Resp Care Practitioner II (Per Diem Day), Toms River, NJ

at  RWJBarnabas Health

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Respiratory Care Practitioner provides therapeutic, supportive, and diagnostic respiratory services and care to all patients.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• Graduate of AMA approved Respiratory Therapy program
• Current New Jersey Respiratory Care License
• BLS Certification through American Heart Association
• Previous clinical & weaning protocol experience
• Reasonable knowledge of respiratory equipment function
• Patient assessment skills

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Day Shift
• Per Diem

• Assesses patients’ pulmonary status
• Develops plan of care in collaboration with the physician and nurses
• Delivers respiratory care to patients
• Evaluates treatment and orders/confirms appropriateness and initiates treatments of MDI, HFN, CPT, Aerosol treatment
• Participates in monitoring patient care outcomes as established by targets/goals or Performance Improvement within services
• Performs other duties as requested