Respiratory Therapist

2 weeks ago

Crossville, Tennessee, United States Covenant Health (Tennessee) Full time
Job Summary

Covenant Health (Tennessee) is seeking a skilled Respiratory Therapist to join our team at Cumberland Medical Center. As a Respiratory Therapist, you will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care, working collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team to ensure the best possible outcomes for our patients.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide respiratory care to patients with respiratory insufficiency and related complications
  • Function as part of the direct patient care team to provide overall quality care and serve as a resource and specialist to patients, all patient care givers, and physicians
  • Demonstrate respiratory care competency of critical and clinical skills on an annual basis
  • Demonstrate the ability to be flexible, handle multiple assignments, balance priorities, and make decisions quickly and function under stressful situations
  • Demonstrate the ability to perform all aspects of respiratory therapy to include age-specific and related patient care in a safe and competent manner
  • Demonstrate skill in emergency situations based on department standards, policies, procedures, and protocols, assumes a leadership role in emergency situations
  • Demonstrate the ability to assess, identify, and treat patient health conditions as established by organizational and departmental policies and procedures
  • Demonstrate the ability to make safe, effective, and competent decisions regarding individual patient care, express sound judgment
  • Demonstrate the ability to provide appropriate communication to nursing personnel and/or physicians, and other hospital staff as necessary
  • Demonstrate competency/proficiency in mechanical ventilation, CPAP, and BiPAP skills to include current modes of ventilation, indications for use, and calculations of necessary data
  • Demonstrate competency/proficiency in the performance of arterial blood gases and analysis per department policy and procedure
  • Perform assigned tasks and use equipment with skill and accuracy
  • Participate in performance improvement activities by making suggestions for unit/organizational improvements, data collection activities, and data analysis as appropriate
  • Documentation and charges are complete, accurate, timely, and legible
  • Complete Quality Control procedures and documentation required by regulatory agencies, medical center, and department policy
  • Maintain all equipment in a clean and functioning order, responsible for location and inventory of any RT equipment utilized on a routine basis
  • Assist with the orientation and training of newly hired respiratory employees and precept the respiratory students
  • Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards, complete required education assignments annually, work toward achieving goals and objectives, and participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested
Requirements
  • Valid CRT Credential by the National Board for Respiratory Care
  • Licensed as a Certified Respiratory Therapist by the State of Tennessee Health Related Boards with ABG endorsement
  • Current work-permit acceptable per state regulations
  • CPR required

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