Respiratory Clinical Education Specialist - NCH - Days

Endeavor Health • Arlington Heights, IL

9d • $36 - $56 • Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as a specialty area expert for respiratory care services, providing direction in collaboration with multidisciplinary caregivers. The role involves overseeing policy and procedure development, planning and implementing educational programs to ensure compliance, and acting as an expert clinical resource for Respiratory Care staff. The specialist will maintain awareness of regulatory guidelines, new standards of care, and advancements in medical products, equipment, and technology, developing competency testing and educational programs accordingly. Responsibilities also include administering various forms of respiratory therapy, understanding equipment and therapy modes, providing intensive respiratory care with advanced techniques, performing arterial punctures for blood gas analysis, explaining procedures to patients and staff, developing home care instructions, performing patient assessments, and collaborating with physicians and nursing staff to optimize patient care. The role also involves planning and conducting competency-based education programs, assessing ongoing educational needs, coordinating and evaluating new employee orientation, and making recommendations for individual education plans and clinical experiences. Additionally, the specialist will collaborate with management to identify quality improvement (QI) focus areas, collect and analyze QI data, develop action plans, and incorporate research techniques into education planning. The position requires performing all duties of a Respiratory Care Practitioner as needed and demonstrating the ability to assess and treat all age groups, involving families in the plan of care and conducting patient family education.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, required.
• Current Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) certification required.
• CPR certification through American Heart Association, required.
• Minimum three years’ experience in respiratory therapy required.
• Advanced knowledge of acid-base balance, blood gas analysis and interpretation, and cardiopulmonary physiology.
• Current Illinois Respiratory Care Practitioner licensure, required.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a specialty area expert to staff and patients for respiratory care services; provides direction for services in collaboration with multidisciplinary caregivers.
• Oversees respiratory care policy and procedure development related to the respiratory patient care; plans and implements educational programs and based on policies and procedures to ensure compliance.
• Serves as expert clinical resource for Respiratory Care staff for all aspects of Respiratory Care services.
• Maintains awareness of regulatory guidelines, new standards of care, medical products, equipment and technology.
• Develops competency testing and educational programs accordingly.
• Administers all forms of respiratory therapy including medical gases, medication delivery via the airways, chest physical therapy, pressure breathing treatments, breathing retraining, aerosol and humidity therapy.
• Understands the equipment, indications, contraindications, hazards, and adverse reactions of each mode of therapy.
• Provides intensive respiratory care utilizing advanced techniques and specialized equipment; establishes and maintains an airway during CPR; performs external cardiac massage if necessary.
• Performs arterial punctures to obtain blood gas samples, blood gas analysis, and related calculations; performs blood gas lab quality control.
• Explains purpose and procedure of treatments, tests, and equipment to patient, family, and hospital personnel; develops and delivers home care instructions to patients.
• Performs patient assessment and evaluation of care; confers with nurses and physicians to optimize the care of the patient.
• Initiates and maintains the appropriate records in the patient chart and on respiratory care records.
• Plans and conducts competency-based education programs in relation to individual staff needs and/or process improvement activities.
• Assesses ongoing educational needs of staff to plan education programs for the year.
• Assists in development of specific competencies to be tested annually and tests employees as required.
• Coordinates and evaluates orientation of new employees, documents progress of orientation, and provides feedback throughout the orientation period.
• Makes recommendations for individual education plans, clinical experiences, skill testing, advanced certifications and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborates with the manager and the team to identify QI focus and criteria.
• Collects and analyzes monthly QI data; develops action plans to resolve problems.
• Incorporates research techniques and data analysis into education planning.
• Works closely with physicians and nursing staff to improve services; initiates protocols and monitors quality with a focus on general adult and critical care services.
• Performs all duties of a Respiratory Care Practitioner as required.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to assess and treat all age groups of patients from neonatal to geriatric; implements assessment/treatment based on the developmental stages of the patient.
• Involves family/guardian in plan of care and conducts patient family education, as appropriate, considering the developmental needs of the patient.
• Adheres to all Northwest Community Hospital standards, policies, and procedures.

Benefits

• Eligibility for our Annual Incentive Plan, which offers the potential to earn a certain percentage amount of your base salary based on organizational performance. (For AIP eligible positions)
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, holiday and more based on an employee’s job (For eligible positions)
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
• Career Pathways to Promote Professional Growth and Development
• Various Medical, Dental, Pet and Vision options
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free Parking
• Wellness Program Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account Options
• Retirement Options with Company Match
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay
• Community Involvement Opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level