Minimum Education:

• Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Care from an accredited program.

Required Registration/License/Certification

• Current Kansas respiratory therapy license.
• Certified Respiratory Therapist credential from the NBRC
• Basic Life Support certification, ACLS and NRP successfully completed within the first 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.
• Initiates assessment and reassessment based on pulmonary condition including moderate sedation.
• Monitors and administers respiratory care modalities to patients; identifies contra-indications and patient response to therapy; records therapy and outcomes in the patient’s medical record.
• Develops plans for the delivery of respiratory care as directed by physician(s) or protocols.
• Contacts physicians regarding changes in the patient’s condition and treatment needs.
• Performs arterial phlebotomy; draws from arterial lines as appropriate.
• Performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and airway management.
• Performs respiratory care discharge planning.
• Provides disease/process-specific patient/family education.

• Respiratory therapy technician must present his—or herself in a professional manner to fellow workers. This includes neat and clean appearance and conducting oneself in an acceptable manner.
• The respiratory technician is responsible for reporting any problems that arise in the hospital concerning Respiratory Therapy to the director as soon as possible.
• The technician is to be familiar with different types of respiratory treatments such as:

• Humidity and aerosol therapy
• Incentive spirometry and chest physiotherapy
• Resuscitation, suctioning and oxygen therapy
• Deliveries and nursery
• Holter monitor
• Pulmonary function testing
• Meter dose inhaler teaching
• Arterial blood gases
• To operate and maintain respiratory equipment
• Ability to respond to patient needs from neonatal through gerontological age level
• Scheduling Sleep Studies

Essential Function:

• Prolonged, extensive or considerable standing/walking.
• Motor coordination and manual dexterity
• Daily lifts supplies and equipment up to 25lbs
• Occasional lifts/position/transfer patient, 200 pounds. Moderate physical effort
• Normal eyesight, with and without corrective lenses
• Normal hearing, with or without hearing aid
• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching.
• Ability to carry out procedures as outlined (This list is not exhaustive and may be supplement and necessary.)

Typical Working Conditions:

• Regularly exposed to the risk of blood borne disease.
• Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstance.
• Exposed to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries, illness)
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations
• Occasional subjected to irregular hours
• Occasional subjected to call back hours
• Occasional exposed to stress
• Handles emergency or crisis situation
• May perform emergency care
• Subject to interruptions (This list is not exhaustive and may be supplement as necessary)