Respiratory Therapist

Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant of staff?

Education and training opportunities

Job summary

Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore is recruiting a Respiratory Therapist to deliver basic and advanced respiratory care to patients with cardio-pulmonary conditions. You will plan, implement and evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic services, including mechanical ventilation support, in the ICU, and participate in ward rounds with the medical team to optimize patient outcomes.

You will educate and train colleagues, students and patients, assist in maintaining equipment, and contribute to quality

Qualifications

• Degree in Respiratory Therapy.
• Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Patient-focused with genuine desire to make a difference.
• Demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and reasoning in care.
• Strong judgment and decision making in care provision.
• Passionate about healthcare career and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Preferably 3 years ICU experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic and advanced respiratory care to cardio-pulmonary patients.
• Plan, implement and evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic respiratory services and emergency care in the ICU.
• Assist physicians in diagnosis and management of cardio-respiratory diseases.
• Perform procedures including mechanical ventilation management, CPR, endotracheal intubation assistance, ABG sampling, bronchoscopy support.
• Participate in ward rounds to review and optimize respiratory therapy.

Skills

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Clinical knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Respiratory Therapy

Job description

The Challenges

You will be responsible for providing the basic and advance respiratory care services to patients with deficiencies and abnormalities in the cardio pulmonary system. You will be responsible in planning, implementing and evaluating diagnostic and therapeutic respiratory care services, emergency services and special procedures in the Intensive Care Units for patients to assist physicians in the diagnosis and management of patients with cardio-respiratory diseases and related disorders. Some of the respiratory therapy procedures that you will perform include management of patients on mechanical ventilator, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, assist in endotracheal intubation, arterial blood gas sampling and analysis, assist in bronchoscopy procedure, etc. You will also participate in the ward rounds with the medical team to review and discuss appropriate respiratory therapy for the patients.

Other duties include providing education and training to other members of the healthcare team, students and patients as needed as well as basic maintenance and troubleshooting of RT equipments. You can also expect to contribute towards continuous quality improvement in the department and provide guidance to trainees and students.

The Requirements

• Degree in Respiratory Therapy


• Team player, possess good interpersonal and communication skills


• Patient focus, genuine desire to make a difference


• Demonstrate and articulate sound clinical knowledge and reasoning, critical thinking, judgment and decision making in the provision of care


• Passionate about building a healthcare career, inspired to move ahead with challenges, possess a ‘can-do’ attitude, able to thrive in fast paced environment


• Prefer with 3 years of ICU experience