Job Description
Job description
Accountabilities:
- Consulting as a resource to the patient care team regarding cardio-respiratory technical and/or clinical issues
- Respiratory assessment of the adult, paediatric and neonatal patient
- Ongoing application, maintenance and calibration of cardio-respiratory support devices and monitoring equipment including advanced ventilatory modalities and ventilatory strategies
- Providing expertise in airway management
- Providing expertise in the initiation and application of O2 therapy and adjuncts
- Providing expertise in the delivery of medication by inhalation
- Consulting with other members of the multidisciplinary health care team in devising a plan of care
- Utilizes evidenced based guidelines in the practice of respiratory therapy
- Reporting workload measures and participating in quality assurance activities
- Other related duties as assigned ...