What are the responsibilities and job description for the Respiratory Care Practitioner - Casual position at St Croix Health?
Job Type
Part-time
Description
St. Croix Health is looking to hire a casual Respiratory Care Practitioner to join our Respiratory Care Department!
The Respiratory Care Practitioner is responsible for performing cardiopulmonary diagnostics, therapeutic procedures, assessments and teaching to a diverse population of patients of all ages.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
1. Deliver patient treatment by assessing, treating and caring for patients with breathing disorders, including initiating and conducting therapeutic procedures
- Provide emergency care, such as artificial respiration, external cardiac massage, or assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, or blood chemistry changes, consult with physician if adverse reaction occurs
- Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition
- Explain treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation and allay fears
- Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems
- Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, or medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders
- Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises or the use of medications or respiratory equipment.
- Perform pulmonary function testing to evaluate patients' respiratory status. Ensures that pulmonary function equipment is functioning, recognizes when repairs are needed.
- Assist with endotracheal intubation to maintain open airways for patients who are unable to breathe on their own.
2. Set up and operate devices, such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, or aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
3. Maintains charts that contain patients; pertinent identification and therapy information
4. Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to deliver quality patient care.
5. Additional responsibilities
Requirements
Education & Licensure :
Experience :
St. Croix Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
St. Croix Health has been a healing force in the St. Croix Valley for over 103 years. We are a purpose-driven organization with a dedicated team committed to serving our patients and communities throughout the St. Croix Valley. This commitment is rooted in our mission, vision and values.
Mission : We help people live healthier, happier, and longer lives.
Vision : To transform from quality sick care to quality well care that is sustainable and affordable.
Values : People Centered, Trust, Innovation, and Growth.
Here at St. Croix Health we offer our employees with a robust benefits package that includes :
St. Croix Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system located in St. Croix Falls, WI dedicated to helping people live healthier, happier, and longer lives. St. Croix Health offers the services of 80 providers and 20 specialties with five community clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin all supported by a critical access hospital on the main campus in St. Croix Falls, just an hour northeast of Minneapolis / St. Paul. Nestled in the bluffs of the St. Croix River Valley, St. Croix Falls is the ideal place to work, live and play.
