What are the responsibilities and job description for the Respiratory Support Technician, Respiratory Therapy, Full Time, Days position at Jackson Health?
Department: Respiratory Therapy
Address: 1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, Florida, 33136
Shift details: Full Time, Days, 2_2 Work Schedule 7A-7P
Why Jackson:
Jackson Memorial Hospital is the flagship hospital for Jackson Health System and it has been a beacon of medical excellence and community care for more than a century. Throughout its rich and storied history, Jackson Memorial - located in the heart of the City of Miami - has been ground zero for some of the world's greatest medical breakthroughs and important moments in South Florida. We've grown into one of the nation's largest public hospitals, and one of the few that is also a world-class academic medical center with a proud mission and proven success. Jackson Memorial is an accredited, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,500 licensed beds, where nearly every medical specialty is provided by some of the world's most skilled and highly regarded multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.
Position Summary
Respiratory Support Technician provide comprehensive services and deep expertise in key obstetric and pediatric areas. The support technician has overall responsibility for the maintenance and supply of equipment in the area in which they support. Ensure that the patient care environment, floors, respiratory procedural rooms and bedside carts are adequately stocked with unit specific supplies and equipment.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Responsible for the organization of stock and the cleanliness of the workroom and the stockroom.
- This will include the equipment shelves, ventilator/Bipap, floors and other equipment that may need cleaning, as deemed necessary by the shift supervisor.
- Responsible for daily stocking, checking supplies, and storage area for adequate inventory in all respiratory stock areas. Maintain, distribute, & order respiratory care stock, Oxygen, Medical Air gas, and order medical gases cylinders throughout the hospital; following regulation of par-level and storage.
- Manages equipment storage/par-level and maintenance including removing broken equipment and expediting repairs to Bio-Med when necessary.
- Responsible for the assembling and disassembling of all the respiratory therapy equipment needing to be cleaned or sterilized.
- Delivers dirty equipment to CSR daily, and picks up clean equipment.
- Responsible for the cleaning and assembling of mechanical ventilators and other equipment not sent to CSR and making sure the equipment is clean, pressure checked, verify preventive maintenance status, bagged and ready to be checked by the therapist lead worker prior to use.
- Prepare transports, set-up and check respiratory care equipment in both routine and emergency situations.
- Responsible for reviewing and updating patient's charges.
- Responsible for cleaning and sterilizing bronchoscopes, and following up with proper cleaning of the transport scope containers after every use.
- Following up the Bronchoscopes with Air Dying and proper storing.
- Monitor the last date the bronchoscopes were cleaned.
- Need to clean every 7 days.
- Follows and performs all related unit specific policies and procedures, as detailed on the unit specific competency check-list.
- Utilizes job and unit specific equipment as required.
- Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise). Performs all other related job duties as assigned.
Education
High School diploma is required.
Experience
- Generally requires 0 to 3 years of related experience.
- Hospital setting experience preferred.
License/Certification
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers is required upon hire with at least 6 months validity and maintenance at JHS for the duration of employment.
Jackson Health System is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.
