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Respiratory Therapist (Registered)
National Institutes of Health · Posted today
About the Role
This position is located in the Critical Care Therapy and Respiratory Care Section of the Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center. This section is currently seeking an exceptionally talented Registered Respiratory Therapist to add to their team. Ensure to describe your experience in your resume.
What You'll Do
- →Interpreting physician orders, providing specialized therapy to critically ill patients that usually require adaptation of established technical procedures.
- →Participating with the physician in planning, instituting, evaluating and devising a patient care plan for pulmonary hygiene.
- →Assisting the physician in determining therapeutic objectives/goals of respiratory treatments/therapy and evaluating the physician order for appropriateness and adjusts the order if necessary.
- →Administering various specialized modes of ventilation to patients with endotracheal tubes and tracheotomies and other complex medical problems requiring frequent adjustments in ventilator parameters based on patient response.
- →Observing the patient closely during treatments/procedures, and, as required, takes blood pressure, pulse, obtains blood gas samples reporting vital signs and obvious changes in patient condition.
- →Processing specimens using equipment, instruments, or techniques that are necessary to prepare them for specific analysis (pH, hematocrit, oxygen saturations, etc.).
- →Assisting in the examination and observation of patients by performing such duties as taking diagnostic histories, conducting physical examinations, and performing diagnostic screening tests, i.e., ventilatory mechanics and obtaining blood gases.
Requirements
- ✓If you qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades.
- ✓Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application packages.
- ✓Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.
- ✓Click here for information on Foreign Education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 5fafdd88-14ee-4d09-a4d0-e857f9fc1c99
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