Advanced Respiratory Care Practitioner

Texas Children's Hospital•The Woodlands, TX

About The Position

The Advanced Respiratory Care Practitioner provides developmental and age-appropriate respiratory care to patients from neonates through adults. The role involves assessing patients, delivering treatments, providing ventilatory support, and collaborating with the healthcare team to support optimal patient outcomes. The practitioner works in accordance with physician orders, organizational policies, and guidelines, and performs department-specific specialty procedures while maintaining and evaluating respiratory care equipment. The practitioner documents patient assessments and care in medical records and electronic systems, reviews physician orders, contributes to care planning and physician rounds, and provides thorough shift handoffs. The role also includes educating patients and families, supporting staff orientation and student development, participating in committees or in-services, reporting safety concerns, and contributing to research and performance improvement activities. Successful candidates must undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is a free-standing pediatric hospital serving children and adolescents across more than 25 specialty care areas. Its facilities include an emergency center, outpatient exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms, acute care beds, and a pediatric intensive care unit.

Requirements

Technical diploma from a respiratory certification or registry program.
Respiratory Care Practitioner license from the State of Texas.
Registered Respiratory Therapist certification from the National Board for Respiratory Care.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree in respiratory care.
Bachelor’s degree in respiratory care.
Basic Life Support certification from an approved American Heart Association course provider.
One year of clinical experience in both critical and non-critical care areas.
Six months of experience in critical care.

Responsibilities

Assess patients and provide respiratory care according to physician orders, policies, and guidelines.
Administer medications, perform airway clearance techniques and pulmonary function testing, and provide ventilatory support.
Perform department-specific specialty procedures and maintain and evaluate respiratory care equipment.
Document assessments, treatments, patient orders, shift summaries, intubations, transports, and special procedures in medical records and electronic systems.
Review physician orders to confirm that they are current, appropriately authorized, and consistent with care delivered.
Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare team members; contribute to care planning and participate in physician rounds.
Provide thorough shift handoffs and accurately receive, document, and initiate verbal and telephone respiratory care orders.
Educate patients and families about respiratory treatments, participation in care, and home care needs, including medication delivery, airway clearance, and mechanical ventilation.
Support staff orientation and student development, and participate in at least one committee or in-service annually.
Report injuries, unsafe conditions, and unusual situations and complete related documentation.
Participate in research, clinical studies, and performance improvement activities to improve patient care.
Complete respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.