RRT

Covenant Health•Knoxville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Parkwest Medical Center is hiring a full-time Registered Respiratory Therapist for a 72-hours-per-pay-period night-shift position. The facility is Covenant Health’s flagship medical center in West Knoxville and provides advanced cardiac, emergency, critical-care, breast-health, and other services. The Registered Respiratory Therapist provides care to patients with respiratory insufficiency and related complications as part of the direct patient care team. The therapist supports overall quality of care and serves as a resource and specialist to patients, caregivers, and physicians. The role may require exercising clinical judgment under the order of a licensed physician.

Requirements

Valid Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
Licensed as a registered Respiratory Therapist by the State of Tennessee Health Related Boards, with ABG endorsement.
Current BLS certification.
Documented experience necessary to obtain the state license.
A current work permit is acceptable under state regulations; it is valid for one year.
New registry-eligible graduates may be hired as an RRT and must pass the NBRC RRT exam and become credentialed within one year or before the work permit expires; failure to do so results in reclassification to CRT with an appropriate pay adjustment.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate respiratory care competency in critical and clinical skills annually.
Perform respiratory therapy, including age-specific patient care, safely and competently.
Adapt to multiple assignments, balance priorities, make timely decisions, and function under stressful conditions.
Demonstrate skill in emergency situations and assume a leadership role during emergencies.
Assess, identify, and treat patient health conditions in accordance with organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
Make safe, effective, and competent decisions regarding patient care, using sound judgment.
Communicate appropriately and professionally with nursing personnel, physicians, and other hospital staff.
Demonstrate competency in mechanical ventilation, CPAP, and BiPAP, including current ventilation modes, indications, and necessary calculations.
Perform and analyze arterial blood gases according to department policy and procedure.
Perform quality control, troubleshooting, and quality assurance according to department policies and procedures.
Complete assigned tasks and use equipment skillfully and accurately.
Participate in performance improvement activities, including suggesting improvements and contributing to data collection and analysis as appropriate.
Complete accurate, timely, legible documentation and charges, including patient assessments, reassessments, education, goals, response to therapy, and other medical-record requirements.
Complete required quality-control procedures and documentation for regulatory agencies and medical center and department policies.
Maintain equipment in clean, functioning order and be responsible for locating and inventorying routinely used respiratory therapy equipment.
Attend required meetings and participate on committees as directed.
Assist with orientation and training of newly hired respiratory employees and precept respiratory students.
Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.