Respiratory Therapist Reg

Overview: p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222;"We are offering a $5,000 Sign On Bonus to new hires that meet the eligibility requirements. /span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"St. Luke’s Health - Memorial Hospital in Livingston, TX,  is located just off Highway 59 south. The 66-bed hospital provides more than 60,000 patient services each year, with half of those services being offered in the Level 4 Trauma-Designated Emergency Department. Services offered include, Orthopedic care, Women’s Services, and a state-of-the-art Sleep Center. Imaging services include MRI, CT scan, nuclear medicine scans, 4D Ultrasound, cardiac echocardiograms, fluoroscopy, bone density scanning and 3D mammography./span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" /span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" /span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"strongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000;"We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:/span/strong/pul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Health/Dental/Vision Insurance/span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Flexible spending accounts/span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Paid Time Off (PTO) /span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Tuition Assistance for career growth and development/span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Matching Retirement Programs /span/lili style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 11pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Wellness Programs/span/li/ul Responsibilities: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Provides care to those suffering from acute and chronic respiratory problems. This care includes treatment, management, control, and diagnostic evaluation of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"br /span style="font-size: 10pt;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/span/strong/spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"1. Administering therapy modalities which include, but are not limited to, Hand held Nebulizer (HHN), HHN via metered dose inhaler (HHN/MDI), Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV), Chest Physical Therapy (CPT), Pentamidine therapy. Medication administration may be included during these therapy modalities/spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"2. Administering medical gas therapy including oxygen and Helium-Oxygen Therapy (HeO2)./spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"3. Performing ventilation therapies, including maintenance and management of life support systems. These therapies are comprised of non-invasive and invasive ventilation therapies, as well as transport of ventilator patients to diagnostic procedures /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"4. Performs physiological monitoring and diagnostic testing including, ABG puncture, bronchoscopy assistance, pulmonary function testing, bedside PFT's, metabolic monitoring, apnea monitoring, transcutaneous monitoring, capnography, and pulse oximetry and sleep apnea assessment./spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"5. Performs specialized procedures which including but are not limited to, CPR, bronchial lavage, transport, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, artificial and tracheostomy airway care, and body mechanics/ambulation. Permanent or temporary assignment may be made to the Pulmonary Function Lab to perform diagnostic procedures to identify and quantify dysfunction by spirometry, gas diffusion, and body plethysmography./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"6. Documenting all patient care accurately and completely in the required departmental documentation system./spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"7. Serve as resource to certified respiratory therapists, preceptor for new employees, and respiratory care students./spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"8. May serve as charge therapist in running the shift in absence of the supervisor./spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"9. Cleans and assembles equipment, and ensures supply stock levels to meet patient care commitments./spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"10. Educates and instructs patient, patient's family, and team members on therapeutic and diagnostic procedures to ensure excellent communication to all customers./spanbr /span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"11. Participates in hospital/departmental quality projects that enhance their skills and patient care outcomes./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"emThe job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned./em/span/p Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"strongEducation Required: /strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"HS/GED completion of a respiratory care degree program/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"strongLicensure and Certifications Required:/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"span style="color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Licensed as a Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) through the Texas Medical Board /spanspan style="color: #000000; font-weight: 400;" /span/spanspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"span style="color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) through the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)/span/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Based on location assignment may also require BLS/ACLS/PALS/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"strongExperience Required:br //strongNone/span/p