1. Additional miscellaneous duties and responsibilities, as may be assigned from time to time by employee’s supervisor.
2. Verify all physician orders for respiratory care and provide age and developmental-appropriate care to infants, children, adolescents, and adults.
3. Assess patients clinically and evaluate for appropriateness of therapy.
4. Provide aerosolized medication therapy, provide airway clearance therapies, airway management such as trach changes, tube taping, suctioning, medical gas therapy., ventilator setup and management., perform non-invasive monitoring, i.e., pulse oximetry, transcutaneous O2/CO2 and end-tidal CO2 monitoring,  assist with in-house and inter-facility transports.
5. Provide emergency respiratory care, i.e., airway management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, perform arterial blood gas sampling, point of care testing and electrocardiograms, and participate in airway management during bronchoscopies.
6. Document care provided, patient assessment and patient care orders in electronic medical record (EMR) or hard copy when necessary. Enter charges in EMR.
7. Maintain skills and knowledge necessary for providing evidence-based cardiopulmonary respiratory care in all hospital environments aligned with state licensure. 
8. Participate in discharge planning and home-care education by training patients, their families, and designated care providers.
9. Provide recommendations and education to physicians and nurses regarding respiratory care.
10. Participate in the evaluation or respiratory care equipment and procedures and maintain current knowledge about departmental policies and procedures.

Requirements

Associates Degree; Graduate of a COAARC Approved Respiratory Care Program

DE State License, NBRC-RRT, BLS- HCP, AARC Membership