Registered Respiratory Therapist - Palm Bay Nights

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY: To be fully engaged in providing No Harm / Quality, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: showing clinical proficiency in the adult and/or neonatal critical care areas. He/she should have a thorough understanding of all respiratory care modalities and be capable of making judgment decisions and recommendations to physicians pertaining to respiratory care modalities. He/she should also be able to evaluate these techniques and report their findings to the responsible physician.

Display ICARE Values in accordance with the Health First Mission and Vision.

Quality/No Harm:

• Documents care according to policy by random check.
• Provides correct procedure to correct patient by checking two patient identifiers.
• Maintains equipment in good working order and troubleshoots when necessary;
• reports all malfunctioning equipment to appropriate area/associate with documentation of problem.
• Maintains a clean, neat, safe work environment at all times.
• Thorough documentation, including patient care, interdisciplinary Plan of Care, patient education, and charges appropriately for care provided.
• Completes shift duties and other assigned tasks in a timely manner.
• Gives report to oncoming shift on all patients and procedures, and assures completion of workload before leaving.
• Medication safety- removes only one patient s medication at a time from Pyxis system.
• Patient identification
  - Uses Pyxis med slip to appropriately identify two patient identifiers.
• Hand-off communication - reads back/verifies all verbal and telephone orders, reports patient information to the appropriate associate in a timely manner, follows established approach to reporting including an opportunity to ask and respond to questions.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Educated to report any safety opportunities to the Health First Safety Portal.
• Responds to Stat calls within appropriate time frame with proper equipment.
• Completes shift duties and other assigned tasks on time.
• Follows proper infection control procedures for care provided, and proper hand washing technique.
• Initiate and manage invasive and non-invasive ventilation per physicians  orders, including troubleshooting and discontinuation. This includes BiPAP, CPAP, and all modes of mechanical ventilation.
• 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.
• Demonstrate knowledge and ability to perform emergent intubation, elective oral and nasal intubations.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to perform arterial line insertions.
• Ability to initiate, troubleshoot, and manage IABP modalities.
• Proficiency in SVO2 monitoring and calibrations.
• Ability to pull IABP catheters according to policy. (if applicable)
• Ability to perform bedside pulmonary function testing.
• Ability to observe and interpret hemodynamic monitoring and cardiac arrhythmias.
• Ability to auscultate and assess breath sounds.
• Additional skill checks and competency may include ECG
• Participates in department education/committees/skills fairs as needed at managers/directors discretion.

Customer

Experience:

• Communicates effectively to educate patients, family and staff on Respiratory Care procedures.
• Maintains confidentiality in all dealings with patients and staff.
• Participates in patient experience initiatives.
• Attend staff meetings/in-services as required. Reads and signs off on all staff meeting minutes as required.

Stewardship:

• Charges appropriately for care provided.
• Be a good steward of all hospital equipment and supplies

Work Experience

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED:

• Current license by State of Florida, Department of Health, as a Registered Respiratory Therapist.
• Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.
• ACLS and PALS are required within 90 days of start date and maintained.
• Certification(s) as required by specific unit.
• Must have good communication and interpersonal…