Respiratory Therapist Resource/Educator KH

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

34d

About The Position

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives. Work Shift Day (United States of America) Job Summary: Responsible for coordinating the overall functions and activities of the department to assure the successful delivery of quality patient care. Under the supervision of the Manager/Director, the resource therapist is responsible for developing/implementing process improvements, medication administration, and providing patient care with understanding and awareness of population specific needs. Addresses the biological, emotional, and developmental, psychosocial, and patient/family education needs when providing care to the patient. The resource therapist facilitates the management of personnel (i.e. scheduling, evaluations), and adherence to policy/procedures, protocols, clinical practice guidelines and clinical activities of the department. Performance of this job will also require a close working relationship with the Medical staff and Respiratory Care Leadership. Resource also serves as a reference/support person to the staff, physicians, patients, families, and other departments. Good customer relation, assessment, and communication skills are a must for this job.

Requirements

Required Minimum Education: Bachelors Respiratory Therapy Masters - preferred
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s): All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
RCP - Respiratory Care Prof
BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor or ACLS-P - ACLS - Provisional within 180 Days
NBRC-RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapi
NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Prvdr-Preferred or NRP-I - NRP - Instructor-Preferred or NRP-P - NRP-Provisional-Preferred within 180 Days
PALS - Pediatric Adv Life Support-Preferred or PALS-I - PALS - Instructor-Preferred or PALS-P - PALS - Provisional-Preferred within 180 Days
Required Minimum Experience: Two-year experience that includes sufficient clinical, with management background to ensure competence in the practice of Respiratory Care, BLS, ACLS certification Required
Required Minimum Skills:

Nice To Haves

Masters - preferred
NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Prvdr-Preferred or NRP-I - NRP - Instructor-Preferred or NRP-P - NRP-Provisional-Preferred within 180 Days
PALS - Pediatric Adv Life Support-Preferred or PALS-I - PALS - Instructor-Preferred or PALS-P - PALS - Provisional-Preferred within 180 Days

Responsibilities

Provides Leadership
Maintains staff schedule
Assigns shift workload
Completes annual performance evaluations/staff
Maintains fiscal responsibilities for the department and profession
Oversees equipment function and calibrations
Coordinates Equipment Evaluation/Transport Education Resource
Oversees orientation & training for new employees and student clinical rotations
Collaborates annual skill competencies
Coordinates education needs of staff (i.e. new equipment or knowledge in-services for RT staff Maintains staff education records Provides Customer Service
Completion of patient care, documentation and education
Rounding with staff and patients
Team approach to service
Promotes a team spirit and positive work environment
Provides supportive environment for students and staff Provides Safe Environment
Maintains high level of patient safety (Medication Safety, NPSG, etc)
Leads and supports Performance Improvement Initiatives designed to promote quality care
Supports department development and maintenance of Policy & Procedures and Clinical Practice Guidelines
Promotes evidence based practice
Supports & educates staff on their roles related to adherence to regulatory requirements Administers Quality Patient Care
Performs patient assessment & assessment for therapy
Collaborates with health care team members in planning patient care
Delivers aerosolized medication, bronchial hygiene, volume expansion, oxygen & medical gas therapy
Performs ventilator management, weaning, waveform graphic interpretation; airway management (intubation, extubation, trach tube change and care)
Performs arterial blood gas sampling & analysis
Educates patient and mentors/precepts new employees, students and peers Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.