RT Full Time Respiratory Therapist RT Full Time Days and Nights
About The Position
Gaylord Specialty Healthcare is a health system dedicated exclusively to medical rehabilitation, providing inpatient and outpatient care to people throughout recovery from illness or injury. Its mission is to enhance health, maximize function, and transform lives, guided by the values of integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence. The Respiratory Therapist administers respiratory therapy and life support to patients by physician prescription and under the supervision of a physician and the Director of Respiratory Care or designee. Full-time day and night positions are available at a long-term acute care facility.
Requirements
- Associate of Science degree.
- Current RRT certificate.
- Current Connecticut RCP license.
- Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
- Current American Heart Association ACLS certification.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in a health-related field.
Responsibilities
- Provide ventilator care, secretion mobilization treatments, and other physician-ordered treatments.
- Provide airway care, maintenance, and education.
- Perform breathing assessments and mechanics as ordered by a physician.
- Interpret orders; draw and analyze arterial blood gases; and review patient information to assess condition and determine treatment requirements, including therapy type and duration and medication and dosage.
- Participate in ambulation and mobility.
- Document pertinent information in patient charts.
- Assist with bedside bronchoscopy.
- Set up and operate mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators.
- May serve as Charge Therapist and carry out assigned shift responsibilities.
- Assist with orientation and training of students, new staff members, patients, and families.
- Participate as an active code team member by responding to emergencies and providing care, CPR, and airway maintenance, including intubation.
- Represent Respiratory Care on the multidisciplinary patient care team.
- Evaluate patients upon admission and discharge.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
