Respiratory Therapy Assistant Job Listing at MedStar Health in Washington, DC (Job ID 99830)

Description

General Summary of Position
Responsible for providing basic assistive therapeutic procedures that does not require state licensure in the management and preventive care of patients with cardiopulmonary problems. Maintains and cleans departmental equipment. Assembles and checks equipment for proper functioning. Performs inventory control of department equipment and related supplies restocks as needed. May assist with cleaning rooms between surgical procedures and transporting of patient and/or supplies/specimens.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Up to 1 year of technical or other specialized training. preferred

• Six to twelve months of hospital experience preferred

• Requires the ability to read and write; and knowledge of grammar and arithmetic including fractions and decimals.
• May require the use of standard office/medical equipment (i.e. personal computer data terminal on-line printer calculator telephone facsimile copier sterilizing equipment); the preparation comparison or checking of reports records and related data; and basic use of formulas charts tables drawings and knowledge of their application.