Respiratory Therapist Certified

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 $10,000 Sign On Bonus to new hires that meet the eligibility requirements. /span/strong/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222; font-weight: 400;" /span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222; font-weight: 400;"St. Luke's Health - Memorial Hospital in Lufkin, TX, paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas. With hospitals in Lufkin, Livingston, and San Augustine, St. Luke’s Health provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. Our facility is a collaboration between St. Luke’s Health and a team of specialized physicians focused on General and Interventional Cardiology, Sports Medicine, and Orthopedics, including Total Joint Replacement and Spine Care./span/pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222; 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-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #222222; font-weight: 400;" /span/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-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Under the guidance of the Market Director of Respiratory Services, established departmental policies and procedures, and specific instructions, the Certified Respiratory Therapist provides care to those suffering from acute and chronic respiratory problems. Maintains patient safety through attention to detail, equipment safety checks, adherence to department policies, and effective communication with physicians, staff and patients. Provides patient orientation, procedure explanation, and pre and post diagnostic care to completion of test. Assists patients with basic patient care needs. /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"strongspan style="color: #000000;"Position Responsibilities:/span/strong/span/pol style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Delivers care to individuals in all age categories including geriatric adult and adolescents and  acts as a physician's assistant in consulting on specific patient care for respiratory therapy procedures./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Practices the profession of Respiratory Care as a member of the healthcare team in a manner for which the main consideration is the patients, physicians, peers, visitors and other professionals./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Works in all patient care areas including critical and non-critical locations/span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Works to reflect the highest achievable quality as defined by departmental and professional standards./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with CHI St Luke’s Health Memorial Mission Vision. /span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Participates in hospital/departmental quality projects that enhance their skills and patient care outcomes./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Participates in hospital/departmental educational programs as required./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Accountable for certifications and records required for job./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Will represent CHI St. Luke’s Health in physician, community relations and vendors in a professional/accountable manner./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Administers therapy modalities which include, Hand held Nebulizer (HHN), HHN via metered dose inhaler (HHN/MDI), Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV), Chest Physical Therapy (CPT), Pentamidine therapy./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Administers medical gas therapy including oxygen and Helium-Oxygen Therapy (HeO2. /span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Performs ventilation therapies, including maintenance and management of life support systems, comprised of non-invasive and invasive ventilation therapies, as well as transport of ventilator patients to diagnostic procedures./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Performs physiological monitoring and diagnostic testing including, ABG puncture, bronchoscopy assistance, apnea monitoring, capnography, and pulse oximetry./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Performs specialized procedures which include CPR, bronchial lavage, transport, artificial and tracheostomy airway care, and ambulation./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Documents all patient care accurately and completely in the required departmental documentation system./span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Serves as resource to respiratory therapists, preceptor for new employees, and respiratory care students./span/li/ol Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Education Required/span/strong/pul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"span style="color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"High School Diploma/GED/span/span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Completion of a Respiratory Care Degree Program, which is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"Licensure Required/span/strong/pul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"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) by the Texas Medical Board (TMB/span/span/li/ulul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Noto Sans Symbols',sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"span style="color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) with the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)/span/span/lili style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"span style="color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"BLS certification (through an approved AHA program/span/span/li/ulul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"li style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400; margin-left: -18pt;" aria-level="1"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"span style="color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"ACLS certification (through an approved AHA program) /spanspan style="color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"*Must be obtained within 90 days of hire /or transfer into position/span/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"strongspan style="color: #000000;"Work Experience Required/span/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: 400;"None/span/p