KexRx Pharmacy & Home Care - Respiratory Therapist

Job Classification: Non-Exempt, Full-Time

Reports To:  DME Manager

Job Overview:

The Respiratory Therapist will assess, treat and care for patients with breathing disorders.

Essential Responsibilities:

• This position is responsible for initiating and conducting therapeutic procedures.
• Create and maintain patient records.
• Be able to select, assemble, check and operate the equipment.
• Read prescriptions, review and input patient information to process orders.
• Verify patient insurance eligibility, deductible and copayments.
• Be the patients advocate, using all possible resources available to assist them in their plan of care. Proactively recommend items needed by the customer to improve satisfaction and transaction profitability.
• Responsible for working with providers, patients and other healthcare providers to provide the most beneficial and cost effective respiratory treatments.
• Ensure proper documentation is in place for billing of respiratory products.
• Accountable for gathering required documentation for audits of respiratory claims.
• Responsible for instructing patients on proper use of respiratory equipment.
• Accountable for the set up and operating of devices such as Nebulizers, Oxygen Concentrators and CPAP and BiPAP machines.
• Responsible for performing follow-up consultations with patients to evaluate effectiveness of treatment.
• Monitor patient’s responses to therapy and consult with provider regarding outcomes.
• Inspect, clean, test, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.
• Enforce safety rules and ensure careful adherence to providers’ orders.
• Ensure compliance with accreditation standards.
• Take call on a rotational basis.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.
• Provide emergency care, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation if needed.

Company Wide Standards:

• Manage your time, effectively and productively, respect the time of others to also fulfill their responsibilities.
• Participate and have 100% attendance to all store meetings.
• Respond to phone calls, text messages and/or emails within 1 hours of receiving.
• Deliver superior Customer Service as outlined in Employee Handbook.
• Identify and communicate opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Actively participate and promote company goals and objectives.
• Adhere to company dress code as outlined in Employee Handbook.
• Confidentiality of all patient and business information.
• Give your best effort every day to make your pharmacy the best it can be!