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Job Description

Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1126.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 60,640.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 29.00
• Currently, there are 126,770 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Respiratory Therapists”.

Also Known As…

• Respiratory Therapists
• Staff Therapist
• Staff Respiratory Therapist
• Respiratory Therapy Director
• Respiratory Therapist (RT)
• Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP)
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
• Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)
• Cardiopulmonary Technician and EEG Tech (Cardiopulmonary Technician and Electroencephalogram Technician)
• Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Respiratory Therapist
• Oxygen Therapist
• Inhalation Therapist
• Clinical Coordinator of Respiratory Therapy

Tasks for “Clinical Coordinator of Respiratory Therapy”

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

Related Technology & Tools

• Manometers
• Tracheotomy masks
• Notebook computers
• Percussors
• Incentive spirometers
• Bedside spirometers
• Oxygen tanks
• Manual blood pressure equipment
• Nasal airways
• Nebulizers
• Pulmonary function testing PFT equipment
• Personal computers
• Oxygen tents
• Medical aerosol tents
• Hemodynamic monitors
• Aerosol masks
• Capillary catheters
• Tourniquets
• Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
• Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
• Portable flat computers
• Evacuated blood collection tubes
• High-frequency ventilators
• Volume ventilators
• Oral airways
• Tracheostomy tubes
• Blood gas kits
• Ambu bags
• Electronic blood pressure equipment
• Saturation of oxygen SaO2 monitors
• Bronchoscopes
• Electrocardiography EKG units
• Christmas tree adapters
• Oxygen regulators
• Infant incubators
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Cannulas
• Air compressors
• Blood gas machines
• Small particle aerosol generators
• Medical oxygen masks
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Pulse oximeters
• Endotracheal ET tubes
• Medical suction equipment
• Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
• Humidifiers
• Oxygen monitors
• Blood collection syringes
• Oxygen masks
• Internal positive pressure breathing IPPB machines
• Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
• Indirect calorimeters
• Sputum traps
• Cell savers
• Negative pressure ventilators
• Apnea monitors
• Oxygen hoods
• Oxygen concentrators
• Surgical suits
• Oxygen flowmeters
• Wright's spirometers

• Calendar and scheduling software
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• HMS
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Excel
• MEDITECH software
• Database software
• Electronic medical record EMR software