RESPIRATORY CARE SPECIALIST I - 60005200
Requisition No:
276941
Agency:
Children and Families
Working Title:
RESPIRATORY CARE SPECIALIST I - 60005200
Position Number:
60005200
Salary:
$21,692.
58 - $73,856.
88
Posting Closing Date:
06/18/2021
Respiratory Service duties includes to install and operate respiratory equipment on the units.
Administer aerosol medication to residents as prescribed by physician.
Provide emergency respiratory therapy treatment to residents when needed.
Provide and maintain clean humidification therapy equipment to be used by resident when ordered by physicians.
Work directly with physicians in carrying out their orders for oxygen treatments.
Inspect and maintain respiratory therapy equipment in the Emergency Room, ambulance and to assist in their use when needed.
Work in outpatient clinics to treat residents according to physicians orders.
Draw arterial blood for ABG.
Collect sputum specimens when nursing staff is unable to collect.
Clean all respiratory therapy equipment.
Other duties include prepare and maintain resident and hospital records of treatments administered for hospital and Medicare purposes; request supplies and equipment as needed for all departments, responsible for all equipment assigned to Respiratory Therapy on the yearly inventory; identify and request parts necessary to keep respiratory therapy equipment safe and operational.
Perform any and all related work that is requested or required by hospital and unit administration.
Duties for the EEG and EKG Department includes placing electrodes on resident s head and instruct them of necessary functions in order to perform EEG test transmitted via phone system.
Place EKG electrodes to resident and run routine EKGs as well as stat EKGs that are faxed to Southern Medical Group in Tallahassee.
Performs other related duties as required.
- Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position:
- Knowledge of the principles and procedures of respiratory therapy or conducting pulmonary function test.
- Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
- Skill in operating, calibrating, and maintaining respiratory therapy equipment.
- Ability to record data accurately.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Completion of a training program to become a respiratory therapy technician or a cardiopulmonary technologist.
- Knowledge of the principles and procedures of respiratory therapy or conducting pulmonary function test.
- Licensure/registration/certification requirements (If applicable, list the appropriate Florida Statute or federal regulation cite):
- Completion of a training program to become a respiratory therapy technician or a cardiopulmonary technologist.
- Other job-related requirements for this position:
- The applicant selected to fill this position shall be required to submit to a pre-employment medical examination.
This position requires lifting, pulling and squatting.
Duties of this position require the incumbent to be knowledgeable of and utilize the principles of Total Quality Management.
Must be certified in CPR and able to perform procedure proficiently.
- The applicant selected to fill this position shall be required to submit to a pre-employment medical examination.
- Working hours:
(A) Daily from 11:
00PM to 7:
00AM (B) Total hours in workweek 40 (C) Explain any variation in work (split shift, rotation, etc.
)
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735).
Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace.
All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.
0455, F.
S.
, Drug-Free Workplace Act.
VETERANS PREFERENCE.
Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.
Candidates claiming Veterans Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.
Veterans Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.
All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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