Respiratory Therapist - Harrington Hospital, Per Diem, Various Shifts

Major Responsibilities

Demonstrates excellent customer service skills.

Appropriately documents all care activity performed and charges in the hospital EMR system.

Participates in hospital and departmental performance improvement activities.

Demonstrates competency in utilization and maintenance of arterial blood gas machines.

Demonstrates competency in proper set up and utilization of all mechanical ventilators.

Demonstrates competency in proper set up and utilization of the V60 NIPPV.

Demonstrates competency in proper set up and utilization of all High Flow Oxygen Therapy systems.

Demonstrates competency in the disinfection, transport and set up of all non-disposable equipment.

Adheres to the Hospitals’ Standards of Behavior.

Completes all hospital and department annual competencies.

Position Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of an AMA approved school of Respiratory Care.
• Licensed in the state of Massachusetts in respiratory care.
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification for Healthcare Providers (BLSHP).
• Maintenance of CEU’s in accordance with the regulation of licensure in the state of Massachusetts.

Department-Specific Competencies

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

Benefits

The final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule

• Holidays - One Major Summer Holiday
• Holidays - One Major Winter Holiday
• Monday through Friday
• Weekends (Saturday and Sunday) Scheduled
• Shift 4 - Mixed Shift, 12 Hours (United States of America)
• Hrs 0

Cost Center

25080 - 1710 Respiratory Therapy

Additional Information

This position may have a signing bonus available. A member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities.

We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

The therapist is expected to be able to perform all modes of Respiratory care as defined in the department policy and procedure manual.

These tasks will include, but are not limited to, delivery of small volume nebulizers, drawing of arterial blood gases, maintaining artificial airways and mechanical ventilation.

The therapist must be competent to deliver these therapies to all age groups ranging from perinatal to geriatric.

If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.