Respiratory Care Practitioner, RRT​/Sleep Technician, PRN

Overview

Respiratory Care Practitioner, RRT/ Sleep Technician, PRN at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
. The hospital provides advanced pediatric care and is ranked in all 10 specialties by U.S. News & World Report.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Streeterville, IL.

The Respiratory Care Practitioner/Sleep Technician performs comprehensive sleep testing analysis and evaluates respiratory related sleep disorders under general supervision.

• Monitors and maintains mechanical ventilator, continuous positive pressure devices, oxygen and humidity devices.
• Assesses patients and diagnostic data in order to adjust ventilator and positive airway pressure settings per protocol.
• Assesses and evaluates the patient’s respiratory care in consultation with physicians, nurses and other health care personnel.
• Possesses adept clinical skill in manipulating ventilators and positive airway pressure equipment.
• Troubleshoots basic ventilator and positive airway pressure equipment.
• Scores sleep/wake stages and scoring clinical events (such as respiratory events cardiac events, limb movements, arousals, etc.) utilizing AASM standards.
• Generates accurate reports by tabulating sleep/wake and clinical event data.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and ability to work with minimal supervision to analyze complex situations and applies policy.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress through continuous observation and assessment of responses to interventions.
• Maintains continuing education requirements for credential by reviewing literature and attending continuing education meeting and seminars.
• Responds to sleep patients’ procedural-related inquiries by providing appropriate education utilizing sleep center protocols.
• Calibrates, maintains, and troubleshoots equipment. Selects amplifier settings, obtains quality data, and analyzes data during recordings.
• Performs data acquisition while monitoring study-tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact-free. Identifies, corrects and documents artifact.
• Implements appropriate interventions (including actions necessary for patient safety and therapeutic intervention such as positive airway pressure, oxygen administration, etc.).
• Performs job functions adhering to service principles with customer service focus of innovation, service excellence and teamwork to provide the highest quality care and service to our patients, families, co-workers and others.
• Performs other job functions as assigned.

• Graduate of a CoARC accredited associates degree program in respiratory care required.
• Current licensure as a Respiratory Care Practitioner in the State of Illinois required.
• Active RRT Credential (Registered Respiratory Therapist) from the National Board of Respiratory Care, in good standing.
• RPSGT (Registered Polysomnographic Technologist) from the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) obtained within 1 year of employment required.
• PALS Certification within the first year of employment is required.
• Current BLS certification required through AHA.
• Demonstrated effective written and spoken communication skills.
• Ability to move machines and patient weighing in excess of 25 pounds.
• Ability to comply with the BRPT standards of Conduct.

Associate’s Degree in Respiratory Therapy (Required)

$34.00–$55.59 hourly

Medical, dental and vision insurance; employer paid group term life and disability; employer contribution toward Health Savings Account; flexible spending accounts; paid time off, paid holidays and paid parental leave; 403(b) with a 5% employer match.

Lurie Children’s and its affiliates are equal employment opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, order of protection status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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