What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Respiratory Therapist position at Akahi Associates/Kako'o Services, LLC?
Overview
The Certified Respiratory Therapist provides respiratory care services in support of patients at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune. The role includes operating respiratory-care equipment, administering prescribed respiratory treatments, assisting with airway management, monitoring patient status, and supporting care in critical-care and neonatal respiratory-care settings.
Location: Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune and associated branch clinics
Pay Rate: TBD (Contingent Upon Contract Award)
Duty Hours: Services are required 24 hours per day, seven days per week, including holidays. Shifts are normally 8.5 or 12.5 hours, including a 30-minute unpaid meal break. The PWS states that the worker may be required to work up to 84 night shifts per year and will not be required to exceed 80 hours in a two-week period.
*Position is contingent upon contract award.
Responsibilities
- Administer respiratory-care treatments and draw blood as qualified and as directed by an advanced respiratory therapist or physician.
- Set up, operate, troubleshoot, clean, sterilize, and maintain respiratory equipment and related systems.
- Receive, set up, operate, and maintain ventilators, nebulizers, oxygen-therapy systems, humidity and aerosol-therapy equipment, sterilizers, and aeration chambers.
- Administer prescribed medical gases and aerosolized medications, perform airway management and airway hygiene, and provide chest percussion and postural drainage as appropriate.
- Obtain arterial blood gas specimens and perform other assigned respiratory-care procedures within professional competency and direction.
- Assess and monitor patients, provide breathing-exercise instructions, review patient records, identify changes in clinical status, and report concerns or adverse reactions.
- Change nebulizers on nursing wards and adjust oxygen flow as prescribed by a physician.
- Deliver oxygen tanks, respiratory equipment, and supplies to designated departments.
- Inspect equipment for wear, loose connections, or malfunction and notify the supervisor when maintenance or repair is needed.
Qualifications
- Degree: Associates Degree.
- Education: Graduate from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) or Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
- Certification: Possess certification as Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
- Experience: One year of experience as a Respiratory Therapist after graduation.
- Have at least one year of experience as a Respiratory Therapist in a critical-care and neonatal respiratory-care setting within the last three years.
- Hold current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
- Meet applicable Basic Life Support (BLS), credentialing, health screening, immunization, and facility training requirements.
- Be able to perform duties within the scope of professional competency and comply with applicable facility policies and procedures.
- Be eligible to complete required background/security processing and provide the documentation required for placement.
Kako'o Services LLC
Kako'o Services is a premier provider of healthcare workers to various military treatment facilities across the United States. With a corporate office in Honolulu, Hawaii and recruiting office in San Antonio, Texas we specialize in providing skilled, trained and highly successful healthcare workers, including RNs, CRNAs, Physicians, LPN/LVN, Licensed Social Workers, and many more.
We have a strong focus on providing our government customers with quality and superior service.
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