Under general supervision and according to established procedure specific to age and upon order of a physician provides respiratory care designed to stabilize, prevent or remedy patient respiratory problems. In doing so, arranges and operates a variety of oxygen and other therapeutic gas equipment in order to safely administer prescribed doses of medical gases and aerosolized drugs to patients. Checks equipment regularly for proper functioning and records data obtained during therapy and diagnostic testing in patient charts. Draws, analyzes, and reports ABGs to physicians and nurses. Involved with adult ventilator weaning protocol and MDI protocol. Participates in embracing excellence and relationship based care.
Work requires a graduate of an approved A.M.A. school for Respiratory Therapy. Must be a Certified Respiratory Therapist and have a license as a Respiratory Therapist by the New Jersey State Board of Respiratory Care. Work requires the analytical ability to resolve problems that require the use of basic scientific, mathematical, or technical principles. Must be able to explain clinical, technical and diagnostic procedures to patients and their families, comforting patients and their families, enforcing policies and regulations in difficult situations, or performing other duties requiring a comparable level of communication skill. Work requires providing direct patient care to neonate, pediatric, adolescent, young adult, adult and geriatric patients. Current and continued BLS (Basic Life Support) certification required.
Effective January 2019, St. Joseph’s Health requires all employee certifications for Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) to be granted through the American Heart Association.
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With approximately 5,000 employees, St. Joseph’s Health is the largest employer in Passaic County, the largest provider of charity care in New Jersey, and the healthcare provider of choice in our region.
St. Joseph’s is proud to be recognized as one of the Best Regional Hospitals in the New York Metropolitan Region and New Jersey (U.S. News & World Report) and one of the country’s top tier “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” (Becker’s Health.) The Nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center has been honored for national nursing practice excellence as the recipient of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s highest honor, Magnet® Recognition (since 1999) and as one of 11 hospitals nationwide to receive the Emergency Nurses Association’s 2016 Lantern Award™.
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