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Respiratory Therapy Assistant (Student)

Overview:

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

Responsibilities:

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values-integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

Summary:
Responsible for supporting the overall operations of the Respiratory Therapy Department. Delivers and removes respiratory care equipment to ensure good working condition and sufficient supply. Responsible for ventilator and non-invasive ventilator fleet including availability, cleaning, set up, operational verification, and distribution. To support, and deliver respiratory care, in accordance to departmental, clinical , and academic verification; under the supervision and direction of a Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner.

Responsibilities:

1. Manages and distributes equipment to ensure adequate supply at all times, uses PDAD correctly to maintain par levels of supplies
- 1.1. Checks all dirty utility rooms for and other areas for respiratory care equipment and returns equipment to appropriate area or CSS.
- 1.2. Inventories He/O2 tanks and oxygen cabinet daily and calls Service Response Center (SRC) to reorder/ pick up tanks as needed.
- 1.3. Gathers and distributes equipment on daily basis to all satellites to ensure an adequate supply for patient care.
- 1.4. Gathers dirty equipment on a daily basis, completes appropriate papaerwork, and ensures delivery to central supply for processing
- 1.5. Inventories storage areas using PDAD on scheduled days to maintain an adequate supply level, reporting supply needs to appropriate individual in a timely manner.
- 1.6. Receives and verifies amount of supplies delivered, places supplies in correct location and notifies appropriate individuals of delivery discrepancies.
- 1.7. Ensures supplies are stored and maintained according to regulatory standards
2. Assists therapists with transport of mechanically ventilated patients and responds to equipment requests to ensure an efficient and orderly process and assist supervisor /charge therapist with staffing requirements.
- 2.1. Ensures transport ventilators are set up correctly with gas supply and connectors and correct par levels of transport ventilators are maintained in each area as observed by supervisor or therapist.
- 2.2. Responds within five (5) minutes when called as observed by supervisor or therapist.
- 2.3. Responds to therapists' requests for specific equipment in a timely manner (i.e., Helium Tank, BiPAP, batteries, transport ventilator, Nitric etc.)
- 2.4. Completes shift management report correctly and notifies supervisor/charge therapist of requirements.
3. Cleans and sets up equipment, ventilators, and non invasive devices; maintains equipment and the respiratory care work areas to ensure efficient operations . Completes all related paperwork when appropriate.
- 3.1. Maintains the environment of care in department work areas on a daily basis i.e. tidies satellite, storage areas and cleans refrigerators, wipes counter tops, etc.
- 3.2. Removes ventilator from patients' room and cleans according to infection control standards.
- 3.3. Sets up clean ventilators, checks preventive maintenance sticker, and performs established safety checking, notifying supervisor of any problems. Cleans, set up and charges Crossvents.
- 3.4. Periodically wipes down other respiratory care equipment as evidenced by equipment cleanliness and as assigned.
- 3.5. Removes from service any broken equipment or ventilator needing preventive maintenance, fills out appropriate paperwork and notifies appropriate individual(s).
- 3.6. Maintains ventilator and equipment availability sheet and notifies supervisor/charge therapist of ventilator/equipment needs.
- 3.7. Ensures environment of care regulatory standards are met; corrects issues identified.
- 3.8. Delivers/ picks up equipment from Clinical Engineering as needed.
- 3.9. Ensures each work area has appropriate number and type of ventilator set up, ie pediatric vs. adult; oscillators; cross-vents.
4. To provide and support continuity of patient care, and clinical operational support under the direction and supervision of a Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner.
- 4.1. Provide and support respiratory care services in accordance to departmental practice guideline(s) and at the direction/supervision of a licensed respiratory care practitioner.
- 4.2. Provide and support clinical & patient care under the scope of respiratory care in accordance and verification of departmental competency validation based on the Respiratory Therapy Clinical Educator & Department Coordinator, and Respiratory Therapy Supervisor.
- 4.3. Demonstrate competency and clinical acumen of respiratory care theories, concepts, and best practice in accordance to departmental policies, protocols, and standard operating procedures; as established by the organization.
- 4.4. Demonstrate and maintain current/active required credentials such as BLS and ACLS.

Qualifications:

EDUCATION:
High school graduation or equivalent experience and/or training. Requires a current and active enrollment in a CoARC approved Respiratory Care Program.

EXPERIENCE:
Requires a minimum of one (1) year of both Clinical and Didactical completion of Respiratory Therapy Academic completion of an accredited CoARC Respiratory Care Program-Evident of submission by College/University Program Director or appointee; with College/University letter head.

LICENSURE:
Required BLS credentials; Preferred: other allied credentials (i.e. EMT/CNA/MA) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).

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