Student Respiratory Care Assistant - UPMC Community Osteopathic

UPMC; Colonial Park (PA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC in Pennsylvania is seeking a Student Respiratory Care Assistant to support respiratory therapy through equipment handling, assembly, transport and routine maintenance of respiratory care devices.

Under supervision of a respiratory therapist, you'll assist with bronchoscopy prep, non-emergent intubations, and sleep study documentation while using EHR systems and ePro for orders and records.

Qualifications

• Assists with assembly, transport, cleaning and calibration of respiratory care equipment.
• Maintains infection control practices during handling and transport of equipment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and electronic health records for ordering and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Exhibit service excellence by addressing patient and staff needs.
• Maintain oxygen supplies and cylinders in inpatient areas.
• Assemble, clean, and disinfect respiratory care equipment; calibrate per specs.
• Transport equipment between units following infection control protocols.
• Report equipment malfunctions and assist with tracking and maintenance.
• Assist bronchoscopy and non-emergent procedures prep and wrap-up as directed by therapists.

Skills

Equipment handling

Calibration

Disinfection

Infection control

Microsoft Office

EHR systems

Education

N/A

Tools

ePro system

Electronic Health Records

Job description

Purpose

Under the general direction of a respiratory therapist, and in accordance with the PA Practice Act or NY State guidelines, the student respiratory care assistant will perform a variety of functions. Some of these functions include ordering, inventorying, and distributing equipment to include medical gases. In addition, this position can assist the clinical staff with varies tasks as directed. The student respiratory care assistant works under the direction of a respiratory therapist and is responsible for performing multiple duties that require an expertise in the assembly, transport, disinfection, calibration, and troubleshooting of respiratory related equipment. The student respiratory care assistant is responsible for maintaining an appropriate level of equipment in the various respiratory work areas and assisting the respiratory therapists and clinical staff with various tasks, as directed.

Responsibilities

• Exhibit and practice service excellence by actively seeking, listening, responding to the needs of patients, their family, physicians, staff, and others.
• Maintain supply of transport oxygen and maintain the supply of oxygen cylinders on all inpatient units, emergency department, and clinic areas.
• Perform routine assembly, maintenance, and cleaning of various types of respiratory care equipment; disinfect equipment prior to calibration and assembly; and maintain appropriate levels of equipment in the various respiratory care work areas daily.
• Transport dirty equipment to appropriate area using appropriate infection control techniques
• Appropriately handles and uses cleaning and disinfecting solutions and equipment
• Demonstrates appropriate use of personal protective equipment
• Reports equipment malfunctions to respiratory leadership
• Inspect equipment for correct assembly, assure all parts are in proper working order, and perform preventative maintenance according to established protocols.
• Check equipment to ensure appropriate function. Calibrate equipment to department or manufactures specifications.
• Transport equipment between in-patient units and procedure areas as directed by a respiratory therapist
• May assist the bio-medical technician in tracking of respiratory care equipment.
• Is responsible for all identification, cataloging, and tracking of all respiratory care equipment.
• Assist the respiratory therapist with bronchoscope procedures: Setup before & after procedure and processing of the bronchoscopy scopes per manufacture recommendations.
• Assist the respiratory therapist with setting up for non-emergent intubations & extubations.
• Assist the respiratory therapist with downloading and documenting 4 channel sleep studies.
• Perform smoking cessation counseling per department policy.
• Deliver home care supplies such as oxygen tanks/compressors
• Maintain proficiency in Microsoft Office products, electronic health record platform, ePro system for ordering, and system for ordering prints