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WCS Healthcare is urgently seeking a Respiratory Therapist for a state of the art health care system in Bergen County, NJ!

Job Responsibilities:

• Reviews data in-patient record, including admission and current R.C. orders, patient history, physical exam, PFT values, ABG results, and laboratory data.
• Responsible to administer all forms of Respiratory Therapy, be involved with consultations regarding therapy, maintaining equipment, enforcing safety standards, and keeping departmental records.
• Set up and maintain respiratory equipment as instructed; Attends department meetings and in-services as instructed.
• Performs patient assessment in order to monitor effects of therapy provided and documents this assessment in the patient chart.
• Conducts prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve and maintain adequate oxygenation, a patent's airway, including maintenance of adequate humidification.
• Obtain and analyzes ABG's as ordered/ per policy.
• Follows Department protocols, such as weaning protocol, patient ventilator monitoring, Cuff pressure monitoring, etc.