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Qualifications:
- A.A.S. in Respiratory Therapy
- NYS license/registration as a Respiratory Therapist, and 2 years post A.A.S. degree clinical acute care experience required
- Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Must successfully pass pre-employment health clearance
- Will administer positive pressure and aerosol therapy to patients
- Institute and monitor oxygen therapy on patients
- Assist physicians in instituting and maintaining continuous ventilation
- Administer cardio- pulmonary resuscitation
- Perform pulmonary function tests
- Perform radial arterial punctures
- Able to perform majority of patient care functions needed in the acute care setting with minimal orientation and supervision