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The Therapist must support and assure the efficient, effective, courteous testing of patients and reporting accurate results to physicians for interpretation.   Flexibility and excellent teamwork required in order to meet the needs of the physicians, patients and coworkers.  Assist Pulmonary Physicians in different locations that may require travel between sites.        This position requires independent working skills, which may include transporting a patient, faxing or scanning reports to physician offices, or any other function which can facilitate the operation of the Pulmonary Function Labs and the Bronchoscopy Suite.      

- Assumes responsibility for record keeping, and intra-departmental and Inter-departmental communications.

Under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN), assists with patients’ activities of daily living and plan of care. Communicates with and supports healthcare team, patients and/or patient’s family or significant other(s). Maintains and demonstrates high standards of professional ethics. - Supports the activities of daily living to include bathing, dressing, grooming, oral care, feeding, toileting/hygiene, and assisting with mobility and transport. Demonstrates standard precautions including the care of patients in isolation and safe patient practice. - Performs technical duties as directed by RN, such as phlebotomy, vital signs, point of care testing, EKGs, Foley catheter care specific to population served and documents appropriately. - Identifies and communicates changes in patient’s status to RN and responds appropriately. Demonstrates standard precautions including the care of patients in isolation and safe patient practice. - Reinforces education of patient and family/responsible party regarding individual care needs and safety issues. - Participates in Cooper patient satisfaction initiatives and goals. Participates in the performance improvement activities. Assists in orientation of new hires. - Completes annual unit-specific competencies by specified due date. - Attends Staff Meetings when available for documents review of staff meeting minutes. - Assists in admission, transfers and discharges of patients to and from the unit.

To obtain 2D and 3D echocardiograms with color and Spectral Doppler at the patient’s bedside and in Echo Lab.    Perform Stress Echocardiograms and Dobutamine Stress echocardiograms as requested.   Assist Cardiologist with TEE and Intracardiac Echo in the Cardiac Cath Lab.   Rotate hospital on call schedule, arriving within 45 minutes of call.

To obtain 2D and 3D echocardiograms with color and Spectral Doppler at the patient’s bedside and in Echo Lab.    Perform Stress Echocardiograms and Dobutamine Stress echocardiograms as requested.   Assist Cardiologist with TEE and Intracardiac Echo in the Cardiac Cath Lab.   Rotate hospital on call schedule, arriving within 45 minutes of call.

The Registered RN is a professional care-giver who, as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and who supervises and provides care to these patients utilizing the nursing process including the therapeutic use of self.   Additional Responsibilities: - Follows established policies and procedures. - Communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors. - Provides excellent customer service interfacing well with all levels of staff, management and physicians. - Applies Cooper core values. - Assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated timeframe. - Evaluates patients, implements and documents nursing care. - Assists physicians during examinations and procedures. - Performs various patient tests and administers medications utilizing the nursing process. - Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.

The trained Surgical technologist, under the direct supervision of the Registered Professional Nurse and/or physician, is assigned as an assistant to specific service areas in the Surgical Suite.

Patient assessment, mechanical ventilatory support monitoring, non-invasive ventilation support, administration of medical gas delivery systems (i.e.:  heliox, nitric, oxygen compressed air, etc...), humidification and aerosol therapy.   Airway management, delivery of aerosolized & instilled medications, chest physical therapy,vest therapy, IPV therapy, in-exsuffalator therapy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, arterial blood gas acquisition & analysis.   Transcutaneous pc02 & po2 monitoring, pulse oximetry monitoring & trending.   Ventilatory weaning, peak flow monitoring, assist with bedside tracheostomies, and bronchoscopy, internal and external patient transporting, patient and family education.   

  The Registered RN is a professional care-giver who, as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and who supervises and provides care to these patients utilizing the nursing process including the therapeutic use of self.   Additional Responsibilities: - Follows established policies and procedures. - Communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors. - Provides excellent customer service interfacing well with all levels of staff, management and physicians. - Applies Cooper core values. - Assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated timeframe. - Evaluates patients, implements and documents nursing care. - Assists physicians during examinations and procedures. - Performs various patient tests and administers medications utilizing the nursing process. - Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.

The Registered RN is a professional care-giver who, as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and who supervises and provides care to these patients utilizing the nursing process including the therapeutic use of self.   Additional Responsibilities: - Follows established policies and procedures. - Communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors. - Provides excellent customer service interfacing well with all levels of staff, management and physicians. - Applies Cooper core values. - Assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated timeframe. - Evaluates patients, implements and documents nursing care. - Assists physicians during examinations and procedures. - Performs various patient tests and administers medications utilizing the nursing process. - Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.