Impactful Respiratory Therapist - PRN Nights

DHR Health; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DHR C.A.R.E.S program

Job summary

DHR Health in Brownsville, TX seeks a Respiratory Therapist for PRN night shifts. You will operate ventilators and inhalation devices, monitor patient status, and ensure safe therapy under physician orders. Strong teamwork and meticulous charting are essential.

Responsibilities include emergency care, airway management, and respiratory equipment maintenance. You will educate patients and families, participate in pulmonary function testing, and support bronchoscopy and related procedures as

Qualifications

• Current State of Texas RCP license is required.
• RCP, CRT or RRT certification is strongly preferred.
• Current RCP, CRT, or RRT license is required.
• Current BLS/CPR certification is required.
• ACLS, PALS, and NRP required within 6 months of hire/transfer date.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
• Provide emergency care, including artificial respiration, external cardiac massage and assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, and medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders.
• Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes, and consult with a physician if adverse reactions occur.
• Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.
• Work as part of a team of physicians, nurses and other health care professionals to manage patient care.
• Enforce safety rules and ensure careful adherence to physicians' orders.
• Maintain charts that contain patients' pertinent identification and therapy information.
• Inspect, clean, test and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.
• Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises and the use of medications and respiratory equipment.
• Explain treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation and allay fears.
• Relay blood analysis results to a physician.
• Perform pulmonary function and adjust equipment to obtain optimum results in therapy.
• Perform bronchopulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises.
• Demonstrate respiratory care procedures to trainees and other health care personnel.
• Teach, train, supervise, and utilize the assistance of students, respiratory therapy technicians, and assistants.
• Use a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in cardiac and pulmonary research and to diagnose disorders.
• Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems.
• Conduct tests, such as electrocardiograms, stress testing, and lung capacity tests, to evaluate patients' cardiopulmonary functions.

Skills

Emergency care

Team coordination

Education

Current Texas RCP license

RCP/CRT/RRT certification

BLS/CPR certification

ACLS/PALS/NRP within 6 months

Job description

DHR Health in Brownsville, TX seeks a Respiratory Therapist for PRN night shifts. You will operate ventilators and inhalation devices, monitor patient status, and ensure safe therapy under physician orders. Strong teamwork and meticulous charting are essential.

Responsibilities include emergency care, airway management, and respiratory equipment maintenance. You will educate patients and families, participate in pulmonary function testing, and support bronchoscopy and related procedures as