+ Area of Interest: Allied Health
+ FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.4
+ Department: Cardiac Rehab
+ Shift: 0.4 FTE days, M-F, 3 to 4 hours each day
+ Job ID: 153709
Overview
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of Respiratory patient care within cardiopulmonary rehab. Responsible for the delivery of Respiratory patient care, exercise and patient education in cooperation with other health care team members. The patients to be served include adult and geriatric.
Why UnityPoint Health?
+ Culture At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture ( guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
+ Benefits Our competitive Total Rewards ( program offers benefits options like 401K match, paid time off and education assistance that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage youre in.
+ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment Were committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
+ Development We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities ( is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
+ Community Involvement Be an essential part of our core purposeto improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work at .
Why UnityPoint Health?
At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Were proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage youre in. Here are just a few:
+ Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program .
+ Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
+ Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family .
With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.
And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.
Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.
Responsibilities
Clinical Excellence/Patient Care
+ Conducts all aspects of the job in an ethical manner in support of the hospitals commitment to ethical behavior in all areas of personal and professional activity
+ Utilizes assessment skills to provide respiratory care procedures to achieve optimal benefit to the patient, if needed.
+ Assists nursing with plan of care development and integrates a multidisciplinary approach
+ Assures assessment of patient is performed and plan of care implemented.
+ Facilitates safe, individualized exercise prescription.
+ Partners with health care team to achieve patient care outcomes and goals.
+ Monitors patients progress toward outcomes identified in plan of care.
+ Participates in department and hospital wide performance improvement activities.
+ Continually evaluates outcomes of Respiratory care by assessing patient/family responses and updating patient care to reflect changes in needs
+ Successfully completes the hospital and department orientation and the annual hospital and department specific competencies
Patient Education
+ Assess and chooses teaching strategies appropriate to the patients and their families age specific needs, culture, gender, readiness to learn and level of comprehension.
+ Focuses education on health and preventative health maintenance should be incorporated into the teaching plan
+ Integrates patient/family teaching throughout the entire rehab program, individuated to meet the patient/family needs.
+ Provides therapeutic equipment teaching
+ Provides respiratory medication and inhaler instruction.
+ Consults appropriate resources within the department/hospital to provide specialized education.
+ Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.
Leadership and Professional Development
+ Assists in the orientation of new associates by acting as a resource and mentor to associates. Collaborates with unit leadership, as appropriate. Serves in preceptor role, as appropriate.
+ Participates in the education experiences of students and/or RT interns.
+ Continues professional development and involvement in professional activities that enhance the respiratory practice by sharing knowledge through networking and research.
+ Utilizes evidenced based models of learning.
+ Participates in department and hospital shared governance infrastructure and performance improvement activities.
+ Assumes responsibility for own professional growth and development
Qualifications
+ Requires completion of an accredited Respiratory Therapist program
+ Current Iowa Respiratory Care practitioner (RCP) license.
+ Active National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) status.
+ Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
+ Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English
+ Multicultural sensitivity
+ Demonstrates proficiency in the manual skills and techniques required to perform basic/advanced respiratory care in the administration of inhaled medication, medical gases, and the operation of specialized respiratory and mechanical ventilation equipment
+ Demonstrates skill, organization, and efficiency in performing required pulmonary rehab activities
+ Ability to complete a basic computer course on the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) through in-hospital training.
+ Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
+ Must be able to work with all customers and multidisciplinary members.
+ Must be able to cope effectively with stressful situations and time constraints.
+ FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.4
+ Department: Cardiac Rehab
+ Shift: 0.4 FTE days, M-F, 3 to 4 hours each day
+ Job ID: 153709
Overview
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of Respiratory patient care within cardiopulmonary rehab. Responsible for the delivery of Respiratory patient care, exercise and patient education in cooperation with other health care team members. The patients to be served include adult and geriatric.
Why UnityPoint Health?
+ Culture At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture ( guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
+ Benefits Our competitive Total Rewards ( program offers benefits options like 401K match, paid time off and education assistance that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage youre in.
+ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment Were committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
+ Development We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities ( is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
+ Community Involvement Be an essential part of our core purposeto improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work at .
Why UnityPoint Health?
At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Were proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage youre in. Here are just a few:
+ Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program .
+ Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.
+ Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family .
With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.
And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.
Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.
Responsibilities
Clinical Excellence/Patient Care
+ Conducts all aspects of the job in an ethical manner in support of the hospitals commitment to ethical behavior in all areas of personal and professional activity
+ Utilizes assessment skills to provide respiratory care procedures to achieve optimal benefit to the patient, if needed.
+ Assists nursing with plan of care development and integrates a multidisciplinary approach
+ Assures assessment of patient is performed and plan of care implemented.
+ Facilitates safe, individualized exercise prescription.
+ Partners with health care team to achieve patient care outcomes and goals.
+ Monitors patients progress toward outcomes identified in plan of care.
+ Participates in department and hospital wide performance improvement activities.
+ Continually evaluates outcomes of Respiratory care by assessing patient/family responses and updating patient care to reflect changes in needs
+ Successfully completes the hospital and department orientation and the annual hospital and department specific competencies
Patient Education
+ Assess and chooses teaching strategies appropriate to the patients and their families age specific needs, culture, gender, readiness to learn and level of comprehension.
+ Focuses education on health and preventative health maintenance should be incorporated into the teaching plan
+ Integrates patient/family teaching throughout the entire rehab program, individuated to meet the patient/family needs.
+ Provides therapeutic equipment teaching
+ Provides respiratory medication and inhaler instruction.
+ Consults appropriate resources within the department/hospital to provide specialized education.
+ Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.
Leadership and Professional Development
+ Assists in the orientation of new associates by acting as a resource and mentor to associates. Collaborates with unit leadership, as appropriate. Serves in preceptor role, as appropriate.
+ Participates in the education experiences of students and/or RT interns.
+ Continues professional development and involvement in professional activities that enhance the respiratory practice by sharing knowledge through networking and research.
+ Utilizes evidenced based models of learning.
+ Participates in department and hospital shared governance infrastructure and performance improvement activities.
+ Assumes responsibility for own professional growth and development
Qualifications
+ Requires completion of an accredited Respiratory Therapist program
+ Current Iowa Respiratory Care practitioner (RCP) license.
+ Active National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) status.
+ Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
+ Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English
+ Multicultural sensitivity
+ Demonstrates proficiency in the manual skills and techniques required to perform basic/advanced respiratory care in the administration of inhaled medication, medical gases, and the operation of specialized respiratory and mechanical ventilation equipment
+ Demonstrates skill, organization, and efficiency in performing required pulmonary rehab activities
+ Ability to complete a basic computer course on the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) through in-hospital training.
+ Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
+ Must be able to work with all customers and multidisciplinary members.
+ Must be able to cope effectively with stressful situations and time constraints.
Job ID: 482248595
Originally Posted on: 6/21/2025
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