Respiratory Therapists, task by task.

The work this job is made of, grouped and scored on how much of its output software can produce today, then linked to what addresses it. What is left over is the job. The full activity list is underneath.

Also filed here
  • staff therapist
  • oxygen therapist
  • inhalation therapist
  • respiratory therapist rt
  • staff respiratory therapist
  • travel respiratory therapist
  • hospital respiratory therapist
  • respiratory care practitioner rcp
  • certified respiratory therapist crt
  • registered respiratory therapist rrt
  • travel registered respiratory therapist travel rrt
  • cardiopulmonary rehabilitation respiratory therapist
  • nicu respiratory therapist neonatal intensive care unit respiratory therapist
SOC code
29-1126.00
Activities scored
6
In O*NET
25 activities
Activities an agent can take on
3
Grounded in
O*NET 30.3
The tasks · Respiratory TherapistsSOC 29-1126.00
88% · agentMostly automatable
82% · agentMostly automatable
58% · agentPartly automatable
48% · you keepPartly automatable
42% · you keepPartly automatable
12% · you keepBarely automatable
The team3 agents · 0 need no setup
Medical Records Agent
Electronic medical record EMR software · Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Word
Needs eClinicalWorks EHR software
Patient Assessment Agent
Electronic medical record EMR software · Database software · Docs
Needs MEDITECH software
Clinical Communication Agent
Microsoft Outlook · Electronic medical record EMR software · Chat
Needs eClinicalWorks EHR software
You keep this
Provide direct emergency care and operate ventilators/life support at bedsideMonitor patients in real-time and make clinical judgment calls during therapyPhysically examine equipment, perform hands-on maintenance and repairsDeliver in-person patient education and training with demonstration of techniques

Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.

Start with these three

The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.

Maintain patient charts and medical records88% · recording, documentation and administration · mostly automatable
Communicate test results and patient status to physicians58% · routine communication and explanation · partly automatable

The full activity list

All 25 detailed work activities O*NET records for Respiratory Therapists, grouped by how much of each one software can take on. Every row has its own page.

Mostly automatable 2

Mostly automatable activities for Respiratory Therapists
ActivityJobs
Maintain medical facility records17
Gather medical information from patient histories15