Senior / Respiratory Therapist

Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore is seeking a Respiratory Therapist to provide basic and advanced respiratory care to patients with cardio-pulmonary disorders. You will plan, implement and evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic services across the ICU and wards.

Key duties include ventilator management, CPR support, assisting intubation, ABG sampling and bronchoscopy assistance. You will educate staff and students, maintain RT equipment and participate in quality improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree in Respiratory Therapy.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Patient-focused with a genuine desire to make a difference.
• Sound clinical knowledge, critical thinking and decision making in patient care.
• Can-do attitude and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Prefer with 3 years ICU experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic and advanced respiratory care to patients with cardio-pulmonary deficiencies.
• Plan, implement and evaluate diagnostic and therapeutic respiratory care services across ICU and ward settings.
• Support emergency services and ICU procedures, including ventilator management.
• Assist CPR, endotracheal intubation, arterial blood gas sampling, and bronchoscopy procedures as needed.
• Participate in ward rounds with the medical team to review respiratory therapy plans.
• Educate healthcare team, students and patients; provide guidance and training as required.
• Maintain and troubleshoot respiratory therapy equipment; contribute to QA improvements.
• Mentor trainees and contribute to continuous quality improvement within the department.

Skills

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Patient-focused

Clinical knowledge

Critical thinking

Decision making

Can-do attitude

Thrives in fast-paced environment

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 trouble shooting 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