Respiratory Therapist (PRN) - Cardiac ICU

Contingent/PRN, working a minimum of 16 hours per month

Shifts and hours will vary

Competitive benefits package & pay based on experience

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Job Description Summary:

Specializes in the promotion of optimum cardiopulmonary function and health. Applies scientific principles to prevent, identify, and treat acute or chronic dysfunction of the cardiopulmonary system, ensuring best patient outcomes. Authorized to access the unit medication rooms or bedside medication drawers in order to retrieve medications they are authorized to administer.

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

Applies knowledge of the scientific principles underlying cardiopulmonary physiology and pathophysiology, as well as biomedical engineering and technology.

Offers effective preventative care to, as well as assess, educate, and treat patients with cardiopulmonary deficiencies.

Practices Respiratory Care under medical direction across the health care continuum. Develops and implements effective care plans, patient-driven protocols, disease-based clinical pathways, and disease management programs according to evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Provides Respiratory Care using a Family Centered Approach.

Assesses individualized patient cardiopulmonary needs and communicates them to the care team.

Embraces the interdisciplinary care model and stays aware of changes, participating in data collection or auditing, understanding Quality Improvement, and representing staff at relevant staff meetings and then reporting information and updates back to staff.

Education Requirement:

Associate's or Bachelor's Degree from CoARC-accredited Respiratory Care program, required.

Licensure Requirement:

Registered Respiratory Therapist by the National Board for Respiratory Care, required.

Current Ohio license to practice respiratory care, required.

Certifications:

AHA BLS, required.

Current PALS or NRP certification may be required depending on unit of hire.

Additional certifications may be required after hire.

Skills:

Critical thinking and patient or environment assessment skills.

Effective communication and interpersonal skills required in interactions with patients and parents, and hospital staff.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Biohazard waste, Chemicals/Medications, Flexing/extending of neck, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 41-60 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 61-100 lbs, Machinery, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 100 lbs or greater with assistance, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 41-60 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 61-100 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Squat/kneel

FREQUENTLY: Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Climb stairs/ladder, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Computer skills, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Patient Equipment, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Seeing - Far/near

Accountability - Basic Understanding (Meets Expectations), Accuracy and Attention to Detail - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Associate's Degree, C107 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - Various Issuers, Clinical Laboratory Testing - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Continuous Learning - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Decision Making and Critical Thinking - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Effective Communications - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Health Counseling - Working Knowledge (Meets Expectations), Health Information Documentation - HNU - Working Know