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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”

• Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.
• Inspect, clean, test, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.
• Perform bronchopulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises.
• Demonstrate respiratory care procedures to trainees or other healthcare personnel.
• 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.
• 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.
• Monitor cardiac patients, using electrocardiography devices, such as a holter monitor.
• Use a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in cardiac or pulmonary research or to diagnose disorders.
• Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems.
• Transport patients to the hospital or within the hospital.
• Maintain charts that contain patients' pertinent identification and therapy information.
• Perform endotracheal intubation to maintain open airways for patients who are unable to breathe on their own.
• Provide emergency care, such as artificial respiration, external cardiac massage, or assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Relay blood analysis results to a physician.
• Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, or aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
• 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.
• 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.
• Perform pulmonary function and adjust equipment to obtain optimum results in therapy.
• Explain treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation and allay fears.
• Enforce safety rules and ensure careful adherence to physicians' orders.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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