"Cardiopulmonary/Pulmonary Function Technologist - Pediatric Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine"

Position Summary

Don't miss this opportunity to join our energetic and growing team at WashU Division of Pediatric Allergy & Pulmonary Medicine! This group consists of 20 attending physicians, 9 fellow physicians, and 5 nurse practitioners. This position is in a pediatric outpatient setting and is full time patient facing. The position performs pulmonary function testing on pediatric patients in the ambulatory clinical setting in accordance with ATS technical standards and guidelines. Testing primarily consists of outpatient pulmonary function testing and occasional inpatient testing. Pulmonary function test results are discussed with medical provider and are monitored by the supervisor and medical director of the pulmonary function lab. Additional responsibilities extend to patient scheduling, billing, annual fit testing, and cleaning, calibration, and quality control of all equipment. This is a weekday, daytime position. No Weekends! 10 University Holidays!

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Always maintain patient privacy.
• Provide patients with clear and accurate information.
• Interacts with patients, staff, and physicians to ensure appropriate patient care and effective teamwork.
• Prepares, maintains, and calibrates PFT and lab equipment.
• Collects test samples, performs initial test analysis and advises staff on findings.
• Performs test such as spirometry, lung volumes, diffusion capacity, methacholine challenge, exercise challenge from bronchospasm, cardiopulmonary stress test, and other diagnostic test according to the American Thoracic Society (ATS) guidelines.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Assists in billing processes and data entry.
• Schedules patients for PFT appointments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:

Job Location/Working Conditions: Patient care/office setting, Potential exposure to bodily fluids and blood borne pathogens, Exposure to chemicals, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Children’s Specialty Care Center West County, Children’s Specialty Care Center South County, Graham Rd. Physical Effort: Requires extensive safety training, Occasional lifting and pushing of equipment ~25 lbs. Equipment: Requires personal protective equipment (PPE)

Required Qualifications

Education: Associate degree. Certifications: Basic Life Support - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support - American Red Cross, Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) - National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC), Respiratory Care Practitioner - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Respiratory Care Practitioner - Missouri Division of Professional Registration. Work Experience: No specific work experience is required for this position.

More About This Job

Required Qualifications: Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within one month of hire date. Basic Life Support certification (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements).

Preferred Qualifications

Skills: Effective Written Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Oral Communications, Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT)

Grade

C12-H

Salary Range

$29.80 - $46.19 / Hourly