What are the responsibilities and job description for the RRT position at CambayHealthcare?
Profession: RRT
Shift: 12hrs Night
Location: West Plains, MO
Duration: 13 weeks
Pay: Negotiable
Duties:
- Monitoring patient physiological responses to therapy such as arterial blood gases, vital signs or blood chemistry, and lung function changes, and consulting with physicians if there are adverse reactions.
- Working as part of a team of health care professionals to manage patient care by assisting with medical procedures.
- Setting up and operating devices including therapeutic gas administration apparatus, mechanical ventilators, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators.
- Following specified parameters of treatment.
- Providing emergency care, such as external cardiac massage, artificial respiration, or assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Inspecting, testing, cleaning, and maintaining respiratory therapy equipment to ensure it is functioning safely and efficiently.
- Maintaining charts that contain patient identification and therapy information.
- Measuring arterial blood gases, reading prescriptions, lung capacity, and reviewing other information to assess patient condition.
- Relaying blood analysis results to a physician.
- Making emergency visits to resolve equipment problems when necessary.
- Ordering equipment repairs when necessary.
- Explaining health care treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation.
- Checking pulmonary function in patients.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Salary: $58.98 - $62.75 per hour
Schedule:
- 3x12
- Night shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- West Plains, MO 65775: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Application Question(s):
- Are you fully Covid vaccinated?
- Have you taken your booster shot?
Experience:
- Recent RRT: 2 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- RCP License (Preferred)
- Missouri RRT License (Required)
- BLS from AHA (Required)
- ACLS from AHA (Required)
- PALS from AHA (Preferred)
Work Location: One location
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