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Respiratory Therapist Lead

2 months ago


South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Advocate Aurora Health Full time
Job Summary

Advocate Aurora Health is seeking a highly skilled Respiratory Therapist Lead to join our team in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with leadership to plan and manage operations, ensuring patient safety, quality outcomes, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Work effectively in multidisciplinary teams to support site and/or organizational goals.
  • Oversee respiratory therapists' day-to-day operations and serve as a clinical resource.
  • Act as a resource for respiratory therapy processes, utilizing skills such as pulmonary diagnostics, chest radiograph, hemodynamic values, laboratory values, and correlates blood gases and electrolytes.
  • Operate specialized ventilators in critical and non-critical care venues.
  • Provide medication treatments and therapies per physician order and/or patient-driven respiratory protocols (PDRPs) as prescribed.
  • Clean, maintain, and ensure proper functionality of equipment.
  • Educate and instruct patients in purpose, technique, self-care, goal of therapy, and disease management.
  • Collaborate with other departments to provide education on managing patients.
  • Under physician direction, 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.
  • Promote a culture of safety by recognizing and applying proper safety measures to prevent patient harm.
  • Report patient safety events and near misses in a timely manner.
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).
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).
  • Associate's Degree in Respiratory Therapy.
  • Typically requires 3 years of experience in Respiratory Care.
  • Effective organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
  • Problem-solving and decision-making for patient care and equipment use.
  • Basic computer skills.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
  • Operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.
  • Lift 50 lb. object from knee to waist.
  • Lift 50 lb. from floor to waist height occasionally.
  • Lift 40 lb. at waist height and carry it across various distances.
  • Lift 20 lb. from waist to overhead.
  • Push/pull while utilizing 30# of force occasionally for long distances.
  • Stand-pivot transfer from bed to chair.
  • Sliding transfer of 150 lbs. person on a sheet across 2 feet with a second person.
  • Utilize safe body mechanics at all times.