Registered Respiratory Care Pr

description:

This department provides services to patients of all ages with cardiorespiratory impairments in the acute care setting. Services consist of treatment interventions to administer aerosolized medication and facilitate secretion clearance to support ventilation through invasive and non-invasive devices and to provide critical monitoring inclusive of gas exchange oxygenation and other physiologic metrics. If your department is operating as a combined Respiratory/Pulmonary department please notify FP&A and we can map it to Respiratory Care and Pulmonary Diagnostics Combined in order to connect to the proper benchmark.

requirement:

Education and Work Experience:Bachelors Degree or equivalent (some certifications will require Bachelors): PreferredMasters Degree: PreferredThree years technical experience: PreferredLicenses/Certifications:Registered Respiratory Therapist (NBRC-RRT) credential or Certified Respiratory Therapist (NBRC-CRT) credential: Required in CA OR and HIRespiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license: Required in CACardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification: RequiredNeonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification: PreferredAdvanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS OR HS-ACLS OR RQIACLS) certification: RequiredPediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS OR HS-PALS OR RQIPALS) certification: PreferredPediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) certification: PreferredRegistered or Certified by the National Board of Respiratory Care: RequiredFacility Specific License/Certifications:Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQI BLS) certification: RequiredACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support): RequiredEssential Functions:Assesses and documents the appropriateness of prescribed therapy (including recommendations) for patients receiving respiratory care services. Administers aerosol and oxygen therapy while maintaining charts. Draws arterial blood gases per policy and physician order. Provides care to ventilator patients. Assists in department record keeping and operation as well as participation in training and supervision of new employees. Documents care given; maintains records of treatment given; generates necessary documents for charges or record keeping. Assists in the instruction of nursing personnel in surveillance of patient and equipment after initial pulmonary function tests drainage procedures and provides additional patient care regarding cardio respiratory disease. Provides suggestions regarding the patients treatment and pulmonary progress. Provides assistance in cardio respiratory rehabilitation. Provides instruction to patients and family in the nature of cardio respiratory disease and its rounds to check all respiratory therapy equipment in use or on standby in patient areas. Ensures completion of the initial ventilator bundle orders upon initiation of mechanical ventilation. Ensures compliance of VAP bundle for all patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Identifies measurable and reasonable outcomes while using appropriate therapy interventions to resolve patient needs. Updates and communicates the diagnosis throughout the patients stay based on patients changing condition and disease with maintenance and processing of equipment and products used in providing respiratory therapy as a knowledge resource to the physician and hospital staff in relation to the technical aspects of respiratory care and the effectiveness of methods to administer safe respiratory therapy. Assists in stocking and re-ordering parts and equipment. Assists in the set up of specialty equipment. Keeps the equipment clean and ready for its next use. Assists physicians with bronchoscopies and special procedures. Assists with quality control staff schedules and other job-related duties as Requirements:Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may Health participates in E-Verify. Visit for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.