About this role
- Assists in the administration of prescribed doses of medical gases and the set-up and administration of therapeutic treatment and aerosolized drugs to patients.
- Uses oxygen mixtures in conjunction with therapeutic respiratory therapy equipment.
- Assists with patient care rounds per policy.
- Provides and monitors routine oxygen therapy, non-critical patient transports and patient education, as needed.
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Treats patients using a variety of methods including chest physiotherapy, aerosol medications, and non-invasive methods such as CPAP and BIPAP therapies.
- Monitors and records the progress of treatment.
- Teaches patients how to use treatments.
- Operates, calibrates, processes, and maintains respiratory equipment.
- Cleans, reassembles, and performance tests various pieces of patient care equipment.
- Restocks respiratory supplies and cylinders.
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Actively pursues education and training necessary to become a respiratory therapist.
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Performs other related duties as required and directed.
Other facts
About McLaren Health Care
McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 28,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.
As part of its Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, McLaren maintains academic affiliations with medical schools at Wayne State University, Michigan State University and Central Medical University. McLaren’s seven (7) GME campuses offer 27 residencies and eight (8) fellowship programs that train over 650 future physicians annually. All GME programs at McLaren are overseen and managed centrally by the Department of Academic Affairs.
What you'll do
- The Respiratory Intern assists in administering medical gases and therapeutic treatments under the supervision of a respiratory therapist. They also monitor patient progress and maintain respiratory equipment.
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