Reg Respiratory Therapist Float Pool

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Edgewood, Kentucky time type:
Part time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR309188
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** Regular
* * Scheduled

Hours:

** 24
* * Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare
** zabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork.

Our associates are the heart of everything we do.
** Benefits That Support You
** We invest in you — personally and professionally.

Enjoy:  - Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.  - Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules  - Retirement savings with employer match  - Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities  - Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs  - Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility
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* Job Summary:

** The system float pool (SFP) registered respiratory therapist is responsible to float when placed to all needed SEH facilities for respiratory services. Upon physician’s orders, assesses patients’ pulmonary status, determines appropriateness of orders and administers various modes supportive or restorative of therapy, with or without medical gases or pharmacological agents to restore normal cardio-pulmonary function. Upon physicians’ orders conducts various cardio-pulmonary diagnostic tests to determine existence or extent of cardio-pulmonary disease.
The SFP Respiratory Therapist will be hired in at level 3 for the system wide float pool with the expectation to work ANY SHIFT 144 hours per 6 weeks (24 hrs./week) 48 hours of the 144 hours must be weekend hours. These Respiratory Therapists are not boarded in hours and will be called off first in the event of low census if unable to pull to another area in the healthcare system.
Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
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* Job Description:

*** Administers safe, effective respiratory treatments, and effective medical gas therapy consistent with current standards of practice, to restore normal cardio-pulmonary function.
* Maintains equipment and supplies to ensure decontamination, disinfection, sterilization of supplies.
* Maintenance of a clean, safe and organized work environment.
* Follows work related duties in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
* Completes all required safety, infection control and age specific programs as prescribed.
* Documents and communicates effects and effectiveness of therapy administered to ensure continuity of care between other members of the health care team.
* Uses background knowledge and clinical skill to mentor students from clinical affiliates.
* Uses background knowledge and clinical skills to assess patients’ cardiopulmonary status to implement a Respiratory Care Plan is appropriate for the patient’s age groups.
* Compares ordered therapy to patients' cardio-pulmonary status recommending, when necessary, more appropriate, more cost effective or less invasive therapy to achieve the therapeutic objective.
* Explains the purpose and benefits of ordered therapy, teaching the patient proper therapy techniques, to elicit patient cooperation and insure effective therapy.
* Initiates and maintains cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (BLS).
** Personal Development
*** Takes responsibility for self-development by acquiring skills and sharing experiences which support organizational/ department objectives.
* ** Pursues excellence and service, demonstrates desire and effort to be a continuous learner as evidenced by the following:
*** Identifies personal goals and objectives annually as a part of performance appraisal. Completes Federal, State…