Respiratory Therapist – PRN

p class="MsoNormal"Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester an 18 minute drive from Lexington, KY is searching for a Respiratory Therapist to join our hospital and work within our Radiology department.  This is a variable PRN position and you would be a member of a highly skilled and professional team of Respiratory Therapists, RNs, Rad Techs, CT Techs, ultrasound techs, echo techs, and more.  Your current state licensure for CRTT or RTT, educational program completion of an accredited respiratory care program, and current BLS certification are the minimum requirements.!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" /--/p p class="MsoNormal" /p p class="MsoNormal"Why join Clark Regional?  As an organization we are committed to serving the needs of our community and our region with exceptional quality care and we are passionately focused on our patients.  We consider quality more than just a set of clinical criteria. It is a way of life for us, encompassing everything we do. It incorporates how we care for patients, how we ensure the health and safety of each of our employees and how we contribute to the health of our community.  We have begun to develop a strong reputation for quality so we are continuing to see referrals increase as people choose Clark Regional. This is an exciting time to join us as we continue to grow and expand into a 3suprd/sup building.  /p p class="MsoNormal" /p p class="MsoNormal"Job Responsibilities/p p class="MsoNormal" /p p class="MsoNoSpacing"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..0}--Providing respiratory therapeutics and cardiopulmonary diagnostics to all age groups according to established guidelines, policies and procedures/p p class="MsoNoSpacing"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..1}--Utilizing assessment, intervention and evaluation to plan appropriate age specific care to inpatients and outpatients/p p class="MsoNoSpacing"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..2}--Participating with other healthcare providers to ensure plan of care is interdisciplinary and the customers are educated appropriately/pbr p class="MsoNoSpacing"Requirements!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" /--/p p class="MsoNoSpacing" /p p class="MsoNormal"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..0}--High school graduate required /p p class="MsoNormal"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..1}--Graduate of an accredited respiratory care program/p p class="MsoNormal"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..2}--Current State licensure for CRTT or RTT/p p class="MsoNormal"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..3}--BLS required/p p class="MsoNormal"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..4}--ACLS, PALS and NRP or within 6 months of hire date/p p class="MsoNormal"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..5}--1 year experience as a respiratory therapist b/b/p p class="MsoNormal"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..6}--Experience with critical care patients, ventilators, ABG interpretation, PFT performance, and Stress Tests preferredb/b/p p class="MsoNormal"font face="symbol"·spanfont face=""times new roman""font size="7"         /font/font/span/font!--{PS..7}--Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.   Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action. /p p class="MsoNormal" /p p class="MsoNormal"Join us!  Come and see why Clark Regional has been voted a Best Place to Work in Kentucky and a Becker’s top 150.  Learn why our Duke Quality Affiliation is a testament to our core beliefs of patients and quality care first.  We are conveniently located right off the interstate in a completely new facility./p p class="MsoNormal" /p p class="MsoNormal"Apply directly to this job posting and we will reach out to you.  We look forward to connecting with you!/p