Respiratory Therapist
About The Position
As a Respiratory Therapist at Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (SJHMC), you will join an established team providing specialized cardiopulmonary care to patients with breathing issues. Care includes breathing techniques, nebulizer treatments, ventilator management, oxygen therapies, and external ventilation support. You will assess diverse patient needs, develop and execute care plans, and provide calm, focused intervention in routine and emergent situations. The role performs basic respiratory care for all patient populations, conducts and documents patient assessments, checks respiratory equipment and modalities, maintains alarms, performs arterial blood gases (ABGs), reports critical values, maintains applicable blood gas laboratory logs, completes patient billing, and manages medication charging, labeling, scanning, and disposal.
Requirements
- Graduate of an AMA Respiratory Therapy Program.
- Respiratory Care Practitioner: Arizona.
- Registered Respiratory Therapist.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support.
Nice To Haves
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program.
Responsibilities
- Perform the full range of basic respiratory care for all patient populations.
- Perform and document complete patient assessments, including vital signs, breath sounds, cough, and respiratory pattern, with each ventilator system check and treatment.
- Check respiratory equipment and modalities, including invasive and non-invasive modalities; maintain alarms and document accurately and completely.
- Perform ABGs using two patient identifiers, handle blood specimens properly, report critical values, and maintain blood gas laboratory logs where applicable.
- Accurately complete patient billing.
- Correctly charge, label, scan, and discard medications.
- Provide treatments including breathing techniques, nebulizer treatments, ventilator management, oxygen therapies, and external ventilation support.
- Develop and execute care plans, applying assessment skills and critical thinking in routine and emergent situations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
