Respiratory Therapist (Days)

Responsible for the administration of pharmacological, diagnostic, and therapeutic agents related to respiratory care procedures necessary to implement treatment, disease prevention, pulmonary rehabilitative, or diagnostic regimen prescribed by a physician. Provides proper assessment and monitoring of respiratory care treatments. Collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery to achieve desired patient outcomes. Population: provides cardiac diagnostic and respiratory therapy services for the in-patient and out-patient population 24 hours per day. The patient population served by Respiratory Care Department consists of newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients requiring cardiac, respiratory care, services, treatment of testing to maintain optimum physiological maintenance of the cardiac and respiratory systems.