Respiratory Therapist – Cardiopulmonary

At Powell Valley Healthcare, providing quality healthcare to our community is our top priority. We are located in the heart of Powell, Wyoming; just 25 miles outside of Cody. We believe in creating positive and safe environments for both our patients and our staff. Being part of our organization means becoming a cornerstone in the patient experience and their care.

Here at PVHC, we offer a wide array of benefits in a way that allows you to choose options and build a package that works best for you. Some of the benefits we offer include:

• Health, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Long term disability coverage
• PTO – New employees accrue the equivalent of up to twenty days of PTO withing their first calendar year
• EIB (Extended Illness Bank) – Our version of accrued sick leave
• Nine paid holidays which includes two personal holidays
• Tuition Savings Plan
• Opportunities to cash out PTO for personal use, student loan payments, and in-house medical bills
• Tuition reimbursement – up to $5,000 per year
• Fun to be Fit program and Club Dauntless Membership Discount
• HRA – Flex spending accounts

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the direction and supervision of the Director of Cardiopulmonary Services, and in compliance with Federal, State regulations, and Powell Valley Healthcare (PVHC) policy and procedure, the Respiratory Therapist will provide respiratory therapy services, electrocardiograms (ECG), cardiac stress testing, Holter monitoring, event monitoring, cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, tobacco cessation counseling, pulmonary function testing (PFT), and other clinical respiratory services, on a 24 hour basis, 365 days a year.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Appropriately perform inpatient and outpatient electrocardiograms (ECG), Holter monitoring, cardiac stress testing, pulmonary function testing (PFT), six-minute walk testing (6
  
  MWT), tobacco cessation counseling, overnight oximetry, and home sleep testing as prescribed.
• When assigned, instruct and monitor cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation patients during exercise sessions and provide patient education along with complete, timely, and accurate documentation.
• Evaluate patient orders for cardiopulmonary services to ensure they meet necessary requirements prior to scheduling or providing treatment. Assist with answering phone calls, call-backs, scheduling outpatients, and obtaining prior authorizations for cardiopulmonary services when necessary. Rotate inpatient and outpatient assignments regularly with other staff members to help ensure routine exposure to all areas of Respiratory Therapy. Obtain all required documentation, input all necessary documents and data into patient’s electronic medical record (EMR).
• Perform routine daily respiratory therapy treatments as ordered by the physician and provide complete, timely, and accurate documentation.
• Evaluate and treat cardiopulmonary patients and make recommendations to Physicians and Medical Director as appropriate.
• Perform oxygen rounds to evaluate patients, oxygen saturation, liter flow, assure proper usage/equipment and provide complete, timely, and accurate documentation
• Provide airway and ventilator management to emergency/critical care patients
• Maintain appropriate levels of equipment and supplies for the department including O2 tanks.
• Disassemble, clean, disinfect, reassemble then bag and tag equipment as necessary.
• Document and complete daily charges for patients receiving cardiopulmonary therapy, interventions, and rehabilitation services. Complete charting and corrections in a timely manner. Check email regularly and respond as appropriate.
• During the assigned shift and when on-call, RT will respond to all calls for cardiopulmonary assistance, code blue, trauma level 1, code stroke, emergency and…