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The Mount Sinai Health System Per Diem Pulmonary Function Technologist-QHC/ELM in Jamaica, New York

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Job Summary

Under close supervision of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory Supervisor; performs a variety of pulmonary function studies and tests to obtain data for use in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disease. Provides assistance in the performance of bronchoscopy procedures. Assembles, adjusts, and operates pulmonary function equipment. Responds to patients’ needs as required. Maintains cleanliness of equipment, clean general work area, and stocks clinical supplies. Ensures proper operation of area equipment. May provide instruction to respiratory students, nursing students and medical students/residents. Provides care to patients in the form of diagnostic testing.

Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Under supervision of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory Supervisor performs routine computerized pulmonary function tests and related calculations for the treatment of pulmonary and cardiac diseases. In accordance with departmental policies and procedures, prepares patients and examination areas. Sets up, cleans, and calibrates pulmonary function equipment. For and patient safety, observes safety precautions and equipment maintenance. Prior to testing session, provides patient orientation.

  2. Under supervision, performs or assists in performing pulmonary function diagnostic evaluation in accordance with established clinical protocols. Operates and adjusts equipment, observing safety guidelines. During testing, responds to patients’ needs. Makes routine calculations and records all applicable examination results, completing all relevant medical documentation. Cleans,sterilizes, and maintains reusable pulmonary function equipment. As permitted by the New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions; may perform specialized diagnostic examinations such as obtaining arterial blood gas samples and administering medications, such as bronchodilators and oxygen.

  3. Assists in the performance of bronchoscopy procedures: prepares patients; sets up equipment instruments, cleans, sterilizes and maintains instruments, prepares and distributes specimens. In accordance with Queens Medical Center’s infection control guidelines, maintains the Bronchoscopy Suite; and wears personal protective as required.

  4. Under supervision, performs miscellaneous testing functions, such as sleep disorder evaluations (sleep testing). Assists in providing sessions related to pulmonary rehabilitation.

  5. Provides related support functions as required. Schedules patient studies, initiates transportation, and maintains test files and statistics. May answer telephones for pulmonary labs and record messages. Maintains a clean work area, and maintains a full stock of applicable clinical supplies.

  6. Ensures good working order of equipment. Troubleshoots routine equipment problems or seeks technical assistance for equipment malfunctions, keeping supervisor(s) appropriately informed.

  7. Performs other related duties as assigned or required as a Cardiopulmonary Technician. May assist with the training and orientation of medical residents, and clinical students from various departments.

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status.

EOE including Veterans and Disabled

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Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

  • Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

  • Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

  • Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Requisition ID : 2646710

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