Respiratory Therapist (NOC Shift) $5000 Sign On Bonus

Eden Senior Care, founded in 2016, is a growing Healthcare Management company, focused on managing and operating Skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation, and Assisted Living communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin Ohio. Our mission with each community is to support their success by providing strong leadership, corporate support, and the resources and tools to realize their goals. Edenbrook Lakeside promotes and encourages the success of each of its employees and values the individual experience of its guests and their families.

Position : Respiratory Therapist - Full Time

Edenbrook Lakeside, a skilled nursing facility within the Eden Senior Care Network, is currently seeking a Respiratory Therapist for the NOC shift (6 PM - 6 AM) to provide rehabilitation services at one or more of our locations.

We are excited to offer a $5,000 sign-on bonus (Full-Time positions)

Job Responsibilities :

Collaborate with social workers, nurses, or other professionals to create and implement patient treatment plans.

Identify and monitor opportunities for performance improvement of services.

Educate, coach, support and mentor staff and other healthcare learners to promote the evidence-based clinical practice.

Conduct a variety of testing techniques to assist doctors in cardiac or pulmonary research.

Educate patients and their caregivers about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques.

Perform thorough patient assessments, obtain history, and elicit an accurate description of symptoms in order to assist in diagnosing and treating patients with science-based medicine.

Administer inhaled medications to patients, such as SABA, LABA, LAMA, ICS, antibiotics, and other prescribed inhaled medications.

Attend code blue and rapid response team activation to perform or assist with airway management.

Conduct special procedures including electrocardiograms (EKGs), arterial-blood gas tests (ABG), pulmonary function tests and surfactant delivery.

Maintain cleanliness of patient room and equipment, and prepare and calibrate equipment needed for testing.

Perform incentive spirometry on patients to facilitate airway clearance and lung expansion.

Perform ventilation therapies to ensure adequate patient oxygenation; ensure proper selection of the delivery device.

Set up and operate mechanical ventilators using invasive and / or non-invasive procedures on patients ranging from neonatal to adult; administer high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV), high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), and conventional methods to deliver nitric oxide to patients.

Requirements :

Prior Respiratory Care experience.

Knowledge of all aspects of Basic Life Support (BLS) emergency care.

Knowledge of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Standard Precautions.

Knowledge of procedures and protocols necessary to provide patient safety.

Benefits :

Great team environment

Supportive leadership staff

Competitive Wages

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