Respiratory Care Coordinators

Essential Responsibilities

• Educate patients in a classroom setting on various sleep disorders.
• Instruct patients on home diagnostic sleep equipment.
• Read sleep studies and provide preliminary diagnoses to patients.
• Instruct patients on the proper use of therapeutic equipment used for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and other home ventilatory support systems.
• Process referrals to other sleep entities and healthy living providers.
• Assists in the planning, development, and implementation of respiratory care programs that coordinate high-quality, cost-effective care for patients with COPD, hypoventilation, neuromuscular disease, Sleep Apnea, and all other sleep disorders.
• Collaborates with managers, physicians, and patient care staff to identify and resolve Sleep Disorder issues as well as Pulmonary Care Issues.
• Conduct follow-up consultations with CPAP users to ensure adherence or refer patients to alternative treatment.
• Inform patients of the sleep physicians' final results.
• Provide case manager consultations to patients referred by the physicians.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience: Minimum one (1) year of sleep disorder-related experience required.
• Education: Bachelors Degree in Respiratory Care, Health Care Administration, or four (4) years of experience in a directly related field required. High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
• Licenses, Certifications, Registrations: Polysomnographic Technologist Certificate from Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists OR Registered Respiratory Therapist - Sleep Disorder Specialist Certificate from the National Board of Respiratory Care - Respiratory Care Practitioner License (California) - Registered Respiratory Therapist Certificate from the National Board of Respiratory Care - Basic Life Support

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations.
• Computer skills and experience with nasal CPAP and BIPAP equipment required.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Recent experience facilitating performance improvement projects.
• Recent experience in patient education in respiratory disease and sleep disorders.