Registered Respiratory Therapist (Pulmonary Function Technologist)

Summary This Registered Respiratory Therapist (PFT) position is within Specialty Care services at the Providence VA Healthcare System located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is permanent and intermittent. Responsibilities The incumbent serves as a member of the Respiratory Therapy Section at the Providence VA Healthcare System. The Respiratory Therapy subsection is responsible for providing the full range of clinical procedures related to respiratory care. Duties include, but are not limited to: Administers treatment to ambulatory, non-ambulatory and critically ill patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting; Completes patient assessment through direct contact, chart review and other means as appropriate and shares the information with health care team members; Uses accepted measuring/monitoring tools for determining plan of care; Places nasal and oropharyngeal airway and performs nasal and tracheal suctioning; Obtains, analyzes and reports arterial and venous blood gas samples; P...