Purpose of Your Job Position

The primary purpose of your position is to assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures, maintain patient records, and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct our Facility’s respiratory therapy, as well as its programs and activities, in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern nursing care facilities.

· Meet with administration, medical and nursing staff, as well as other related departments in planning therapy services.

· Represent the Facility at and participate in meetings, as directed.

· Maintain respiratory therapy standards of practice.

· Assist in standardizing the methods in which respiratory therapy will be accomplished.

· Assist in developing, implementing and coordinating policies and procedures, resident care plans, respiratory therapy procedure manuals, job descriptions, etc.

· Review respiratory therapy policies, procedures, manuals, job descriptions, etc., at least annually, and participate in making recommended changes.

· Interpret respiratory therapy policies and procedures to personnel, residents, family members, etc., as necessary.

· Participate in discharge planning, development and implementation of resident care plans, resident assessments, etc., as necessary.

· Maintain treatment records, resident files, and progress notes, as required.

· Provide blood analysis results to physicians, as necessary.

· Work with the Facility’s consultants, as necessary, and implement recommended changes, as required.

· Assist in arranging transportation when necessary.

· Ensure business office receives charges for respiratory therapy rendered to residents and that all treatments are coded accurately for billing in accordance with current standards.

· Make written and oral reports or recommendations to the Administrator concerning the operation of the respiratory therapy department.

· Maintain an adequate liaison with families and residents.

· Interview residents, or family members, as necessary.

· Perform administrative requirements such as completing necessary forms, reports, etc., and submitting to the Administrator, as required.

Therapy and Consultation Functions

· Provide emergency care including artificial respiration, external cardiac massage, and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

· Perform pulmonary function and adjust equipment to obtain optimum results during therapy.

· Perform bronchopulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises.

· Conduct respiratory tests, such as electrocardiograms, stress testing, and lung capacity tests to evaluate residents’ cardiopulmonary functions.

· Review request for respiratory therapy services and physicians’ orders.

· Assist physicians in cardiac and pulmonary research and conduct diagnose disorders.

· Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method, and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, and medication and dosages compatible with physicians’ orders.

· Monitor residents’ physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes, and consult with physician if adverse reactions occur.

· Properly read and analyze residents’ prescriptions, measure arterial blood gases, and review resident information to assess patient conditions.

· Educate residents and their families about their condition and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises and the use of medications and respiratory equipment.

· Interview resident to determine type of treatments needed and schedule therapy, as ordered.

· Explain treatment procedures to residents to gain cooperation and allay resident fears.

· Evaluate type of therapy most desirable after consulting with physician.

· Brief resident of procedures involved in respiratory therapy and prepare necessary equipment.

· Demonstrate to residents and staff personnel, as necessary, the use of medical appliances involved in respiratory therapy.

· Perform respiratory therapy in resident’s room, as necessary.

· Reassure resident before and during therapy treatment.

· Prepare resident for treatment by dress or position and administer respiratory therapy in accordance with established policies and procedures.

· Determine proper equipment usage, application, and body position, and make adjustments in the administration of respiratory therapy treatments.

· Recommend modifications or changes in the resident’s therapy program based on own evaluation of progress.

· Ensure that all therapist notes are informative, follow guidelines, and are descriptive of the care provided and of the resident’s response to the care.

· Make rounds with attending physician and/or medical director, etc., as necessary.

· Encourage attending physician(s) to record and sign progress notes, as well as review treatment plans, etc. Review and sign plan of care.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $1.00 - $2.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Miami, FL 33142: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Respiratory therapy: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• RRT (Required)
• BLS Certification (Required)

Work Location: One location

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