Respiratory Care Specialist

8 hours ago


SaintBrieuc, Bretagne, United States Inova Health System Full time
Job Summary

Inova Health System is seeking a skilled Respiratory Therapist to join our team. As a Respiratory Therapist, you will play a critical role in providing high-quality patient care and contributing to the success of our healthcare organization.

Key Responsibilities
  • Administer basic respiratory care therapeutics and diagnostic services with skill and proficiency.
  • Integrate knowledge, skills, and experience to promote optimum patient care.
  • Work effectively and appropriately communicating with other healthcare team members, patients, and/or families as needed.
  • Utilize standards, guidelines, protocols, and pathways for optimal care delivery, while incorporating data and information to continually improve care and practice to enhance outcomes.
Job Responsibilities
  • Perform basic clinical assessments (i.e. pulse rate, respiratory rate, breath sounds, cough/sputum, chest wall/movement, perceived work of breathing, etc.) of the cardiopulmonary system with a moderate degree of accuracy.
  • Administer basic respiratory therapeutic interventions (i.e. gas/humidity therapy, bronchial hygiene, CPT, lung inflation, airway management, manual ventilation, resuscitation and medicated aerosol) with moderate proficiency and occasional supervision.
  • Establish and manage basic mechanical ventilation with the most commonly used ventilators with moderate proficiency and occasional supervision.
  • Perform weaning mechanics as ordered with high proficiency in more than 90 percent of ventilator patients cared for. Review the need for continuing ventilator support (i.e. spontaneous breathing trail, weaning) in more than 90 percent of the ventilator patients cared for on a daily basis.
  • Collect specimens and perform basic diagnostic testing (e.g. EKG, sputum collection, bedside spirometry) with moderate proficiency and occasional supervision.
  • Display a moderate degree of accuracy in the interpretation of basic diagnostic and monitoring data (e.g. spirometry, CXR, culture and sensitivity, blood gases) in the majority of the patients cared for.
  • Formulate basic plans of care based on diagnostic data, responses to therapy and the physiologic profiles of patients cared for. Use effective time management in work organization and triaging.
  • Document more than 95 percent of care provided with a high degree of accuracy in 100 percent of patients cared for. Document according to protocols and/or charting templates. Does not receive more than one substantiated documented error after initial instruction or correction to documentation.
  • Provide basic educational training to patients and/or family members as appropriate. Document events in the educational section of the electronic medical record.
  • Consistently communicate accurate therapeutic and patient information to healthcare team members on the care plan and does so in a manner consistent with Inova Health System standards and per patient driven protocols.
  • Apply departmental protocols and clinical practice guidelines when indicated and does so with minimal to moderate supervision. Routinely apply new techniques and procedures with a moderate to high proficiency within 30 – 60 days of training/orientation.
  • Understand the basics of the Quality Improvement (QI) process and can list the primary QI indicators being followed within the department.
  • Record data for the QI processes within the department (i.e. SBT screening, ARDS/ALI screening, PDP bronchodilator assessment).
  • May perform additional duties as assigned.
Requirements
  • Certification - Certified Respiratory Therapist / Basic Life Support; Eligible to sit for the National Board of Respiratory Care Advanced Practitioner exam (Registered Respiratory Therapist); Certified Respiratory Therapist by the National Board of Respiratory Care
  • Licensure - Licensed Respiratory Therapist Upon Start RT licensed, and eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Experience - Not required
  • Education - Respiratory Therapy Graduate of an accredited CoARC (The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care) respiratory care program


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