Registered Respiratory Therapist, Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Core
Provide respiratory care to patients of all ages in emergency rooms, outpatient therapy, and high-risk deliveries, including airway management, mechanical ventilation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Role type
Registered Respiratory Therapist (IC)
Builds
Patient care services and respiratory therapy treatments
Domain
Healthcare / Respiratory Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Airway management, mechanical ventilation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, oxygen therapy, chest physiotherapy, endotracheal suctioning, pulmonary function studies, electrocardiograms, patient education, infection control compliance, equipment monitoring
Preferred skills
Multidisciplinary collaboration, in-service education participation, treatment planning with patients and families
Technologies
EPIC EMR, BiPap, aerosol nebulization, incentive spirometry
Responsibilities
Initiate and monitor mechanical ventilation, perform airway management and stabilization, conduct therapeutic treatments like chest physiotherapy and oxygen therapy, attend high-risk deliveries and C-sections, educate patients and families, document in EPIC EMR, monitor equipment condition, participate in multidisciplinary rounds
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on clinical role