Respiratory Therapist needed in LTC - Clarksville: Signature HealthCARE, LLC.

We are currently recruiting for a Respiratory Therapist for our Clarksville, TN long term care facility.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Conduct screenings for pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Perform pulmonary evaluations.
• Document in the medical record to include treatments, outcomes, and evaluations.
• Participate in the care plan and care plan meeting.
• Work as part of a team of physicians, nurses and other health care professionals to manage patient care.
• Audit charts on a periodic basis.
• Maintain knowledge of CPAP/BPAP and ventilators.
• Read medical orders, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.
• Able to perform testing such as ABG, Pulmonary Function Test and other labs.
• Relay therapy results and blood analysis results to a physician; use a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in approved cardiac and pulmonary research and to diagnose disorders.
• Perform pulmonary treatments such as O2, nebulizers, inhalers, postural drainage, pulse oximetry, percussion, and airway management.
• Conduct tests, such as electrocardiograms, stress testing, and lung capacity tests, to evaluate patients' cardiopulmonary functions.
• Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, and medication and dosages compatible with physicians' orders.
• Perform bronchial-pulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises.
• Perform pulmonary function and adjust equipment to obtain optimum results in therapy.
• Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes, and consult with physician if adverse reactions occur.
• Provide emergency care, including artificial respiration, external cardiac massage and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Train residents, to include, but not limited to: respiratory muscle strength, breathing retraining.
• Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises and the use of medications and respiratory equipment, in compliance with HIPPA.
• Ability to provide respiratory care education to staff and community.
• Responsible for equipment accountability, maintenance and inventory.
• Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
• Inspect, clean, test and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.
• Other special projects and duties, as assigned.

Minimum qualifications:

For consideration, please contact:

Cara Solitario
Clinical Recruiter, TN
Signature Consulting Services, LLC
888.364.8013 Toll Free
561.364.8016 Fax

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