Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
An excellent opportunity exists to work for a government contractor with competitive compensation and work-life balance. Posterity Group, LLC is seeking professional and experienced Respiratory Therapists with a helpful attitude to join a multidisciplinary team at the VA Los Angeles Healthcare System.
- Treat a wide range of patients from infants through the elderly
- Consult with physicians and other healthcare staff to help develop and modify individual patient care plans
- Provide complex therapy requiring a great deal of independent judgment, such as caring for patients who are on life support in hospital intensive care units.
- Evaluate patients by performing limited physical examinations and conducting diagnostic tests including those that measure lung capacity tests and acidity and alkalinity of the blood
- Treat patients by using oxygen or oxygen mixtures, chest physiotherapy, and aerosol medications.
- Connect patients who cannot breathe on their own to ventilators that deliver pressurized oxygen into the lungs
- Teach patients how to use medications and equipment
- Perform regular checks on patients and equipment
- Supervise respiratory therapy technicians
Requirements:
- One year of current critical care experience, however a minimum of 2 years current critical care experience is preferred
- BLS, ACLS PALS
- Certified Respiratory Therapist
- CRT
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Satisfactory completion of all RCP I and II skills and competencies