Registered Respiratory Therapist; Pulmonary Rehabilitation Part Time

About Christiana Care

Christiana Care is one of the Mid Atlantic's largest academic health care providers and consists of 3 campuses:
Wilmington, Newark and Union at Cecil County. Through our values of love and excellence, Christiana Care is consistently identified as a regional center of excellence for cardiology, cancer and women's health services and ranked by US News & World as Best Hospital. Christiana Care Earns Third Consecutive Apex Award for Excellence in Respiratory Care.

This role is for the respiratory therapist who is licensed, professional, competent, and assumes responsibility and accountability for providing respiratory therapy using a defined process in collaboration with the health care team. Coordinates the activities of the pulmonary rehabilitation patients including direct patient care, exercise and education, six-minute walk tests, oxygen determination, medication education and administration, and other respiratory scope of practice duties.

Shift: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays (no weekends, no holidays).

• Coordinate patient’s enrollment in program.
• Perform medical record review, admission interview, pulmonary and cardiovascular assessment and program orientation.
• Perform and document a clinical assessment of patients while in pulmonary rehab according to established standards.
• Initiate and follow a basic plan of care based on assessment and diagnosis.
• Supervise and provide therapy to patients during exercise sessions, and document care delivery in the medical record.
• Be aware of patient rights and protect the patient/family rights and confidentiality.
• Assess patient/family learning needs and carry out teaching measures on various topics relating to the practice and techniques of pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Communicate with and work on behalf of patients/families in a dignified, respectful manner to ensure effective implementation of the plan of care.
• Assist in the ongoing development of the pulmonary rehabilitation program.
• Participate in development of educational materials appropriate to be taught to patients and family.
• Demonstrate basic delegation skills to other personnel in a manner that optimizes patient care.
• Train, orient, and educate personnel as required.
• Assume an active role to keep informed about changes in policies, procedures and equipment, follow planned educational programs, and be willing to be taught, coached, and/or mentored by others.
• Comply with all departmental policies, procedures, and protocols to assure patient safety and program efficacy.
• Understand and follow universal precautions.
• Perform assigned work safely, adhering to established CCHS and departmental safety practices; report to supervisor, in a timely manner, any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and visitors.
• Interact with patients, families, co-workers, management, physicians, and ancillary department staff in a compassionate and humanistic manner, demonstrating empathy, sensitivity, patience, and mutual respect.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Graduate of a CoArC approved School of Respiratory Therapy;
Registered Respiratory Therapist with a minimum of two years of respiratory therapy experience.

Maintain active Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential. Maintain current BLS certification; ACLS preferred. Current AARC member preferred. Licensure in the state of Delaware required.