Respiratory Therapist - $38-48 per hour
Company: Stability Direct
Location: Little Ferry
Posted on: September 24, 2024
Job Description:
Job DescriptionStability Direct is seeking a Respiratory
Therapist for a job in Little Ferry, New Jersey.Job Description &
Requirements
- Specialty: Respiratory Therapist
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: Ongoing
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours
- Employment Type: StaffStability Healthcare is proud to partner
with an New Jersey-based facility. The system has a national
reputation for providing culturally sensitive care to a diverse
population, drawing patients from across the New York City region
to its specialty centers and renowned doctors. Holy Name's mission
to provide technologically advanced, compassionate and personalized
care extends across a continuum that encompasses education,
prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and wellness
maintenance. The system is known as a high-quality, low-cost
provider of extraordinary clinical care given by compassionate,
highly trained physicians and staff.
A Brief Overview
The Respiratory Care Practitioner in the Physician Office Practice
is responsible for all clinical and technical operations in the PFT
lab. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to
daily staffing needs, providing clinical education to patients and
families, addressing patient care issues when they present. The RCP
will assist as a liaison to transition patient from the setting to
home or alternate sites of care.
What you will do
- Plan, direct and monitor all clinical and technical operations
for the PFT lab and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program within the
physician office practice, to assure optimal and safe patient
care.
- Assure compliance with Federal, State, Local and professional
regulations and practice guidelines.
- Participate in professional organization, state and national
level.
- Perform various PFT testing - spirometry, lung volumes,
diffusing capacity, MVV, MIPS/MEPS, and Methacholine Challenge for
all age groups (pediatric, adult, geriatrics).
- Perform additional Respiratory procedures such as nebulizer
therapy, Vest therapy, inhaler education, ambulation for oxygen
saturation/requirements, Cardiopulmonary stress testing, and other
related respiratory/pulmonary procedures as requested.
- Perform arterial blood gas puncture and analysis on patients as
requested.
- Provide patient/ family education with appropriate age specific
learning principles.
- Act as clinical liaison with physicians and other departments
to optimize patient care in the office setting.
- Enter physician provided interpretations to ensure patient
reports and orders are completed.
- Scan completed PFT reports into patient's electronic medical
record, and fax when necessary to other healthcare
providers.
- Perform chart audit to ensure completion of data entry with
appropriate forms completed.
- Order pulmonary lab supplies and medications as
necessary.
- Assist with insurance authorizations and specialty pharmacies
ordering Xolair/Nucala for patient requiring injections.
- Assist in competency reviews for PFT.
- Orient and train staff assigned to PFT and Pulmonary
Rehabilitation, on all procedures and processes.
- Work closely with information technology to provide or develop
necessary applications and reporting systems.
- Generate patient charges for services performed.
- Assist with billing audits and reviews when necessary.
- Report progress and/or issues to the Respiratory Director for
immediate resolution.
- Perform insurance clearance and eligibility for Pulmonary
Rehabilitation patients, when needed.
- Assist director in development of statistics and budget
planning.
- Attend meetings at director's request.
- Assist department director in the development and maintenance
of policies and procedures.
- Assume all other duties as assigned.
Education Qualifications
- Associate's Degree Graduate of a 2-yr Associate degree
Respiratory Therapy program approved by the NBRC Required
or
- Bachelor's Degree 4-yr Bachelor degree Respiratory Therapy
program approved by the NBRC Preferred
Experience Qualifications
- 1-3 years PFT and Respiratory Clinical Experience Preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively interact with
physicians, patients, family members and other health care
personnel
- Knowledge of patient billing and experience interacting with
insurers, homecare companies and office staff to obtain referrals
and insurance clearance.
- Strong patient assessment skills.
- Professional and technical skills to perform as a staff
Respiratory Care Practitioner and Pulmonary Function
Technologist.
Licenses and Certifications
- RCP - Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner Licensed
Respiratory Care Practitioner by the State of New Jersey Upon Hire
Required and
- RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist Registered Respiratory
Therapist with NBRC credential Upon Hire Required and
- BCLS - Basic Life Support Basic Life Support American Heart BLS
Certification Upon Hire Required
- Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT) or Registered
Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT) Upon Hire Preferred
Full Time
Days - M-F 8a-5p - no call, no weekends
Stability Direct Job ID #5135. Posted job title: Respiratory
Therapist - OutpatientAbout Stability DirectStability Direct,
Stability Healthcare's boutique permanent placement division was
formed in 2022 with a mission of becoming a service leader in the
industry. In a very short period of time, we have become the
staffing partner of choice for award-winning and reputable health
systems across the country including Adventist Health, Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center, Jupiter Medical Center, Roper Hospital,
and Southeast Georgia Health System. With decades of wide-ranging
direct placement experience and an unwavering dedication to white
glove service, we have found that by utilizing a truly
collaborative and personalized approach that we are able to solve
even the most complex staffing challenges that hospitals face
today.
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