Respiratory Therapist
Respiratory Therapist
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05-04-2025
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05-04-2025
Job Description
WE ARE INSIGHT:
AtInsight Hospital and Medical Center Chicagowe believe there is a better way to provide quality healthcare while achieving health equity. Our Chicago location looks forward to working closely with our neighbors and residents to build a fullservice community hospital in the Bronzeville area of Chicago; creating a comprehensive plan to increase services and meet community needs. With a growing team that is dedicated to delivering worldclass service to everyone we meet it is our mission to deliver the most compassionate loving expert and impactful care in the world to our patients. Be a part of the Insight Chicago team that provides PATIENT CARE SECOND TO NONE! If you would like to be a part of our future team please apply now!
Job Description:
AtInsight Hospital and Medical Center Chicagowe believe there is a better way to provide quality healthcare while achieving health equity. Our Chicago location looks forward to working closely with our neighbors and residents to build a fullservice community hospital in the Bronzeville area of Chicago; creating a comprehensive plan to increase services and meet community needs. With a growing team that is dedicated to delivering worldclass service to everyone we meet it is our mission to deliver the most compassionate loving expert and impactful care in the world to our patients. Be a part of the Insight Chicago team that provides PATIENT CARE SECOND TO NONE! If you would like to be a part of our future team please apply now!
Job Description:
Respiratory Therapist Qualifications / Skills:
Bedside manner
Physiological knowledge
Infection control
- Restores patients pulmonary function alleviates pain and supports life by planning and administering medically prescribed respiratory therapy.
- Meets patients goals and needs and provides quality care by conducting pulmonary function tests assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results and determining respiratory therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians and by prescription.
- Helps patient accomplish treatment plan and supports life by administering inhalants operating mechanical ventilators therapeutic gas administration apparatus environmental control systems and aerosol generators.
- Administers respiratory therapy treatments by performing bronchopulmonary drainage assisting with breathing exercises and monitoring physiological responses to therapy such as vital signs arterial blood gases and blood chemistry changes.
- Directs treatments given by aides technicians and assistants.
- Evaluates effects of respiratory therapy treatment plan by observing noting and evaluating patients progress and recommending adjustments and modifications.
- Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians nurses social workers and other health care workers; contributing to patient care conferences.
- Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs and instructing patients families and caregivers in home exercise programs.
- Recommends and/or provides assistive equipment and outpatient or home health followup programs.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures rules and regulations.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infectioncontrol policies and protocols.
- Develops respiratory therapy staff by providing information and developing and conducting inservice training programs.
- Complies with federal state and local legal and certification requirements by studying existing and new legislation anticipating future legislation enforcing adherence to requirements and advising management on needed action
Health promotion and maintenance
- Creating a safe effective environment
- Informing others
- Verbal communication
- Medical teamwork
- Judgment
- Procedural skills
- People skills
Education Experience and Licensing Requirements:
- Associates degree with major in Respiratory Therapy
- Six months of experience within in the last two years or completion of a clinical rotation within the last year in critical care/intensive care environment to include care of respiratory needs of acutely ill patients
- Valid state Respiratory Therapist license (must meet education requirement(s) for state licensure)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) with the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) (must obtain within 3 months of hire)
- Certified Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification
Benefits:
- Paid Sick Time effective 90 days after employment
- Paid Vacation Time effective 90 days after employment
- Health vision & dental benefits eligible at 30 days following the 1st of the following month
- Short and longterm disability and basic life insurance after 30 days of employment
These duties are to be performed in a highly confidential manner following the mission values and behaviors of Insight Hospital and Medical Center. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care service and kindness toward all patients staff physicians volunteers and guests.
Insight Employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID19 as a condition of employment subject to accommodation for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs.
Insight is an equal opportunity employer and values workplace diversity!
Employment Type
Full Time
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