Respiratory Therapist Lead (Hiring Immediately)

Job Title: Respiratory Therapist Lead

Location: Monmouth Medical Center

Department Name: Respiratory Care

Req #: 0000222234

Status: Hourly

Shift: Night

Pay Range: $46.99 - $57.62 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:

Assesses patients pulmonary status, develops plan of care in collaboration with the physician and nurses and delivers respiratory care to patients. Is responsible for reporting identified safety issues such as hazardous environments and medical errors, etc

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an approved school of Respiratory Therapy
• AA/AS degree preferred
• NJ licensure as Respiratory Care Practitioner required
• RRT Certification by NBRC 
• BLS required
• Certifications in PALS and NRP to be obtained within the first twelve months of employment for all full and part time staff

Scheduling Requirements:

• Full-Time
• Night Shift

Essential Functions:

• Adheres to documentation standard: Contributes to a comprehensive plan of care, which includes the patient and family and is interdisciplinary
• Documents intervention in retrievable form that is consistent with plan of care/expected outcomes
• Contributes to a multidisciplinary teaching record as needed, assuring patient/family understanding of prescribed therapy
• Assumes responsibility for a reduction in length of stay through the timely delivery of appropriate clinical intervention and delegates follow-up respiratory treatments to appropriate members of the care team
• Collaborates daily with a Multidisciplinary Team in development and progress of an overall plan of respiratory care for patients as indicated.
• Collaborates with a Multidisciplinary Team establishing requirements for teaching and discharge planning of each patient - assures achievement of desired outcomes
• Collaborates with RN and reinforces a plan of care daily with the patient and family
• Evaluates treatment and orders/confirms appropriateness and initiates treatments of MDI, HFN, CPT, Aerosol treatment
• Initiates an accurate pulmonary history and assessment of patients during initial as well as subsequent therapies
• Intubates in emergency/extubates per MD orders
• Manages transport of ventilated patient
• Manages ventilated patients
• Participates in monitoring patient care outcomes as established by targets/goals or performance improvement within services.
• Participates in the quality monitoring process to identify variances that increase length of stay
• Participates in the orientation of other associates new to service areas
• Performs techniques/procedures for processing ABGs
• Provides cardiac monitoring within the scope of practice
• Responds to CAC/performs life support measures
• Serves as preceptor during orientation of Respiratory Therapists new to the unit or central department
• Uses mentoring skills with team members to advance their knowledge base and clinical skills

Benefits and Perks:

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides  comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, social, and  financial health. <