Registered Respiratory Therapist
Posterity Group LLCSan Diego, CA, USjob_description.job_card.30_days_ago
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job_description.job_card.job_descriptionOne year of current critical care experience, however a minimum of 2 years current critical care experience is preferred 2 years RT experience, 1 year in critical care AND 2 years Polysomnography experience. Sleep Disorder experience preferred. BLS, ACLS PALS Certified Respiratory Therapist CRT High School Diploma or equivalent Satisfactory completion of all RCP I and II skills and competencies
Job Description
Job Description
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An excellent opportunity exists to work for a government contractor with competitive compensation and work-life balance. Posterity Group is seeking experienced Registered Respiratory Therapist for the VA San Diego Healthcare System.
- Treat a wide range of patients from infants through the elderly
- Consult with physicians and other healthcare staff to help develop and modify individual patient care plans
- Provide complex therapy requiring a great deal of independent judgment, such as caring for patients who are on life support in hospital intensive care units.
- Evaluate patients by performing limited physical examinations and conducting diagnostic tests including those that measure lung capacity tests and acidity and alkalinity of the blood
- Treat patients by using oxygen or oxygen mixtures, chest physiotherapy, and aerosol medications.
- Connect patients who cannot breathe on their own to ventilators that deliver pressurized oxygen into the lungs
- Teach patients how to use medications and equipment
- Perform regular checks on patients and equipment
- Supervise respiratory therapy technicians
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Registered Respiratory Therapist • San Diego, CA, US