Respiratory Therapist

2 weeks ago

Elgin, Illinois, United States Advocate Aurora Health Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Respiratory Therapist to join our team at Advocate Aurora Health. As a Respiratory Therapist, you will be responsible for providing and coordinating comprehensive respiratory care to patients. This includes administering respiratory care procedures and modalities in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. You will use evidence-based practices, clinical decision making, and skilled communication to create a safe and supportive patient environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilize respiratory therapy processes to support patient assessment, including pulmonary diagnostics, chest radiographs, hemodynamic values, laboratory values, and correlates blood gases and electrolytes.
• Operate specialized ventilators in critical and non-critical care venues, and assist physicians with bedside or other procedures as applicable to the facility.
• Provide medication treatments and therapies per physician order and/or patient-driven respiratory protocols as prescribed.
• Clean, maintain, and ensure proper functionality of equipment, troubleshoot as necessary, and identify the need for service and/or repair.
• Educate and instruct patients in purpose, technique, self-care, goal of therapy, and disease management.
• Facilitate clinical problem solving and collaborate with other departments to provide education on managing patients.
• Adapt and comply with policies and procedures for various service areas, perform tasks and/or special duties as required by assignment, and maintain performance standards and organizational behaviors.
• Demonstrate effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution skills, providing clear, concise, timely, and accurate patient handoff.
• Promote a culture of safety by recognizing and applying proper safety measures to prevent patient harm, reporting patient safety events and near misses in a timely manner, and seeking to identify potential safety issues and assist in implementing corrective actions.
• Teach, educate, and precept new teammates, orientees, and students.

Requirements

• Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
• Active Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential issued by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) within 12 months or active Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) credential issued by the NBRC if credential received prior to January 1, 2023.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).
• See Education/Certification Addendum for any additional site-specific requirements.

About Advocate Aurora Health

Advocate Aurora Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience, and value-based care. We provide care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin. We are committed to providing equitable care for all and offer one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs.

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