Registered Respiratory Therapist- Children's Center for Medically Fragile Children- Full Time/ PRN

Evaluation and Administration

Evaluates patients through interviews, limited physical examinations, and conducting diagnostic tests; consults with physician to address patient care respiratory therapy needs.

Responsibilities

• Operates and monitors respiratory equipment such as continuous and intermittent ventilators, medical gas delivery apparatus, incentive breathing/hyperinflation devices, environmental control systems, and aerosol devices.
• Administers medical gases, humidification, aerosols, and respiratory medications; maintains clearance of patient's natural and artificial airways; obtains blood samples and interprets blood gas data; and provides emergency cardiopulmonary assistance.
• Maintains applicable records and documentation. Ensures compliance with workplace safety, environmental, and/or infection control practices.

Qualifications

• Mississippi licensure;
• NBRC Certification (CRT);
• NBRC Registration (RRT);
• Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS), Course C; PALS and/or NRP.

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures and tests, equipment, patient assessment, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Knowledge of human anatomy, physiology, physics, and mathematics.
• Knowledge of respiratory health promotion and disease prevention.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with patients and team members.
• Ability to alleviate patient anxiety.
• Ability to maintain equipment and supplies.
• Ability to ensure compliance with workplace safety, environmental, and/or infection control practices.

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold.
• Frequent handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment.
• Constant exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality.
• Constant bending, frequent lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, frequent crouching/stooping, occasional driving, frequent kneeling, frequent pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, occasional sitting, constant standing, frequent twisting, and constant walking.