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Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health · 1 month ago

Pulmonary Equipment Aide (Full time, evening hours)

Lancaster, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

1+ years exp

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is dedicated to providing high-quality patient care and innovative research. They are seeking a Pulmonary Equipment Aide responsible for cleaning and processing respiratory therapy equipment, maintaining inventory, and performing preventive maintenance on equipment.

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Responsibilities

Cleans and processes used and contaminated respiratory therapy equipment. Prepares cleaned and dried equipment for ETO sterilization. Redistributes sterilized equipment to appropriate department storage areas

Performs oxygen rounds, on a daily basis, in order to check and replace equipment, record 02 usage, check and record temperature of heated aerosols, verify 02 therapy orders

Maintains appropriate levels of supplies and equipment in the department and critical care storage areas. Also, maintains and replaces stock oxygen therapy equipment on the Medical/Surgical floors

Performs preventive maintenance and quality assurance activities on equipment

Performs daily checking of liquid oxygen system and medical gas bank levels. Responsible for the ordering and changing of gas cylinders for the banks as well as other cylinder gases

Provides documentation according to department policies for QA/PM activities and oxygen therapy records

Qualification

Inventory controlPreventive maintenanceQuality assuranceRespiratory therapy trainingTeam collaboration

Required

High school diploma or equivalent (GED)

Preferred

One to two years experience in health care setting

At least six months of Respiratory Therapy training

Benefits

Prepaid tuition assistance programs

Company

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

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Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (Penn Medicine), is a more than 800-licensed bed, not-for-profit health system with a comprehensive network of care encompassing Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital (in partnership with Universal Health Services), and the Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital (in partnership with Kindred Healthcare).

Founded in 1893

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

5001-10000 employees