Registered Respiratory Therapist-Respiratory Therapy-Per Diem-Days-Mount Sinai Queens

Registered Respiratory Therapist-Respiratory Therapy-Per Diem-Days-Mount Sinai Queens

The Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) is a NY State Licensed Professional who is fully qualified in the standard skills of his/her profession and can demonstrate acceptable levels of knowledge and skills to perform efficiently and safely. An RCP interacts with the interdisciplinary team, as well as the staff of the medical, clinical and operations teams to provide care and service to the patient population of the hospital. The RCP observes all HIPAA and regulatory agency rules and regulations, practices the Hospitals Service Standards and supports the Customer Service Goals of MSQ.

• Receives/Gives shift report to include but not limited to: Updates, ventilator management, blood gas lab, equipment condition & location, and any pending work. Report sick calls and or lateness calls received. Waits to ensure that all incoming personnel are present.
• Performs all aerosolized therapy in a timely efficient manner. This includes placing equipment bag at the patient's bedside.
• Performs all oxygen/humidity in a timely and efficient manner. This includes pulse oximeter reading pre/post administration of therapy. Refills humidifier bottles when water levels are low.
• Performs patient assessment completely and accurately. Reporting adverse reactions to medications, reports patient's condition to physician, nurse and department manager.
• Signs Respiratory Therapy Prescription Form acknowledging receipt and completeness of order and placing this form in the patients chart. Fills in ALL information on Patient Treatment & Ventilator Cardex, Oxygen Record, Bedside Treatment Record and Patient Assessment including peak flow reading. Charts pulse oximeter reading and incentive spirometry assignments in the progress notes. Charts Ventilator & BIPAP rounds every 3-4 hours, omitting no information on the flow sheet.
• Give- instructions to patients/family on all aspects of respiratory care. Completes and signs Patient Treatments Record, gives out information handouts when indicated.
• Blood Gas Laboratory: Ensures that daily maintenance is done and notifying the supervisor of any problems. Completes all information in Rapid-link. Process arterial blood gas stats. Maintains the area neat & clean. Logs rejected samples in the Communication Log Book.
• Responsible for the operation, maintenance and management of mechanical ventilators. Cleans; sets-up and tests ventilators in the absence of an equipment technician. Changes circuits in the accordance to department policy, ensures one-way safety valves are in place for nebulizer use. Wipes down ventilators weekly with approved hospital disinfected. Ensures that stand-by ventilators are in place in the emergency room ct-scan RR, and ICU.
• Performs artificial airway management, intubates patients, suctions patients as needed; replaces soiled trac-ties and changes Ballard closed suction catheters on a weekly basis. Auscultations of chest to assure proper airway placement. Assists MD in performing patient bronchoscopy. Assists Speech Therapist with the Passy-Muir device on ventilator trach. patients. Provides trach care to all ventilator tracheostomy patients on a daily basis. Provides sputum induction to all patients as ordered by the physician.
• Performs arterial punctures (radial or brachial site) in order to obtain a patients blood gas sample.

• Education: Graduate of an accredited program of Respiratory Therapy preferred. AS or BS degree preferred.
• Experience: One year critical care experience preferred
• License/Certification: Respiratory Technician (1 Year) Agency: American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC)
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) (1 Year) Agency: New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH)

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU Local 144-MSQ-NonRN

SEIU Local 144 at Mount Sinai Queens, 400 - Respiratory Therapy - MSQ, Mount Sinai Queens

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Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $59.3716 - $64.7197 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.