Respiratory Therapist; Pulmonary Function Newark

About Christiana Care

Christiana Care is the one of the Mid Atlantic's largest academic health care providers and consists of 3 campuses:
Wilmington, Newark and Union at Cecil County. Through our values of love and excellence, Christiana Care is consistently identified as a regional center of excellence for cardiology, cancer and women's health services and ranked by US News & World as Best Hospital.

This role is reserved for a respiratory therapist who is licensed, professional, competent, and assumes responsibility and accountability for diagnostic pulmonary function testing including: hemodynamic monitoring, assisting with diagnostic procedures, administering pharmacologic agents related to respiratory care procedures. Maintains pulmonary function equipment; assures quality control, monitors performance improvement, provides community service and education; charts and keeps records; educates other healthcare providers, and conducts research.

• Dayshift, no weekends, no holidays
• Four 10-hour shifts - 7am to 5:30pm per week.
• During the week rotates between Monday and Friday:
  Regular weekend off and then a 4-day weekend off (ongoing pattern).

• Newark PFT lab

This position comes with a $10,000.00 sign on bonus for eligible candidates!!!

• Exhibits love and excellence core behaviors with patients, families, and other team members.
• Strives to provide the highest quality in all aspects of work performance. Learns and utilizes new knowledge and skills. Assumes responsibility for improving care and services.
• Demonstrates actions that are professional, trustworthy, and dependable. Creates a positive impression in dress and manner. Serves as an ambassador for our health system.
• Performs pulmonary function test and procedures in compliance with American Thoracic Society (ATS) recommendations.
• Performs pulmonary function tests including spirometry, diffusion capacity, lung volumes, maximal respiratory pressures, and body plethysmography.
• Performs arterial blood gas sampling and analysis and performs capillary sampling for hemoglobin analysis.
• Performs pulse oximetry with exercise tests including oxygen determination study for home oxygen therapy, six‑minute walk and oxygen titration.
• Performs or assists in cardiopulmonary stress test including electrocardiogram tracings, blood pressure monitoring, power output, expired gas analysis, and arterial blood gas sampling at rest and during exercise.
• Performs bronchoprovocation test including methacholine challenge, exercise‑induced asthma and cold air challenge.
• Performs High Altitude Simulation Test (HAST).
• Performs Exhaled Nitric Oxide Test.
• Assists physicians during bronchoscopy, pleuroscopy and tracheostomy tube change.
• Responds to emergency situations and performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation and airway management.
• Performs cleaning and disinfecting procedures. Reassembles and prepares equipment.
• Performs quality control including equipment maintenance, calibration, and record keeping.
• Verifies registration information and patient identification during appointment check‑in.
• Proficiently uses Power chart and Breeze software.
• Understands and follows standard precaution guidelines when administering patient care and processing equipment.
• Completes Annual Mandatory Education Lessons via the Education Center including, but not limited to, Infection Prevention, Fire Safety, and Utilities Management.
• Performs assigned work safely, adhering to established departmental safety rules and practices. Reports to team leader in a timely manner any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients, and visitors.
• Schedules patient appointments, enters information into electronic Patient Schedule and makes appropriate changes to the Patient Schedule as needed.
• Performs other related duties as required.

• Graduate of a CoArc approved School of Respiratory Therapy
• Registered Respiratory Therapist with a minimum of two years of respiratory therapy experience.

• Maintains Active Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)…