Fay RRT

DCH Health System•Fayette, AL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Respiratory Therapist provides respiratory care services to adult and pediatric patients, including general respiratory therapy, adult and pediatric critical care, and limited diagnostics. The role performs assessment-based care planning, emergency, therapeutic, and diagnostic procedures, patient and coworker education, and respiratory equipment checks and quality control. The therapist also contributes to departmental quality assurance and facility-wide performance improvement, applying scientific principles, clinical guidelines, or successful experience to clinical decisions.

Requirements

Current Alabama Respiratory Therapist license.
Credentialed as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT).
BLS certification required.
Ability to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
Ability to work the regular assigned schedule, with occasional long hours.
Ability to tolerate prolonged periods of standing and walking and to run in emergency situations.
Ability to feel and perceive temperature, texture, shape, and size with fingertips.
Ability to perform physical activities including talking, hearing, bending, twisting, walking, running, stooping, kneeling, crawling, reaching, pushing, crouching, pulling, lifting, repetitive motion, and standing.
Ability to use hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
Ability to perform heavy work: exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds constantly to move objects.
Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.
Physical presence onsite is essential.

Nice To Haves

PALS certification.
ACLS certification.

Responsibilities

Perform and accurately record technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and within the scope of policy.
Review, collect, and evaluate relevant clinical data and formulate an appropriate care plan based on patient assessment.
Perform basic and advanced emergency, therapeutic, and diagnostic procedures for neonatal, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
Provide effective education to patients and coworkers as appropriate.
Assemble and check respiratory care equipment, correct malfunctions, and perform quality controls.
Participate in departmental quality assurance and facility-wide organizational performance improvement activities.
Provide rationale for actions, decisions, and clinical care based on scientific principles, clinical practice guidelines, or successful experience.
Perform patient care procedures including oxygen and aerosol therapy; bronchial hygiene; postural drainage and percussion; intermittent positive pressure breathing; Acapella; aerosolized medications; hand-held nebulizer, metered-dose inhaler, and dry powder inhaler treatments; adult, pediatric, and neonatal critical care; CPAP/BiPAP; E-ZPAP; mechanical ventilation, including transport; blood collection and analysis; emergency tracheostomy tube replacement; and bedside pulmonary function testing.
Maintain performance, patient and employee satisfaction, and financial standards outlined in the performance evaluation.
Meet compliance requirements outlined in the Employee Handbook and adhere to DCH Behavioral Standards and DCH Health System policies and procedures.
Perform essential job functions in a manner that promotes the safety of patients, visitors, and employees; identify unsafe practices and take appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards.
Use electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and the intranet.
Perform other duties as assigned.