Respiratory Therapist

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  About the role

  The primary purpose of your job position is to provide direct respiratory care to the residents, and to supervise the day-to-day respiratory activities of the residents. Such supervision must be in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing Services and pulmonary provider or to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.

  Responsibilities

  • Direct the day-to day functions related to respiratory care in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility.
  • Periodically review the departments and unit’s policies, procedure manuals, job descriptions, etc.; make recommendations for revisions.
  • Meet with assigned staff and support personnel in planning the shift’s services, programs, and activities.
  • Ensure that the Procedures Manual is current and reflects the day-to-day procedures performed on the unit.
  • Ensure that all respiratory/nursing personnel comply with the procedures set forth in the Procedures Manual.
  • Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your unit as required to the Director of Nursing and pulmonary providers.
  • Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating respiratory services to ensure that the resident’s total regimen of care is maintained.
  • Ensure that all respiratory service personnel are in compliance with their respective job descriptions.
  • Participate in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the facility’s quality assurance program of the respiratory service department.
  • Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as may be requested.
  • Prepare the unit for pending facility surveys (inspections).
  • Periodically review the resident’s written discharge plans; participate in the updating of the resident’s written discharge plans as required.
  • Assist in planning the respiratory services portion of the resident’s discharge plan as necessary.
  • Participate in care conferences as needed.
  • Interpret the department’s policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors, and government agencies as required as they relate to the respiratory department.
  • Assist with admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.
  • Ensure accuracy of the accident/incident reports as necessary.
  • Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
  • Complete and file required recordkeeping forms/charts upon the resident’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge maintaining compliance with the center’s medical records system- Electronic or traditional paper medical record.
  • Review all new admission charts for accuracy and completeness as it pertains to respiratory status; follow up on all identified areas and forward summary of findings and actions to Director of Nursing.
  • Encourage attending physicians to review treatment plans, record and sign their orders, progress notes, etc., in accordance with established policies.
  • Review physician order process to ensure accuracy.
  • Transcribe physician’s orders to resident charts, cardex, medication cards, treatment/care plans based on findings of daily audits.
  • Review respiratory staff’s notes to ensure they are written according to facility charting guidelines.
  • Chart all reports of accidents/incidents involving residents; follow established procedures.
  • Report all discrepancies noted concerning physician’s orders, diet change, charting error, etc., to the Director of Nursing.
  • Fill out and complete transfer forms in accordance with established procedures.
  • Ensure that appropriate documentation concerning unauthorized discharges is entered in the resident’s medical record in accordance with established procedures.
  • Perform routine charting duties as required and in accordance with established charting and documentation policies and procedures.
  • Sign and date all entries made in the resident’s medical record.
  • Complete assessment of respiratory patient: Non‑vent patients – document following assessment of the patient – but no less than at least weekly; frequency can be determined on acuity of patient and frequency of visits as well. Mechanical Vent – to be assessed at minimum of every 8‑12 hours.
  • Ensure unit staff prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician.
  • Ensure that an adequate supply of floor stock medications, supplies, and equipment is on hand to meet the nursing needs of the residents; report needs to the Director of Nursing.
  • Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, and in accordance with established policies.
  • Notify the Director of Nursing of all drug discrepancies noted on the unit.
  • Review medication records for completeness of information, accuracy in the transcription of the physician’s order, and adherence to stop order policies.
  • Notify the attending physician of automatic stop orders prior to the last dosage being administered.
  • Dispose of drugs and narcotics as required, and in accordance with established procedures.
  • Participate in employee performance evaluations, determining your unit’s staffing requirements, and making recommendations to the Director of Nursing concerning employee dismissals, transfers, etc.
  • Inform the Director of Nursing of staffing needs when assigned personnel fail to report to work.
  • Report absentee call‑ins to the Director of Nursing.
  • Restore pulmonary function, alleviate pain and support life by planning and administering medically prescribed respiratory therapy.
  • Meet patients’ goals and needs and provide 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.
  • Help patient accomplish treatment plan and support life by administering inhalants, operating mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems and aerosol generators.
  • Administer 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.
  • Direct treatments given by aides, technicians, and assistants.
  • Evaluate effects of respiratory therapy treatment plan by observing, noting, and evaluating patient’s progress and recommending adjustments and modifications.
  • Complete discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers; contributing to patient care conferences.
  • Assure continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs.
  • Recommend and/or provide assistive equipment and outpatient or home health follow‑up programs.
  • Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
  • Maintain patient confidence and protect hospital operations by keeping information confidential.
  • Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
  • Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection‑control policies and protocols.
  • Develop respiratory therapy staff by providing information and developing and conducting in‑service training programs.
  • Comply with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
  • Participate in developing, planning, conducting, and in‑service training classes that provide instructions on “how to do the job,” and ensure a well‑educated nursing service department.
  • Implement and maintain an effective orientation program that orients the new employee to your shift, its policies and procedures, and to his/her job position and duties.
  • Assist in standardizing the methods in which work will be accomplished.
  • Assist in training department personnel in identifying tasks that involve potential exposure to blood/body fluids.
  • Attend and participate in outside training programs.
  • Attend and participate in annual OSHA and CDC in‑service training programs for hazard communication, TB management, and blood borne pathogens standard.
  • Attend and participate in advance directive in‑service training programs for the staff and community.
  • Attend and participate in continuing education programs designed to keep you abreast of changes in your profession, as well as to maintain your license on a current status.
  • Monitor the unit personnel to ensure that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
  • Ensure that established departmental policies and procedures, including dress codes, are followed by all unit personnel.
  • Assist the Director and/or Infection Control Coordinator in identifying, evaluating, and classifying routine and job‑related functions to ensure that tasks in which there is potential exposure to blood/body fluids are properly identified and recorded.
  • Ensure that