Respiratory Care Practitioner

When every breath counts and every heartbeat matters you are there.

As a Respiratory Care Practitioner your expertise plays a vital role in the care of adult geriatric pediatric and neonatal patients. Your commitment to excellence directly impacts livesand through your work you help fulfill Legacys mission of making life better for others.

As a Respiratory Care Practitioner you will perform a variety of duties including respiratory therapy ventilator management EKGs and serving on the code team. Additional responsibilities may include exercise stress testing and pulmonary function testing. All duties are carried out in accordance with physician orders using sound clinical judgment and technical expertise in patient care.

• COMPETENCY: Achieves and maintains advanced level clinical skills necessary to care for critical patients.
• PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF WORKLOAD: Performs cardiopulmonary procedures using the knowledge skills and abilities required for the age of patients (neonate pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric) served. Goals of the department are attained utilizing a clearly established daily plan of treatments procedures clean up and maintenance with cooperation through all shifts regardless of assignments or job title.
• DOCUMENTATION: Complete accurate and timely information is gathered and documented in the department and patient records. Accurate charges and record keeping is done to ensure proper billing.
• COMMUNICATION: Verbal and non-verbal age-appropriate communications (neonate pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric) are open and positive with peers supervisors physicians patients and all outside customers under stressful and non-stressful circumstances. Patients and co-workers confidentiality is maintained.
• ENVIRONMENT/SAFETY: Clinic environment equipment and personal workspace are maintained in a neat and safe manner. Annual safety and other hospital wide educational requirements are met in a timely fashion and clearly documented.
• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Professional education is advanced through regular participation in internal/external education opportunities in both broad and discipline-specific topics. Completes annual competencies and keeps accurate files in personal portfolio.
• SPECIAL PROCEDURES: The Respiratory Care Practitioner has a basic knowledge of related special procedures.

Education:

• As required by licensure.

Experience:

• One-year experience preferred.
• Basic familiarity with computers preferred.

• Current state Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCPRT) license required.

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers from the American Heart Association required.

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and/or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) from the American Heart Association required within one year of hire.

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required within one year of hire.

• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) preferred.

Our Legacy is good for health for Our People Our Patients Our Communities Our World. Above all we will do the right thing.

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team we encourage you to applyeven if you dont meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race color religion or creed citizenship status sex sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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