Registered Respiratory Therapist, Martha's Vineyard Hospital
Core
Provide respiratory care to patients of all ages in emergency, outpatient, and high-risk delivery settings, including airway management and mechanical ventilation.
Role type
Registered Respiratory Therapist (IC)
Builds
Patient care services in hospital emergency rooms, outpatient therapy, and labor/delivery units
Domain
Healthcare / Respiratory Therapy
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Airway management, mechanical ventilation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, oxygen therapy, endotracheal suctioning, pulmonary function studies, electrocardiograms, infection control procedures, patient education, equipment maintenance
Preferred skills
Multidisciplinary collaboration, in-service education participation, complaint/grievance review
Technologies
EPIC EMR
Responsibilities
Initiate and monitor mechanical ventilation, perform therapeutic treatments (BiPap, nebulization, chest physiotherapy), attend high-risk deliveries and C-sections, monitor end-tidal CO2 and pH blood gas analysis, educate patients and families, maintain therapy area safety and cleanliness
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC