Registered Respiratory Therapist, 36 Hours (Days/Nights)

Responsibilities

• Provides superior customer service to internal and external clients, customers, and patients as referenced in the Service Excellence Standards.
• Reviews The Medical Record Including Physicians orders for completeness, indications for therapy as well as potential contraindications prior to administering therapies/medications in accordance with AARC CPG.
• Conducts a clinical patient assessment including but not limited to, cardiac, pulmonary and neurologic status. Further detailed assessment criteria is contained within the individual AARC CPG for the therapy ordered.
• Assembles equipment in accordance with manufacturers specifications and departmental standards. Confirms that equipment is functioning per manufacturers specifications prior to use.
• Maintains, monitors, measures, and adjusts mechanical ventilators appropriately to assure proper function and to ascertain therapeutic effectiveness.
• Performs routine oxygen, aerosol, and emergent airway management, chest physiotherapy, postural drainage, and/or sputum induction to maintain patient airways (in accordance with AARC CPG).
• Performs assessments of patients and deliver systems (i.e., Ventilator Systems) on a regular basis in accordance with AARC CPG and departmental standards and practice.
• Documents patient assessments, therapies delivered, patient monitoring, responses to therapies, and complications within the medical record in accordance with AARC CPG.
• Provides emergency response for cardiopulmonary arrest, respiratory emergencies, hospital disasters and other emergencies as needed.
• Delivers 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.
• Maintains AHA BLS certification on an annual basis.
• Acts as a member of the health care delivery team assisting in the development and implementation of multdisciplinary patient care plans. Documents assessment of patient response to ongoing care and participates in the reevaluation of care delivery.
• Acts as and integral part of the health team that partakes in the pulmonary rehabilitation of the difficult to wean patient.
• Provides routine care, cleaning, disinfecting and maintenance of departmental equipment. Documents equipment malfunction and alerts supervisor.
• Aids in maintaining stock levels by notifying supervisor as levels require replenishment.
• Maintains Departmental Documentation Including, But Not Limited To Patient Charting Departmental Therapy Records Quality Assurance Patient Charges.
• Aids in the development, implementation, and maintenance of departmental quality assurance programs and audits as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum Experience: Will consider applicants with less than one year of respiratory therapy experience.
• Minimum Skills/abilities: Interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to satisfactorily explain respiratory therapy/pulmonary function test procedures to patients.
• Certification/Licensure: RRT License in respiratory therapy by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Certified in Basic Life Support by the AHA or Red Cross required, Advanced Life Support Certification preferred.
• Training: Must obtain sufficient annual Continuing Education to maintain license.

Compensation

This range offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications. However, our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and a broad range of factors is considered when making an offer. This includes education, experience, and licensure/certifications directly related to position requirements. In addition, BMCHS offers generous total compensation that includes, but is not limited to, benefits (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), contract increases, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) savings matches, earned time cash out, paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and resources to support employee and family wellbeing.