RRT

Covenant Health • Crossville, TN

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Registered Respiratory Therapist, Cardiopulmonary Services at Cumberland Medical Center in Crossville, Tennessee. This is a full-time position, working 80 hours per pay period on the day shift. Cumberland Medical Center is part of Covenant Health, a leading nonprofit health system in East Tennessee. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission and offers private patient rooms and comprehensive care in areas such as cardiology, orthopedics, maternity, cancer treatment, and wound care. It also features emergency and critical care services, surgical suites, and specialized programs including imaging, cardiac rehab, sleep disorder care, and hyperbaric medicine, all within a family-oriented environment dedicated to exceptional patient care.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: None specified; will accept any combination of formal education and/or prior work experience sufficient to demonstrate possession of the knowledge, skill and ability needed to perform the essential tasks of the job, typically such as would be equivalent to a high school diploma or GED.
• Minimum Experience: Five (5) years’ experience in a healthcare environment with at least three (3) years’ experience in a Medical Staff office with credentialing responsibilities; knowledgeable with Joint Commission and NCQA standards; proficiency with Microsoft Office products; experience with Visual Cactus desired; strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Licensure Requirement: Certification as a Medical Staff Services Professional preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Preference may be given to individuals possessing a Bachelor’s degree in a directly-related field from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates respiratory care competency of critical and clinical skills on an annual basis.
• Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, handle multiple assignments, balance priorities, and make decisions quickly and function under stressful situations.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform all aspects of respiratory therapy to include age specific and related patient care in a safe and competent manner.
• Demonstrates skill in emergency situations based up on department standards, policies, procedures and protocols, assumes a leadership role in emergency situations.
• Demonstrates the ability to assess, identify and treat patient health conditions as established by organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates the ability to make safe, effective and competent decisions regarding individual patient care. Express sound judgment.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide appropriate communication to nursing personnel and/or physicians, and other hospital staff as necessary. Must be able to demonstrate effective communication skills on all socioeconomic levels using tact, articulation and in a professional manner.
• Demonstrates competency/proficiency in mechanical ventilation, CPAP, and BiPAP skills to include current modes of ventilation, indications for use and calculations of necessary data.
• Demonstrates competency/proficiency in the performance of arterial blood gases and analysis per department policy and procedure.
• Quality control, troubleshooting, and quality assurance per department policy and procedures.
• Performs assigned tasks and uses equipment with skill and accuracy.
• Participates in performance improvement activities by making suggestions for unit/organizational improvements, data collection activities, and date analysis as appropriate.
• Documentation and charges are complete, accurate, timely and legible. Consistently document patient assessments, reassessments, patient education, goals, response to therapy and any other requirements for the patient medical record.
• Completes Quality Control procedures and documentation required by regulatory agencies, medical center and department policy.
• Maintains all equipment in a clean and functioning order.
• Responsible for location and inventory of any RT equipment utilized on a routine basis.
• Assists with the orientation and training of newly hired respiratory employees and the precepting of respiratory students.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Completes required education assignments annually.
• Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Sign-on Bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED