Respiratory Therapist

Allina Health System•Coon Rapids, MN

20d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Allina Health as a Respiratory Therapist, where you'll play a crucial role in our Respiratory Therapy team. Your expertise will be essential in addressing patient needs and facilitating a seamless healthcare experience. Your commitment and collaboration are key to delivering exceptional care at Allina Health. This position is .75 FTE (60 hours per 2 weeks) with a 12-hour permanent night shift and requires working every 3rd weekend.

Requirements

Associate's or Vocational degree from a Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) accredited Respiratory Care Program
0 to 2 years in a critical care setting
Licensed Respiratory Therapist - MN Board of Practice required based on location of employment
Licensed Respiratory Therapist - WI Dept of Safety & Professional Services required based on location of employment
Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association OR Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross OR Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 days of hire)
Current ACLS certification from the American Heart Association OR Current ALS certification from the American Red Cross OR Allina in-house ACLS training (within 180 days of hire) (Location specific, some sites may require)
PALS - Pediatric Advance Life Support - Multisource required at sites providing pediatric care within 180 Days
NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation - Multisource required at sites providing neonatal care within 180 Days

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree from a CoARC accredited Respiratory Care Program or other health science related program
0 to 2 years as a Respiratory Therapist
Credentialed by the National Board of Respiratory Care preferred

Responsibilities

Provides respiratory assessment and therapeutic intervention.
Identifies opportunities to improve outcomes by utilization/recommendation of appropriate therapies or interventions.
Applies knowledge of approved protocols and clinical indications for interventions and routinely applies protocols to progress patients appropriately.
Communicates with the care team to ensure exchange of essential information.
Demonstrates competency with operation and troubleshooting of equipment used for therapy.
Provides for safe/effective management and monitoring of all forms of mechanical ventilation.
Provides mechanical ventilatory support safely and effectively to meet objectives identified by the provider and/or protocols.
Demonstrates competency in operation and troubleshooting of ventilators.
Identifies best mode of ventilation and opportunities to optimize patient-ventilator interface, makes recommendations to provider as appropriate.
Assess readiness to wean, recognizes failure to wean and documents findings.
Provides invasive and non-invasive ventilation, ventilation during transport, manual resuscitation by bag/valve device, weaning assessment, respiratory mechanics and waveform analysis, non-traditional modes and techniques.
Manages airway appropriately to include positioning, securing, humidification selection and suctioning.
Negotiates decisions within own scope of practice and in the best interest of the patient.
Collaborates with nurses and providers to assure respiratory goals are not in conflict with other aspects of patient care.
Provides disease management education to patients and families.
Recognizes opportunity to increase patient knowledge of disease management and/or coping skills.
Reinforces positive patient behaviors and skills during treatment interactions.
Possesses and shares knowledge of asthma self-management and COPD education.
Educates patient on inhaler techniques, peak flow monitoring asthma and COPD education to achieve patient compliance for self-administration.
Educates patient on diaphragmatic and pursed lip breathing techniques to alleviate dyspnea.
Conducts diagnostic testing and analysis.
Completes necessary tests to assist in the medical management of the patient.
Demonstrates competency in technique and technology to meet standards.
Possesses clinical knowledge of interpretation of results and acts accordingly.
Complies with policy and procedure as well as processing of report.
Other duties as assigned.