Respiratory Therapist ll (Pulmonary Function) - FT-Day/$10K Sign On
Company: ChristianaCare
Location: Newark
Posted on: February 2, 2025
Job Description:
About ChristianaCare: ChristianaCare is the one of the Mid
Atlantic's largest academic health care providers and consists of 3
campuses: Wilmington, Newark and Union at Cecil County. Through our
values of love and excellence, ChristianaCare is consistently
identified as a regional center of excellence for cardiology,
cancer and women's health services and ranked by US News & World as
Best HospitalPRIMARY FUNCTION:This role is reserved for a
respiratory therapist who is licensed, professional, competent, and
assumes responsibility and accountability for diagnostic pulmonary
function testing including: hemodynamic monitoring, assisting with
diagnostic procedures, administering pharmacologic agents related
to respiratory care procedures. Maintains pulmonary function
equipment; assures quality control, monitors performance
improvement, provides community service and education; charts and
keeps records; educates other healthcare providers, and conducts
research.Shift:Dayshift, no weekends, no holidaysLocation:
Primarily at Newark PFT lab, with occasional rotation to Wilmington
PFT lab.PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Exhibits love and excellence core behaviors with patients,
families, and other team members.
- Strives to provide the highest quality in all aspects of work
performance. Learns and utilizes new knowledge and skills. Assumes
responsibility for improving care and services.
- Demonstrates actions that are professional, trustworthy, and
dependable. Creates a positive impression in dress and manner.
Serves as an ambassador for our health system.
- Performs pulmonary function test and procedures in compliance
with American Thoracic Society (ATS) recommendations.
- Performs pulmonary function tests including spirometry,
diffusion capacity, lung volumes, maximal respiratory pressures,
and body plethysmography.
- Performs arterial blood gas sampling and analysis and performs
capillary sampling for hemoglobin analysis.
- Performs pulse oximetry with exercise tests including oxygen
determination study for home oxygen therapy, six-minute walk and
oxygen titration.
- Performs or assists in cardiopulmonary stress test including
electrocardiogram tracings, blood pressure monitoring, power
output, expired gas analysis, and arterial blood gas sampling at
rest and during exercise
- Performs bronchoprovocation test including methacholine
challenge, exercise-induced asthma and cold air challenge.
- Performs High Altitude Simulation Test (HAST).
- Performs Exhaled Nitric Oxide Test.
- Assists physicians during bronchoscopy, pleuroscopy and
tracheostomy tube change.
- Responds to emergency situations and performs cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and airway management.
- Performs cleaning and disinfecting procedures. Reassembles and
prepares equipment.
- Performs quality control including equipment maintenance,
calibration, and record keeping.
- Verifies registration information and patient identification
during appointment check-in.
- Proficiently uses Powerchart and Breeze software.
- Understands and follows standard precaution guidelines when
administering patient care and processing equipment.
- Completes Annual Mandatory Education Lessons via the Education
Center including, but not limited to, Infection Prevention, Fire
Safety, and Utilities Management.
- Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established
departmental safety rules and practices. Reports to team leader in
a timely manner any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or
safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other
employees, patients, and visitors.
- Schedules patient appointments, enters information into
electronic Patient Schedule and makes appropriate changes to the
Patient Schedule as needed.
- Performs other related duties as required.EDUCATION AND
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Graduate of a CoArc approved School of Respiratory Therapy
- Registered Respiratory Therapist with a minimum of two years of
respiratory therapy experience. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Maintains Active Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
Credential
- Maintain Current BLS Certification; ACLS preferred
- Current AARC Member preferred
- Licensure in the State of Delaware requiredRequired
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