Registered Respiratory Therapist Per Diem I

• 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
• Participate in Hospitals cardiopulmonary resuscitation team
• Perform arterial puncture for blood gas analysis
• Provide patients education and consultation on disease management
• Access patient, administer and evaluate appropriate respiratory therapy
• Perform simple bedside pulmonary function tests on intubated and non-intubated patients
• Perform oximetry for arterial oxygen saturation evaluation
• Receive and initiate physician's orders for respiratory care
• Provide patient clinical assessment
• Administer and monitor medical gases and environmental control systems
• Administers aerosolized pharmacological agents
• Assist healthcare team managing patients on mechanical ventilators
• Ensure customer and patient satisfaction using scripting procedure
• Perform as a resource for certified respiratory therapy technicians and respiratory therapy assistants
• Recommend appropriate mode of ventilatory support to physicians
• Participate with Hospitals trauma team
• Participate with Hospitals high-risk labor and delivery team
• Provide recommendations for therapy and appropriate ventilation based on lab results
• Assist facility maintenance, maintain equipment
• Collaborate with healthcare team to implement and document in individual plan of care
• Follow patient safety-related policies
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care
• Function as a consultant, educator, and/or researcher in the Pulmonary Diagnostic area
• Provide direct cardiopulmonary care to patients
• Perform venous puncture for ordered blood samples
• Work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team to organize and present education opportunities
• Assume responsibility for portions of the quality control programs
• Provide testing and interventions as required by study protocols
• Coordinate all respiratory equipment and supplies for the specialty area

• Associate Degree
• Related Discipline
• Hospital respiratory therapy equipment - ability to operate Respiratory care therapy, applications and side effects comprehensive knowledge
• 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 Therapist

• Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo
• 3 years directly related experience

Receive 17% Weekday Nights, 26% Weekend Nights and 15% Weekend Day shift differentials