RRT Job Melbourne area,Florida USA,Healthcare

Advanced Respiratory Therapist

The Advanced Respiratory Therapist performs respiratory care techniques in the adult and the neonatal critical care areas, administering respiratory care appropriate to the age of the patient. The Advanced Respiratory Therapist operates in all respiratory care modalities, making judgment decisions and recommendations to licensed practitioners in regard to respiratory care modalities. The Advanced Respiratory Therapist evaluates these techniques and reports their findings to the licensed practitioner.

The Advanced Respiratory Therapist functions as a resource for all Associates on respiratory care procedures, assisting with orientation and competency check off.

Primary Responsibilities:

Initiates and manages invasive and non-invasive ventilation per physicians' orders, including troubleshooting and discontinuation including BiPAP, CPAP, and all modes of mechanical ventilation.

Documents care according to Health First policies and procedures, via random check(s), completing shift duties and other assigned tasks in a timely manner, while maintaining confidentiality in all dealings with patients and Associates.

Provides exact procedure to correct patient by checking two patient identifiers, and charges appropriately for care provided.

Serves as a resource person for Respiratory Associates and for nursing regarding Respiratory Care therapeutics.

Maintains equipment in good working order and troubleshoots when necessary; reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate area with detailed documentation of problem.

Completes documentation, including patient care, interdisciplinary Plan of Care, patient education, and charges appropriately for care provided, ensuring to deliver report to oncoming shift on all patients regarding procedures, assuring completion of workload.

Removes only one patient's medication at a time from Pyxis system, and uses Pyxis med slip to appropriately identify two patient identifiers.

Reads back and verifies all verbal and telephone orders, reports patient information to the appropriate Associate in a timely manner, following established approach for reporting including an opportunity to ask and respond to questions.

Responds to ALL STAT, Code Blue, and Rapid Response calls within appropriate time frame with proper equipment, in the assigned building, and occasionally taking leadership role for Respiratory Therapy Associates.

Follows proper infection control procedures for care provided, and proper hand washing technique.

Mentors new respiratory therapists with intubations, A-lines, ventilators, and all respiratory modalities, assists with department performance measures when needed.

Participates in department education, committees, or skills fairs as required by leadership.

Work Experience:

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Associates degree in Health Sciences, or a relevant field.
Work Experience:

Three (3) years progressive clinical experience in an intensive care setting, with one (1) of those years in current facility.
Licensure:
Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) licensure in the State of Florida.
Certification:

Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) prior to start date and maintained.

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (AHA BLS) Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintained.

American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (AHA ACLS) Healthcare Provider Completion Card within ninety (90) days of start date and maintained.

American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support (AHA PALS) Healthcare Provider Completion Card within ninety (90) days of start date and maintained.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

Must meet all skill requirements of a Respiratory Therapist

Must have good communication and interpersonal skills

Must have good organizational skills and prioritizing skills

Ability to perform acute and intensive care functions for the adult/pediatric patient.

Demonstrate ability to interpret CXR for ETT, Pulmonary Artery, and IABP catheter placement, as well as the ability to interpret basic cardiac/pulmonary complications.

Demonstrates ability to initiate Heliox therapy;
Understands indications, contraindications, and complications.

Demonstrates ability to perform all procedures required for NICU, Labor & delivery, and nursery (if applicable- NICU core group).

Demonstrate ability to assemble all NICU equipment and enter settings as part of skills fair.

Ability to perform bedside pulmonary function testing.

Ability to initiate, troubleshoot, discontinue and manage IABP modalities.

Ability to pull IABP catheters according to policy (if applicable).

Required to help develop and teach annual skills fair.

Demonstrate knowledge and proficiency of emergent intubation, elective oral and nasal intubations.

Must perform minimum of two (2) intubations per year to maintain advanced status.

Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency with arterial line insertions.

Must perform minimum of (2)…