What are the responsibilities and job description for the Respiratory Therapist position at Posterity Group LLC?
Job Description
Job Description
Description :
An excellent opportunity exists to work for a government contractor with competitive compensation and work-life balance. Posterity Group, LLC is seeking professional and experienced Respiratory Therapists with a helpful attitude to join a multidisciplinary team at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System.
Location :
Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Long Beach Healthcare System
5901 East Seventh Street
Long Beach, CA 90822
Role and Responsibilities of Respiratory Therapist :
- 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
Requirements :
