Respiratory Therapist
Core
Provide 24/7 respiratory therapy services to critically ill patients in ICUs, Emergency Departments, Operating Rooms, and specialty units.
Role type
Clinical Respiratory Therapist (Critical Care)
Builds
Patient care and diagnostic testing in acute care settings
Domain
Healthcare / Critical Care Medicine
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Airway management, ventilator management, oxygen therapy, diagnostic testing (spirometry, blood gas analysis), aerosolized medication administration, patient education, independent work
Preferred skills
Adult Critical Care experience, Hyperbaric Medicine experience, CHT certification
Technologies
Ventilators, Hyperbaric chambers, Spirometry equipment, MDI devices
Responsibilities
Assist with airway management and respond to cardiac/respiratory arrests, administer specialty medications, perform diagnostic tests, educate patients on equipment use, manage ventilated patients per protocols
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on clinical staff