Respiratory Care Student

SSM Health • Fond du Lac, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Join a team where your work matters - every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role, you will gain hands on experience in respiratory therapy preparing you for graduation from your RRT program and into a career as a Respiratory Therapist with SSM. Provides evaluation of and care for respiratory therapy patients consistent with student scope of practice.

Requirements

• Enrolled in a Respiratory Therapy program
• No experience required.
• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.
• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Respiratory Educ Permit - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• Letter of Acknowledgment of Receipt of Application for Provisional Respiratory Care Practitioner - Oklahoma Medical Board
• Provisional Respiratory Care Therapist - Oklahoma Medical Board

Responsibilities

• Administers medications and treatments to patients under appropriate supervision.
• Delivers and assesses patient response to ordered therapy.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition.
• Provides patient education for diseases, medications, and treatment.
• May respond to Medical Emergencies and Rapid Responses.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree