What are the responsibilities and job description for the Respiratory Therapist position at SageWest Health Care – Lander?
Description
Location: Lander
Full-Time: 36 hours per week
Hours: 6:30pm - 7:00am
Benefits May Include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- 401k w/ employer match
- Short & Long-term disabilities
- Life & AD&D insurances
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pet Insurance
- and more…
Position Summary:
The Respiratory Care Practitioner is responsible for safely and effectively administering all phases of respiratory care per departmental procedures.
Primary (Essential) Duties:
- Performs accurate patient assessment for respiratory care, reviews patient information and recommends appropriate therapy to the ordering physician.
- Administers respiratory medications via SVN, MDI & DPI, performs cardiopulmonary testing (EKG, PFT), sets up, maintains, and manages noninvasive positive pressure devices and ventilators.
- Records accurate therapy and medication administration in medical record timely.
- Educates patients on respiratory care procedures.
- Records therapy and medication administration electronically.
Scion Health considers a consistently positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous, and professional attitude to be an essential function of every position. While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as necessary to get the job done.
Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: (a) can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, (b) perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor.
While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.
Qualifications
- Respiratory Therapist (RT)
- Certified Respiratory Care Therapist (RCP)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
- May be either a Certified Technician or a Registered Therapist.
- BLS on first day or to be assigned by the Learning Center
- ACLS - within 3-months of hire (to be assigned by the Learning Center)
- PALS - within 3-months of hire (to be assigned by the Learning Center)
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NRP or STABLE - within 12-months of hire (to be assigned by the Learning Center)
Preferred:
- Registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care preferred.
- Minimum 2 years Critical Care experience preferred.
