(Archived) Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory Therapist job in Norfolk, Virginia.

The job is a civilian position within the extensive military medical system. Civilian and military personnel work together in hospitals and clinics providing a full range of services to the active duty military service members, military retirees, and their families.

Our employees are our best assets! Come join our team of healthcare professionals where you are valued.

• Full-time hours
• PTO - fantastic accrual rate
• Paid holidays
• Competitive Compensation
• Benefit Package (health, dental, and vision plans)

Respiratory Therapist Job Overview:

• Multiple shifts, positions, and department covering a 24/7 facility

• Efficiently administer all types of respiratory care, and efficiently draw blood, in accordance with professional qualifications, and as directed by the Respiratory Therapist (Advanced) or physician.

• Operate and troubleshoot all types of respiratory equipment to include proper disassembly, cleaning, sterilization, and packaging of all respiratory therapy equipment to ensure safe patient care.

• Maintain equipment, to include performing examinations to detect worn tubes, loose connections or other indications of disrepair and notify the Government supervisor of need for maintenance. Start equipment and observe gauges measuring pressure, rate of flow and continuity of test equipment. Notify the Government supervisor of malfunctions.

• Be familiar with the functions and modes of equipment, ensuring equipment is cleaned, reassembled, and returned to storage.

• Receive, set-up, operate, and maintain various devices and systems such as ventilators, nebulizers, oxygen therapy systems, humidity and aerosol therapy, sterilizers, and aeration chambers.

• Administer prescribed doses of medical gases and aerosolized drugs intermittently and continuously. Perform airway management and hygiene including chest percussion postural drainage. Obtain arterial blood gas specimens.

• Perform patient assessments and monitoring and provide patient instructions including breathing exercises. Make therapeutic recommendations. Examine patient records and report and identify changes in the clinical status of patients. Identify contraindications and report adverse responses/reactions.

• Change nebulizers on nursing wards and reset oxygen flow as prescribed by physician.

• Stock shelves in department and other departments of the MTF as needed for the provision of respiratory therapy.

• Systematically monitor effectiveness of practice through client database and outcomes evaluation. Synthesize and use the results of these evaluations to recommend changes including policy, procedure or protocol documentation.

• Initiate appropriate emergency treatment in cases of cardio-pulmonary arrest.

• Assist in insertion of arterial catheters; perform drawing of arterial blood and complete measurement of arterial blood gas.

• Collect cardiovascular and pulmonary artery pressure data from arterial catheters, measure cardiac output, do blood gas analysis and collect data from sophisticated computer modules applying trends recalled from these computers to follow patient status and prevent potential complications.

• Assist physicians on consultation basis in choice of treatment according to goals set for individual patient.

• Perform the most sophisticated and/or new pulmonary function testing, deriving standards, results, and interpretations from the feedback of a Technical computer system. Ability to interpret the above results.

• Perform cardiopulmonary calculations in conjunction with shunt equations, cardiac outputs, ventilation/profusion quotients, Bohr equation, etc.

• Make recommendations and implement changes based on education and experience, and new technology and medical advances.

• Provide advanced tracheostomy care such as tracheostomy changes, extubating, fenestration of endotracheal tubes, Olympic button placement, etc.

• Provide set-up and monitoring of Nitric Oxide Administration in the intensive care units with patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Has the ability to change the tanks while a patient is receiving Nitric Oxide Administration

Respiratory Therapist (Pediatrics)

• Efficiently administer all types of respiratory care, and efficiently draw blood, in accordance with professional qualifications, and as directed by the Respiratory Therapist (Advanced) or physician.
• Operate and troubleshoot all types of respiratory equipment to include proper disassembly, cleaning, sterilization, and packaging of all respiratory therapy equipment to ensure safe patient care.
• Maintain equipment, to include performing examinations to detect worn tubes, loose connections or other indications of disrepair and notify the Government supervisor of need for maintenance. Start equipment and observe gauges measuring pressure, rate of flow and continuity of test equipment. Notify the Government supervisor of malfunctions.
• Be familiar with the functions and modes of equipment, ensuring equipment is cleaned, reassembled, and returned to storage.
• Receive, set-up, operate, and maintain various devices and systems such as ventilators, nebulizers, oxygen therapy systems, humidity and aerosol therapy, sterilizers, and aeration chambers.
• Administer prescribed doses of medical gases and aerosolized drugs intermittently and continuously. Perform airway management and hygiene including chest percussion postural drainage. Obtain arterial blood gas specimens.
• Perform patient assessments and monitoring and provide patient instructions including breathing exercises. Make therapeutic recommendations. Examine patient records and report and identify changes in the clinical status of patients. Identify contraindications and report adverse responses/reactions.
• Change nebulizers on nursing wards and reset oxygen flow as prescribed by physician.

Respiratory Therapist Qualifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS)

• 1 year of experience within the preceding 3 years as a Certified or Registered Respiratory Therapist in either (a) Pediatric Inpatient unit OR (b) Pediatric Clinic OR (c) Adult Intensive Care Unit.

• Current, valid, unrestricted license in any US state.

• PALS

• ACLS

• NRP

Pediatrics RT

• 2 years of experience within the preceding three (3) years as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) in either (a) Pediatric Inpatient, or (b) Pediatric Clinic area.
• PALS

Position contingent on contract award with an anticipated Fall start date and award notice.

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