Respiratory Therapist
Additional Information
Department : CSH Respiratory Care
Hours per week : 36, eligible for benefits
Shift : 12-hour shifts, weekends and holidays will be required.
Qualifications
Education : Associate degree in Respiratory Therapy / Care is required at the time of hire. Bachelor’s degree in preferred.
Experience : Minimum of one (1) year experience delivering respiratory therapy / care
Certification(s) :
Certification as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC)
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers from the American Heart Association
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required within 90 days of hire
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) for Healthcare Providers from the American Heart Association required within 90 days of hire if working in Medical / Surgical and / or Emergency Department
Achievement and maintenance of a National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) credentialed as a Neonatal / Pediatric Respiratory Care Specialist (RRT-NPS) or Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT) if working in an Ambulatory setting preferred.
Licensure(s) : State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) Respiratory Therapist license
Responsibilities
POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE
- Neonate -
- Infancy - >
30 days to 1yr
Toddlers - >
1yr to 3yrs
Pre-Schoolers - >
3yrs to 5yrs
School age - >
5yrs to 13yrs
Adolescent - >
13yrs to 18yrs
Adult - >
18yrs to 65yrs
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- In an Ambulatory setting, performs all Respiratory diagnostics to include but not limited to Pulmonary Function Testing (spirometry, lung volumes, helium-dilution, DLCO), Bronchoprovocation-Exercise Induced and Methacholine Challenges), Impulse oscillometry, Bronchoscopy Assist, Respiratory Education / care coordination.
- Role models and coaches patient and family care needs through assessing changes in patient outcomes / clinic needs in the provision of care, within scope of practice.
- Identifies and works to removes barriers in order to promote communication and advocacy of patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient / family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to coordinate individualized care and education for patients / families.
- Follows departmental or organizational practices and procedures that support effective teamwork.
- Participates in safety and quality of care projects and disseminates and incorporates into team setting.
- Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance.
- Integrates best current evidence with clinical knowledge and patient / family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
- Identifies need for and / or participates in the development or revision of organizational or departmental policies, procedures or practice guidelines in comparison with evidence based clinical practice.
- Communicates the standard of care practices from applicable professional organization and / or association.
- Identifies gaps in best practice and participates in the implementation of unit, division or organizational quality improvement;
and participates with the interdisciplinary team to improve quality and safety outcomes.
- Analyzes information and technology of patient, unit or organization outcomes to partner and foster communication, clinical decision making, error prevention, and care coordination.
- Uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.
- Maintains membership of a respiratory or professional healthcare organization as required to maintain credential.
- Participates in education by precepting and educating orientees, students, peers.
Other Information
SCOPE AND LEVEL
- Guidelines : Guidelines are generally but not always clearly applicable, requiring the employee to exercise judgment in selecting the most pertinent guideline, interpret precedents, adapt standard practices to differing situations, and recommend alternative actions in situations without precedent.
- Complexity : Duties assigned are generally complex and may be of substantial intricacy. Work assignment is performed within an established framework under general instructions but requires simultaneous coordination of assigned functions or projects in various stages of completion.
- Decision Making : Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.
- Communications : Contacts with the public or employees where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, defended, and gathered and discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.
- Supervision Received : Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Under general supervision, the employee receives assignments and is expected to carry them through to completion with substantial independence.
Work is reviewed for adherence to instructions, accuracy, completeness, and conformance to standard practice or precedent.
Recurring work clearly covered by guidelines may or may not be reviewed.
Physical Requirements
Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job
Body Movement : Will frequently stand / walk up to 12 hours per day. Will frequently use hands while keyboarding and writing.
Will frequently sit up to 2-4 hours per day while accessing computer, talking on the telephone, and while attending meetings.
- Back and Upper Body (lifting and carrying) : Will occasionally lift / force exerted up to 35 pounds / 16 kilos.
- Vision : Constantly uses sight in performance for daily job duties.
- Hearing : Constantly uses hearing in performance for daily job duties.
- Others : Able to assist or assume direct patient care as census directly permits. Exposure to unsteady or falling patient : In the course of transferring a patient, may encounter a patient who falls or loses balance, causing employee to fall and / or bear the full weight of a patient.
Work Environment
- Exposure : Exposure to blood / body fluid : Regular / Frequent.
- Exposure : Exposure to heights : Occasional.
- Exposure : Exposure to infectious diseases : Frequent.
- Exposure : Exposure to lung irritations : Occasional.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements : Independent discretion / decision making.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements : Makes decisions under pressure.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements : Manages stress appropriately.
- Mental and Emotional Requirements : Works with others effectively.
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