Respiratory Therapy Technicians
Provide respiratory care under the direction of respiratory therapists and physicians.
Also called: Certified Respiratory Therapy Technician (CRTT), Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT), Respiratory Technician, Respiratory Therapy Technician (RTT)
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- looking for ways to help people
- understanding people's reactions
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
- quickly know what you are looking at
- keep your arm or hand steady
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Concern for Others
- Self Control
- Attention to Detail
- Independence
Technology:
- Omnicare Cypress Therapy Management
- Patient electronic medical record EMR software
