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General Purpose: * Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures, maintain patient records, and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment. Essential Job Functions: This facility expects their employees to promote an atmosphere of teamwork with other employees and hospitality and comfort for its residents. Therefore, the following list of duties is not all-inclusive: Administrative Functions: * Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift, as required. * Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating nursing services be certain that the resident's total regimen of care is maintained. * Participate in surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies. * Periodically review the resident's written discharge plan. Participate in the updating of the resident's written discharge plan, as required. * Complete accident/incident reports, as necessary. Charting, Documentation, Medication, and Therapy Functions: * Complete and file required forms/charts upon resident's admission, transfer, and/or discharge. * Receive telephone orders from physicians and record on the Physicians' Order Form. * Transcribe physician's orders to resident charts, cardex, medication cards, and treatment/care plans, as required. * Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment. * Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, and medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders. * Monitor patient's responses to therapy such as vital signs, blood gases and blood chemistry changes, and consult and relay information to physician. * Maintain charts that contain patients' pertinent therapy information. * Prepare and administer medication as ordered by the physician. * Verify the identity of the resident before administering the medication/treatment. * Verify that prescribed medication for one resident is not administered to another. * Immediately notify the Director of Nursing any medication administration discrepancies. * Deliver and maintain optimum resident care and comfort by demonstrating knowledge and skills of current practices. * Promptly respond to call lights and other resident needs. * Make rounds with physicians, as necessary. * Consult with the resident's physician in providing the resident's care, treatment, rehabilitation, etc., as necessary. * Monitor seriously ill residents, as necessary. * Review care plans daily to confirm that appropriate care is being rendered. * Confirm that CNAs are aware of the resident care plans. Verify that the CNAs refer to the resident's care plan prior to administering daily care to the resident. * Explain treatment procedures to patients. * Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises and the use of medications and respiratory equipment. Other Duties: * Attend in-service education programs in order to meet facility educational requirements. * Be familiar with Standard Precautions, Exposure Control Plan, Fire Drill and Evacuation Procedures and know how to use the information. * Maintain confidentiality of resident and facility records/information. * Protect residents from neglect, mistreatment, and abuse. * Protect the personal property of the residents of the facility. * Others as directed by the supervisor or administrator. Minimum Qualifications: * Registered Respiratory Therapist with current state license. * Excellent technical, assessment and documentation skills. * Good Leadership qualities. * Organized and detailed in work performance. * Good communication skills with excellent self-discipline and patience. * Genuine caring for and interest in elderly and disabled people in a nursing facility. * Comply with the Residents Rights and Facility Policies and Procedures. * Perform work tasks within the physical demand requirements as outlined below. * Perform Essential Duties as outlined above. Working Conditions: * Subject to frustrations in meeting work demands due to frequent interruptions. * Fast paced, required to make decisions quickly * Involved with residents, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc., under all conditions and circumstances. * May work beyond normal duty hours, on weekends, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary. * Subject to call-back during emergency conditions (e.g., severe weather, evacuation, post-disaster, etc.). * Subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including TB and the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses. * May be subject to the handling of and exposure to hazardous chemicals Physical and Sensory Requirements: * Assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations * Meet general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which may include a medical and physical examination. Now hiring for our tracheostomy unit. Experience with Cuffed trachs a plus. Full-time (benefit eligible) positions available. Now hiring for Night shift -- 12 hour shifts. and Day shift.