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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”

• Perform bronchopulmonary drainage and assist or instruct patients in performance of breathing exercises.
• Transport patients to the hospital or within the hospital.
• Set up and operate devices such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, or aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
• 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.
• Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, or medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders.
• 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.
• Provide emergency care, such as artificial respiration, external cardiac massage, or assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems.
• 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.
• Relay blood analysis results to a physician.
• Use a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in cardiac or pulmonary research or to diagnose disorders.
• 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.
• Teach, train, supervise, or use the assistance of students, respiratory therapy technicians, or assistants.
• Maintain charts that contain patients' pertinent identification and therapy information.
• Monitor cardiac patients, using electrocardiography devices, such as a holter monitor.
• Demonstrate respiratory care procedures to trainees or other healthcare personnel.
• 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.
• Conduct tests, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), stress testing, or lung capacity tests, to evaluate patients' cardiopulmonary functions.
• Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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