Respiratory Therapy Technician

The Respiratory Therapy Technician provides therapeutic care to patients requiring respiratory services as ordered by a staff physician.

These duties and responsibilities described below represent the general tasks performed on a daily basis; other tasks may be assigned.

• Perform respiratory assessments and procedures, including bronchial drainage, positive pressure breathing modalities, bedside spirometry, and nasotracheal suction procedures
• Monitor tracheostomy changes and metered dose inhaler instruction and perform an evaluation
• Perform aerosol treatments and aerosol therapy
• Perform arterial capillary punctures and blood gas analysis, pulse oximetry, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and chest physiotherapy
• Completely and accurately record data and therapy rendered in the patients permanent medical record
• Initiate and monitor the effectiveness of mechanical ventilator sup...