Respiratory Therapist Pulmonary

Summary

Responsible for providing clinical support to medical providers in a pulmonary / sleep medicine physician practice setting and under the direction of a physician. Support provided must be within the employee’s education, experience, and scope of clinical practice; and will include but not be limited to triaging patient & referring physician phone calls, rooming patients in exam rooms, taking vital signs, collecting & documenting pertinent patient information, conducting tests, providing patient equipment, and providing patient & family education.

Key Responsibilities

• Effectively triages phone calls from patients and referring physicians.
• Greets patients, collects pertinent information (including CPAP performance and compliance data for sleep medicine patients), and prepares them for examination by the medical providers.
• Effectively and efficiently conducts pulmonary function and other testing consistent with the scope of practice, training, and experience.
• Provides patients with prescribed equipment and supplies; facilitates CPAP therapy with durable medical equipment (DME) providers, and provides related patient/family education regarding use.
• Provides patient/family education regarding pulmonary diseases, sleep disorders, testing, treatments, and behavior modification.
• Coordinate care with other providers (including DME providers), diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitation services.
• Supports clinical activities of the practice, which include but are not limited to: meeting with CPAP equipment representatives regarding new and updated equipment, maintaining supplies inventories, and checking/maintaining equipment.
• Provides assistance to clerical staff on an as-needed basis.

Required Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Respiratory Care or equivalent certificate
• New York State Respiratory Therapist license with current registration, including credentials received before 9/1993 OR New York State Respiratory Therapy Technician (RTT) license
• National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) active credentials as a Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)
• Minimum 3 Years Of Respiratory Therapy Experience
• Preferred 1 year of pulmonary function testing experience preferred
• PFT certification preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred

Department

Unity Pulmonary Medicine

Schedule

Monday - Friday 7:30-4:00 / 8:00-4:30

License/Certifications

• Physical Requirements: M - Medium Work
• License / Certifications: Physical Requirements, License / Certifications, and License / Certifications

Pay Range

$28.89 - $38.61