Respiratory Therapist

1 month ago

Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States Advocate Aurora Health Full time
Job Summary:

As a Respiratory Therapist at Advocate Aurora Health, you will play a vital role in providing comprehensive respiratory care to patients. You will administer respiratory care procedures and modalities in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. Using evidence-based practices, clinical decision making, and skilled communication, you will lead efforts to create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum.

Key Responsibilities:

Utilize respiratory therapy processes to support patient assessment, including pulmonary diagnostics, chest radiograph, hemodynamic values, laboratory values, and correlates blood gases and electrolytes.

Operate specialized ventilators in critical and non-critical care venues, assisting 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, troubleshooting as necessary and identifying 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.

Under physician direction, adapt and comply to 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.

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 the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois, Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama, and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience, and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise.

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