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Exemption Status:
Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:
$29.71 - $53.49
(based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:
Holidays - Every Other Holiday, Sunday through Saturday, Weekends - Every Other Weekend

Scheduled Hours:


Shift:
1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:
24

Cost Center:
26000 - 1710 Respiratory Therapy

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

This position is responsible for providing all aspects of respiratory therapy in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Respiratory Care Department. Works with considerable independence to perform routine and complex patient care in all assigned areas. The respiratory therapist provides evidence-based patient focused care in a collaborative environment.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Works as part of a team to ensure optimal patient care.
2. Reviews patients electronic medical record for appropriate history, reason for admission, pertinent laboratory/radiological data, current orders.
3. Administers aerosolized medications.
4. Draws and analyzes Arterial Blood Gases. Reports Critical Values per hospital policy.
5. Consults with physician staff concerning the most efficacious forms of therapy and makes recommendations to enhance patient care (such as type, method, duration of therapy, suggested medications/dosages) compatible with physician orders and communicates these effectively with appropriate members of the healthcare team.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:
1. Associate of Science in Respiratory Care.
2. Current Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential issued by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
3. Current Massachusetts State Respiratory Care License.
4. BLS required within 30 days of hire..
5. Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification (required within 3 months of employment).
6. Current Neonatal Resuscitation Provider certification (required within 3 months of employment).
7. Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification (required within 3 months of employment).

Preferred:
1. Bachelor of Science or higher.
2. Specialty credential issued by the NBRC (ACCS, SDS, NPS, or RPFT).
3. Current AE-C (Certified Asthma Educator) Certification.

Experience/Skills:

Required:
1. Ability to assess patients and make appropriate therapeutic recommendations along the continuum of care from admission to discharge including all aspects of respiratory care from floor therapies to mechanical ventilation and blood gas interpretation.
2. Ability to read, write and speak clearly in English.

Preferred:
1. Minimum two (2) years of acute care experience.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

Work is considered sedentary. Position requires work indoors in a normal office environment.

Addendum for Milford:

BLS required within 30 days of hire.