Respiratory Therapist RRT, Respiratory Therapy, St. Elizabeth\'s Medical Center, 36 Hours (Night[...]

I. Position Function:

The Respiratory Therapy Department has formally adopted the American Association For Respiratory Care Clinical Practice Guidelines (AARC CPG) for patient care. Respiratory Therapists function in a physician supervised environment following AARC CPG (where applicable) as well as established departmental standards and practices. Respiratory Therapists provide critical care service to all patient age groups.

II. Job Relationships:

• Reports to the Technical Manager of Respiratory Therapy (or his/her designee).
• Interacts with other health care professionals to plan, provide, monitor, and evaluate respiratory care services for out patients.

III. Authority:

• Has the authority to provide all facets of critical care respiratory therapy based upon patient assessment and within hospital/department policies, procedures, and the American Association for Respiratory Care Clinical Practice Guidelines.
• In the event of an untoward response to therapy, the therapist will institute appropriate emergency procedures/protocols and notify the physician and nurse responsible for the patient while remaining in constant attendance at the patient\’s bedside until relieved.

IV. A. Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

1. Provides superior customer service to internal and external clients, customers, and patients as referenced in the Service Excellence Standards.
2. Reviews the medical record including:

• Physicians orders for completeness, indications for therapy as well as potential contraindications prior to administering therapies/medications in accordance with AARC CPG.
• Conducts a clinical patient assessment including but not limited to, cardiac, pulmonary and neurologic status.
• Further detailed assessment criteria is contained within the individual AARC CPG for the therapy ordered.

• Patient Charting
• Departmental Therapy Records
• Quality Assurance
• Patient Charges

B. Responsibilities/Non-Essential Functions:

• Enhances professional growth and development through in-service meetings, educational programs, current literature, workshops, etc.
• Is strongly encouraged to partake in the local and national respiratory therapy societies.

V. Reporting Requirements:

Respiratory therapists shall be responsible for reporting:

• Patient\’s condition, therapies, therapeutic goals and objectives, and response to therapy on a shift to shift basis.
• Adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals and/or therapies.
• Hospital variance report notification.

VI. Accountability:

Respiratory therapists shall be accountable for:

• Maintaining the confidentiality and security of all hospital related, medical staff related, and patient related data and information, electronic or hard copy.
• Abiding by all hospital/department policies and procedures.
• Accurately measuring/calculating pulmonary parameters.
• Knowledge of all facets of critical care respiratory therapy and American Association for Respiratory Therapy Clinical Practice Guidelines.

VII. Qualifications:

Minimum Experience:

• Will consider applicants with less than one year of respiratory therapy experience.

Minimum skills/abilities:

• Interpersonal and communication skills sufficient to satisfactorily explain respiratory therapy/pulmonary function test procedures to patients.

Certification/Licensure:

• RRT License in respiratory therapy by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Certified in Basic Life Support by the AHA or Red Cross required, Advanced Life Support Certification preferred.

Training:

• Must obtain sufficient annual Continuing Education to maintain license.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans

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