Registered Respiratory Therapist-Traveler

POSITION SUMMARY: The Registered Respiratory Therapist, also known as Respiratory Care Practitioners, evaluates, treats and cares for patients with breathing or other cardiopulmonary disorders.

Their primary responsibility is for all respiratory care therapeutic treatments and diagnostic procedures under the direction of the Licensed Independent Practitioner.

Active involvement with the primary physician and interdisciplinary team in developing the patients plan of care; assesses their respiratory disorders to improve their optimal functional level of independence and establishes and administers a treatment program with specific goals determined according to the patients capacity and tolerance.

POSITION SUMMARY EXPANDED: Under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, (The Unity Bill) this position is considered a Safety-sensitive position.

Safety-sensitive is defined to include any job that includes tasks or duties that could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task or others.

Employees working in safety-sensitive roles are subject to this exception and subject to disciplinary action in the event of a positive test for marijuana or its metabolites.

SUPERVISOR Lead Respiratory Therapist ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each key function satisfactorily based on five overall skills categories; assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation and teaching/coaching Each category will be assessed on performance measurements of appropriateness, efficiency, effectiveness and timeliness Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key functions Job Function Evaluate and interpret patient data; interview patients and families to obtain data, perform limited physical examinations; measure and evaluate lung capacity data.

Evaluate and report variances in outcome data to supervisor.

Respond to all emergency situations and provide cardiopulmonary support to patient.

Responds to patient and family concern and ensures that each concern is documented, and a resolution is initiated.

Perform regular checks on patients and equipment.

Maintain clean and safe equipment and environment Plan, organize and evaluate care interventions and their effect on outcome.

Participate in plan of care of patient in collaboration with interdisciplinary team and physician.

Provide ongoing patient/family education.

Complete documentation of assessment, reassessment and treatment plans in the medical record.

Compliant with the value-focused documentation for patients plan of care and outcomes.

Participate in performance improvement activities in department and hospital wide.

Collect and analyze data.

Maintain quality control of all respiratory equipment.

Pre-pre-analytical (46-68%) Appropriate test request, order entry, patient/specimen identification, sample collection, appropriate container, handling, storage and tr...