Respiratory Therapist Assistant

MedStar Health’s Washington Hospital Center; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 26,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

MedStar Health’s Washington Hospital Center is seeking a non-patient care associate to assist in processing and cleaning instrumentation, delivering supplies, and maintaining stock across departments.

Responsibilities include ensuring equipment functionality, reassembly, and inventorying medical gases as directed. CPR certification guidance applies with 90-day completion. This role supports OR, ED, and other units.

Qualifications

• Less than 1 year Respiratory Therapy clinical rotation experience in an acute care hospital preferred

Responsibilities

• Cleans and processes instrumentation between procedures following established protocol.
• Disassembles and reassembles department equipment performing related equipment function checks.
• Obtains and delivers instrumentation/supplies to/from Sterile Processing Department stock area and/or Material Management.
• Maintains stock levels of supplies and replaces depleted stock to par levels in multiple locations.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Resp Therapy program COARC enrollment

Associate's degree enrollment COARC

Work-experience substitution: 1 year

Job description

General Summary of Position

This position represents non-patient care duties such as general cleaning and processing of ventilators and other general equipment used by the department. Additional duties include but are not limited to stocking of supplies inventorying and trending the use of medical gases inspection of medical gas outlets as directed and other duties as assigned.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Cleans and processes instrumentation between procedures following established protocol. Ensures equipment isfunctioning properly.
• Disassembles and reassembles department equipment performing related equipment function checks. Cleansequipment/parts according to established protocols.
• Obtains and delivers instrumentation/supplies to/from Sterile Processing Department stock area and/or MaterialManagement.
• Maintains stock levels of supplies including sterile and disposable supplies for designated locations throughout thehospital including but not limited to: The Operating Room Labor & Delivery MedSTAR the Emergency Room etc.Replaces depleted stock to par levels. Places orders to replenish stock.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED required and
• Vocational/Technical Diploma enrollment in a COARC approved Resp Therp program required or
• Associate's degree enrollment in a COARC approved Resp Therp program required
• One year of relevant education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.

Experience

• Less than 1 year Respiratory Therapy clinical rotation experience in an acute care hospital preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross. Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit. within 90 Days required

This position has a hiring range of

USD $18.70 - USD $32.72 /Hr.