REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST-ELM

Job Description

Under general supervision and with advanced understanding of the physical sciences, routinely performs the following procedures: Oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, medical gas administration, pulmonary drainage and bronchial hygiene procedures, and mechanical ventilation. Gathers data on an ongoing basis for quality improvement and may be involved in teaching of co-workers and/or students.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

-Initiates, maintains and discontinues oxygen therapy upon the order of a physician.

-Initiates, maintains and discontinues aerosol therapy, both bland and medications upon the order of a physician.

-Initiates, maintains and discontinues mechanical ventilation upon the order of a physician.

-Transports and monitors critically ill patients using non-invasive techniques.

-Attends medical emergencies and assists in CPR.

-Maintains and monitors various compressed gas manifold systems throughout the hospital center.

-Observes department’s infection control standards.

-Assigned routinely to the ventilator-weaning program using advanced techniques and knowledge in the assessment of patients within the program.

-Participates in multi-disciplinary rounds with physicians and other health care professionals.

-Collects information used in the department’s quality improvement plan.

-In-services staff, respiratory therapy students, nurses and physicians on topics relating to respiratory care.

-Performs arteriotomy and draws blood gases.

-Distribute equipment and supplies utilized for the delivery of Respiratory Care.

-Performs other duties, such as spirometry, as required.

-Requires lifting of up to 50 pounds and moving of equipment and patients.

-Requires long periods of standing of up to 5 hours per day, walking and bending.

-Must have at least 5 years of experience.

-Sufficient verbal and written skills enabling communication with physicians, nurses, co-workers and patients.

-Graduate from a two-year Associate Degree program in Respiratory Therapy approved by the New York State Board of Education.

-Possession of a current New York State Department of Education license and registration to practice as a Respiratory Therapist.

-Has successfully passed both entry-level CRTT examination and registry (RRT) examination administered by the National Board of Respiratory Care.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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Compensation Statement

Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $53.1355 - $60.5422 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.