Respiratory Therapist - PRN
Essential Job Function:
- Restores patient's pulmonary function and alleviates pain by planning and administering medically prescribed respiratory therapy.
- Provides quality care by conducting pulmonary function tests, assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results, and determining respiratory therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians and by prescription.
- Helps patient accomplish treatment plan by administering inhalants, operating mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators.
- Administers respiratory therapy treatments by performing bronchopulmonary drainage, assisting with breathing exercises, and monitoring physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes.
- Evaluates effects of respiratory therapy treatment plan by observing, noting, and evaluating patient’s progress and recommending adjustments and modifications.
- Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers, contributing to patient care conferences.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Required: High School Diploma or equivalent; Graduate of accredited RT program, licensed by NC Board of Respiratory Care.
Experience
- No experience required, Graduate of an accredited respiratory care program.
Licensure/Certification/Listing:
- Required: Certified by the National Board of Respiratory Care as an RRT Licensed by the North Carolina Respiratory Care Board as a CRT or RRT; BLS (CPR)-American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider ACLS-American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) must obtain RRT within 6 months of employment.
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