Respiratory Therapist RRT - Full Time - Nights

Endeavor Health•Arlington Heights, IL

8d•$33 - $51•Onsite

About The Position

The Respiratory Therapist performs, teaches, and guides respiratory therapy, chest physical therapy, and cardiopulmonary diagnostics. The role provides care to patients from neonatal through geriatric age groups, tailoring assessment and treatment to developmental needs and involving families or guardians in care and education as appropriate. The therapist delivers respiratory treatments and intensive respiratory care, performs blood gas sampling and analysis, pulmonary function testing, and related quality control. The position also educates patients, families, and hospital personnel; evaluates care in collaboration with nurses and physicians; maintains patient records and equipment; and provides guidance to Respiratory Therapy Technicians. When the Director is absent, the therapist performs selected duties such as staff assignments, overtime authorization, equipment rental authorization, and disaster-plan activation. This is a full-time position at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Illinois, scheduled for 36 hours per week on nights from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with rotating weekends and holidays. The position reports to the Manager of Respiratory Care.

Requirements

Graduation from a nationally accredited Respiratory Therapy program, as determined by the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).
Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential or proof of registry-eligible status.
Illinois Respiratory Care Practitioner licensure required within six months of employment.
Current American Heart Association CPR certification.
ACLS, NRP, and PALS certifications required within 24 months of employment.

Responsibilities

Perform, teach, and guide respiratory therapy, chest physical therapy, and cardiopulmonary diagnostics.
Assess and treat patients from neonatal to geriatric age groups according to their developmental needs; involve families or guardians in care and provide family education as appropriate.
Administer respiratory therapy, including medical gases, airway medication delivery, chest physical therapy, pressure breathing treatments, breathing retraining, aerosol therapy, and humidity therapy.
Provide intensive respiratory care using advanced techniques and specialized equipment; establish and maintain an airway during CPR and perform external cardiac massage if necessary.
Perform arterial punctures, obtain blood gas samples, conduct blood gas analysis and related calculations, and perform blood gas laboratory quality control.
Perform pulmonary function testing, including spirometry, lung volume, and DLCO testing, related calculations, and quality control.
Explain treatments, tests, and equipment to patients, families, and hospital personnel, and develop and deliver home-care instructions.
Participate in continuing education within the department.
Assess patients and evaluate care; confer with nurses and physicians to optimize patient care.
Initiate and maintain appropriate patient-chart and respiratory-care records.
Provide guidance to Respiratory Therapy Technicians as necessary.
Clean, repair, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment and maintain the appearance of the department.
Perform selected Director duties during the Director’s absence, including distributing staff assignments, granting overtime as necessary, accepting staff sick and absentee calls, authorizing equipment rental, and activating the disaster plan in an emergency.
Adhere to hospital standards, policies, and procedures.