65•Onsite
About The Position
The Respiratory Therapist helps patients experiencing difficulty breathing learn to use equipment and techniques that support clearer and more efficient breathing. The role provides respiratory therapy procedures and treatments, evaluates patients’ cardiopulmonary needs and treatment outcomes, and responds to emergencies. This is a full-time night position at Mount Sinai Brooklyn.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Registered Respiratory Therapist program, accredited by COARC or CAAHEP.
- Minimum 0–2 years of experience in an acute care hospital.
- New York State Respiratory Therapist license and registration.
- NBRC certification as a Registered Respiratory Therapist.
- BLS certification.
- Intubating skills.
- Available to work weekends.
- Effective interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to solve problems using critical thinking.
- Ability to lift and move heavy objects and patients, with or without reasonable accommodations.
- High school diploma or GED.
Responsibilities
- Provide procedures including endotracheal intubation, arterial puncture, and blood gas analysis.
- Administer oxygen therapy, bronchodilator therapy, and ventilator management according to physician orders, and document care in the patient record.
- Obtain arterial blood gas samples, interpret data to obtain results, report results, and maintain analyzers.
- Conform to applicable New York State Education Department standards for respiratory therapy practice.
- Record and process physician written or verbal orders, as allowed, for oxygen and therapeutic medical gas administration.
- Perform cardiopulmonary evaluations and assessments using patient-specific and age-specific data to determine care and treatment needs, including possible home care needs.
- Evaluate treatment and procedure outcomes against physician goals and take appropriate follow-up action while respecting patients’ needs, expectations, and individual differences.
- Assemble, operate, and calibrate equipment and accessories used in therapeutic regimens.
- Provide pre-operative teaching to inpatient and outpatient patients, basic pulmonary function studies, deep-breathing and coughing exercises with or without splinting, and incentive spirometry.
- Respond to code calls and other urgent or life-threatening calls, including CPR, airway management, and trauma team responses.
- Administer emergency care as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
