Respiratory Therapist
19 hours ago
St. Croix Health is seeking a part-time Respiratory Care Practitioner to join our Respiratory Care Department.
Job Summary:The Respiratory Care Practitioner is responsible for delivering high-quality patient care by assessing, treating, and caring for patients with breathing disorders. This includes performing cardiopulmonary diagnostics, therapeutic procedures, and assessments, as well as educating patients and their families about their conditions and teaching appropriate disease management techniques.
Key Responsibilities:- Deliver patient treatment by assessing, treating, and caring for patients with breathing disorders, including initiating and conducting therapeutic procedures.
- Provide emergency care, such as artificial respiration, external cardiac massage, or assistance with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
- Monitor patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, or blood chemistry changes, consult with physician if adverse reaction occurs.
- Read prescription, measure arterial blood gases, and review patient information to assess patient condition.
- Explain treatment procedures to patients to gain cooperation and allay fears.
- Make emergency visits to resolve equipment problems.
- Determine requirements for treatment, such as type, method, and duration of therapy, precautions to be taken, or medication and dosages, compatible with physicians' orders.
- Educate patients and their families about their conditions and teach appropriate disease management techniques, such as breathing exercises or the use of medications or respiratory equipment.
- Perform pulmonary function testing to evaluate patients' respiratory status. Ensure that pulmonary function equipment is functioning, recognizes when repairs are needed.
- Assist with endotracheal intubation to maintain open airways for patients who are unable to breathe on their own.
- Set up and operate devices, such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, or aerosol generators, following specified parameters of treatment.
- Inspect, clean, test, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.
- Maintains charts that contain patients; pertinent identification and therapy information.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to deliver quality patient care.
- Collect arterial blood gases to assist in patient assessment. Relay blood analysis results to a physician.
- Enforce safety rules and ensure careful adherence to physicians' orders.
- Additional responsibilities include calling and scheduling patients, working with vendors to obtain Durable Medical Equipment (DME) for patients, and teaching respiratory modalities to other team members outside of Respiratory Care Department.
National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) credentialed, registry preferred. Current WI License required. BLS required. ACLS, preferred. NRP, preferred. Minimum one year experience preferred.
St. Croix Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer a robust benefits package, including health, vision, and dental insurance, 403b retirement program with employer match, paid time off, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance options, education reimbursement, employee assistance program (EAP), wellbeing incentive program, free parking, and employee prescription discount program.
St. Croix Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system located in St. Croix Falls, WI dedicated to helping people live healthier, happier, and longer lives. We offer the services of 80+ providers and 20 specialties with five community clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin all supported by a critical access hospital on the main campus in St. Croix Falls, just an hour northeast of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Nestled in the bluffs of the St. Croix River Valley, St. Croix Falls is the ideal place to work, live, and play.
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