Registered Respiratory Therapist Brighton

BMC Software•Boston, MA

1d•$40 - $60•Onsite

About The Position

The Respiratory Therapy Department provides critical care services to all patient age groups, functioning under physician supervision and adhering to American Association For Respiratory Care Clinical Practice Guidelines (AARC CPG), departmental standards, and practices. Therapists are responsible for patient care, monitoring, and evaluation of respiratory services.

Requirements

RRT License in respiratory therapy by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NRP Certification required.
Certified in Basic Life Support by the AHA or Red Cross required.
1+ Years of Level 3 NICU experience required.
1+ Years Adult Critical Care experience.

Nice To Haves

Advanced Life Support Certification preferred.
Interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to satisfactorily explain respiratory therapy/pulmonary function test procedures to patients.
Sufficient annual Continuing Education to maintain license.
Is strongly encouraged to partake in the local and national respiratory therapy societies.

Responsibilities

Provide critical care service to all patient age groups.
Function in a physician supervised environment following AARC CPG and established departmental standards and practices.
Maintain the confidentiality and security of all hospital related, medical staff related, and patient related data and information.
Abide by all hospital/department policies and procedures.
Accurately measure/calculate pulmonary parameters.
Maintain knowledge of all facets of critical care respiratory therapy and American Association for Respiratory Therapy Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Report patient's condition, therapies, therapeutic goals and objectives, and response to therapy on a shift to shift basis.
Report adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals and/or therapies.
Report hospital variance.
Assist in the development, implementation, and maintenance of departmental quality assurance programs and audits.
Enhance professional growth and development through in-service meetings, educational programs, current literature, workshops, etc.
Assemble equipment in accordance with manufacturers specifications and departmental standards.
Confirm that equipment is functioning per manufacturers specifications prior to use.
Monitor equipment function during use and apply appropriate corrective action in the event of malfunction.
Administer ordered therapy while clinically monitoring patient for outcome, hazards, or complications arising during, or immediately following therapy.
Maintain, monitor, measure, and adjust mechanical ventilators appropriately to assure proper function and to ascertain therapeutic effectiveness.
Perform routine oxygen, aerosol, and emergent airway management, chest physiotherapy, postural drainage, and/or sputum induction to maintain patient airways.
Perform assessments of patients and deliver systems (i.e., Ventilator Systems) on a regular basis.
Document patient assessments, therapies delivered, patient monitoring, responses to therapies, and complications within the medical record.
Provide emergency response for cardiopulmonary arrest, respiratory emergencies, hospital disasters and other emergencies as needed.
Deliver basic life support maneuvers such as maintenance of a patent airway, external cardiac compression, manual ventilation by way of mouth-to-mouth, bag-valve-mask, and related ventilation techniques.
Maintain AHA BLS certification on an annual basis.
Act as a member of the health care delivery team assisting in the development and implementation of multidisciplinary patient care plans.
Document assessment of patient response to ongoing care and participates in the reevaluation of care delivery.
Act as an integral part of the health team that partakes in the pulmonary rehabilitation of the difficult to wean patient.
Provide routine care, cleaning, disinfecting and maintenance of departmental equipment.
Document equipment malfunction and alert supervisor.
Assist with maintaining stock levels by notifying supervisor as levels require replenishment.
Measure using appropriate available instrumentation, pulmonary function, gas exchange, respiratory rate, tidal and minute ventilation, alveolar-to-arterial PO2 gradient, intrapulmonary shunt fraction, respiratory mechanics (including static and dynamic compliance), pulse rate, blood pressure, arterial blood gases, end-tidal CO2, and pulse oximetary.
Calibrate and maintain pulmonary function equipment, and other departmental equipment in accordance with manufacturers recommendations, and departmental standards.
Assist in the performance of bronchoscopes, sleep studies, bronchial provocation, and exercise testing for evaluation of hypoxemia and/or desaturation studies.
Maintain departmental documentation including, but not limited to: Patient Charting, Departmental Therapy Records, Quality Assurance, Patient Charges.
Provide superior customer service to internal and external clients, customers, and patients.
Review the medical record including: Physicians orders for completeness, indications for therapy as well as potential contraindications prior to administering therapies/medications.
Conduct a clinical patient assessment including but not limited to, cardiac, pulmonary and neurologic status.