Registered Respiratory Therapist

Position Summary/Essential Duties:

The therapist is learning and incorporating the mission statement and standards of behavior of his/her hospital or care facility. This therapist performs basic competencies within orientation and provides satisfactory respiratory therapy with minimum supervision. Essential duties include:

* Mechanical ventilation

* Medicated aerosol delivery

* Airway clearance therapy

* Patient monitoring

* Oxygen and humidity therapy

* Special procedures (CPR, specialty gases, bronchoscopy, transport, etc.)