Respiratory Therapist (37.5 hours per week) #2525.1B

Job Description

Job Description

Salary :

Be a part of a team that seeks to raise the bar higher, not just for ourselves, but for healthcare everywhere! Come join our Respiratory Therapy team!!

Schedule : Days and nights, rotate holidays and on call

Shift : 6 : 30AM - 4 : 30PM or 11AM - 9PM,

2-3 Holidays per year

Hours per week : 37.5

Weekend obligation also includes call (Call response time 20 minutes)

• Position Summary :

Is responsible for providing direct patient care, under medical direction, through the use of diagnostic, therapeutic, life support and rehabilitative evaluation methods and techniques. Patient group includes those with cardiac, pulmonary, neuromuscular and infectious diseases as well as those with post surgical or traumatic respiratory deficiencies.

Reports to Director of Respiratory Care.

Neonatal (0 30 days)

66 years)

Graduate from an accredited school of Respiratory Therapy

Able to communicate and work effectively with others, possessing tact, discretion and diplomacy.

Physical Demands :

Frequent sitting, standing and walking in order to perform assessments, treatments and testing on patients as well as documentation of same.

Continuous use of near vision for computer work, policies / procedures, typing, etc.

Frequent use of simple and complex reading, writing and math skills.

Continuous indoor, well-lit and environmentally controlled environment.

Frequent exposure to blood / body fluids and disease requiring PPE.

Continuous exposure to frequently changing tasks.