Contract Respiratory Therapist

Medical Service Company • Toledo, OH

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About The Position

MSC is seeking a Contract Respiratory Therapist to assess customers’ respiratory needs and select, explain, and troubleshoot appropriate equipment and services. The therapist works with customers and their families or caregivers, physicians, referral sources, and other health care agencies to provide respiratory care and support the customer’s Plan of Care/Treatment.

The role includes documenting referrals and orders, assessing customer needs, instructing customers in equipment use and care, educating oxygen patients about their condition and therapy, communicating changes in customer condition or needs to physicians, and completing required customer account paperwork. This is a contract position.

Requirements

• Hold a current Respiratory Therapist license in good standing in the state local to the requisition.
• Be willing to obtain additional state licensure as requested.
• Have thorough knowledge and skills related to the respiratory care field.
• Be able to understand the respiratory implications of industry changes.
• Have excellent oral and written communication, telephone, and customer-relations skills.
• Be detail-oriented and have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills; be a team player.
• Have normal office/clerical motor skills and be able to use computers and telephones extensively.
• Possess a valid driver’s license.
• Driving may be required.

Responsibilities

• Document orders for respiratory equipment and/or services from referral sources, physicians, customers, family members, or caregivers.
• Collect additional information and/or authorization when a referral comes from someone other than the physician.
• Assess customer needs and select appropriate equipment and/or services, involving the customer, family, and/or caregiver in the selection process.
• Act as a liaison among the company, customer, family, caregiver, physician, and other health care agencies and staff involved in the case.
• Instruct customers in the proper use and care of equipment according to written policies and procedures.
• Educate oxygen patients about their disease process and the purpose and benefits of oxygen therapy to support compliance with physician orders.
• Communicate changes in a customer’s condition and/or needs to the customer’s physician and carry out adjustments to the customer’s Plan of Care/Treatment.
• Complete customer account paperwork, including Plans of Care/Treatment, Equipment Contact forms, assessments, and discharge plans for respiratory customers, as needed per policy.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed