REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST - PART TIME
Company: University of New Mexico - Hospitals
Location: Edgewood
Posted on: September 17, 2023
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Job Description:
UNM Hospitals participates in the Clinical Advancement Program
(CAP) and depending on your Education and National Certifications,
you'll work towards one of three CAP levels that offer increasing
compensation. This position offers generous sign on bonus to
external hires.Department: Pulmonary ServicesFTE: 0.60Part
TimeShift: DaysPosition Summary:Provide clinical respiratory care.
Access, evaluate and recommend intervention to obtain specific
patient outcomes. Assemble, operate and troubleshoot various types
of respiratory equipment used in diagnosis and treatment of
respiratory disease, disability, impairment and illness. Ensure
adherence to Hospital and Departmental Policies, Procedures and
guidelines. Patient care assignment may include; Neonate,
Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult and Geriatric age groups.Detailed
responsibilities:* PATIENT CARE - Provide patients education and
consultation on disease management* CUSTOMER SERVICE - Ensure
customer and patient satisfaction using scripting procedure*
ADMINISTER - Access patient, administer and evaluate appropriate
respiratory therapy, including aerosolized medication delivery,
chest physiotherapy, intermittent positive pressure breathing,
oxygen supplementation, pulmonary hygiene, artificial airway care,
tracheostomy care including patient education, incentive
spirometry, non-invasive and invasive procedures* PERFORM - Perform
as a resource for certified respiratory therapy technicians and
respiratory therapy assistants* ASSIST - Assist healthcare team
managing patients on mechanical ventilators, monitor patients
requiring mechanical life support. Follow weaning
guidelines/protocols to ensure appropriate duration of mechanical
ventilation* RECOMMEND - Recommend appropriate mode of ventilatory
support to physicians. Participate with critical care team on
patient rounds and teaching* PARTICIPATE - Participate in Hospitals
cardiopulmonary resuscitation team. Provide airway maintenance,
manual resuscitation and chest compression during Dr Heart codes.
Assist with endotracheal tube insertion, stabilization and
continued ventilatory support* PARTICIPATE - Participate with
Hospitals trauma team. Respond to trauma pages. Assist with
intubation, airway management and ventilator support. Assist with
internal transport of ventilator and patient* PARTICIPATE -
Participate with Hospitals high-risk labor and delivery team.
Respond to high-risk delivery pages and provide airway management,
assist with intubation and stabilization of the endotracheal tube,
administer surfactant if ordered by physician, provide ventilator
support* PERFORM - Perform arterial puncture for blood gas
analysis. Run blood gas sample for analysis. Interpret arterial
blood gas and electrolyte results* PROVIDE - Provide
recommendations for therapy and appropriate ventilation based on
lab results* PERFORM - Perform simple bedside pulmonary function
tests on intubated and non-intubated patients. Make recommendations
for therapy and ventilator support* PERFORM - Perform oximetry for
arterial oxygen saturation evaluation. Setup, evaluate and monitor
ETCO2 and sleep study monitoring* INITIATE - Receive and initiate
physician's orders for respiratory care, including verbal orders
under Hospitals policy* PROVIDE - Provide patient clinical
assessment; evaluate patient criteria for appropriateness of, and
compliance with, therapeutic objectives* ADMINISTER - Administer
and monitor medical gases and environmental control systems
including oxygen, compressed air, heliox, nitrogen, and nitric
oxide. Participate in medical gas failure emergencies and planned
outages* ADMINISTER - Administers aerosolized pharmacological
agents, calculate dosages for continuous aerosolized therapy.
Transition patients from aerosol delivery to MDIs according to
department guidelines* ASSIST - Assist facility maintenance,
maintain equipment, label and route malfunctioning equipment to
appropriate location* PATIENT CARE - Collaborate with healthcare
team to implement and document in individual plan of care with age
specific considerations. Include discharge plan and patient/family
teaching* PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related
policies, procedures and protocols* PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate
proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to
improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and
processes* PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct
environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient
at undue risk* PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual
patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a
timely manner* PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively
participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting
treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem
right"QualificationsEducation:Essential:* Associate DegreeEducation
specialization:Essential:* Related
DisciplineExperience:Essential:Hospital respiratory therapy
equipment - ability to operateRespiratory care therapy,
applications and side effects comprehensive
knowledgeNonessential:Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa,
Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo3 years directly related
experienceCredentials:Essential:* CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or
Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days* Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Certification w/in 1 year* Respiratory Care Practitioner in NM*
Registered Respiratory TherapistPhysical Conditions:Heavy Work:
Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50
pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force
constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements
are in excess of those for Medium Work.Working
conditions:Essential:* Med Haz: Mod exposure to chemicals/dangerous
equip/materials* May perform subordinate tasks in high census/vol*
May be required or is required to perform on-call duties* May work
rotating shifts, holidays and weekendsDepartment: Clinical Care
Keywords: University of New Mexico - Hospitals, Albuquerque , REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST - PART TIME, Healthcare , Edgewood, New Mexico
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