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Schedule: PRN
Shift: As needed
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Performs routine therapies that aid in the treatment, diagnosis, and evaluation of their cardiopulmonary status.
Will Initiate, monitor, evaluate, and wean invasive and non-invasive ventilation. Makes parameter recommendations based on clinical assessment, technical assessment, patient compliance, patient response,laboratory values, and patient status.
Initiates and provides on-going evaluation of treatment regime including medication delivery and oxygen administration through therapist driven protocols by performing patient assessments to determine the needsrelated to treatment therapies, frequencies, and duration of treatment regime ordered by physician.
Assesses patients clinically before and after the administration or application of any medication, procedure, ordevice; recommends appropriate therapy including initial therapy, changes in therapy, and discontinuation.
Monitors, assesses, educates, and documents the patient and/or family on therapies, medications, goals of therapies, and equipment during treatment.
Documents work timely, completely, and accurately including documentation in thepatient electronic medical record and departmental records.
Demonstrates competence in the set-up, calibration, and troubleshooting of mechanical ventilators, noninvasive ventilation devices, therapeutic bronchoscopies and pulmonary function screens.
Cleans using high level disinfection, assembles, and maintains equipment and thestocking of departmental supplies.
Performs and documents emergency rounds, oxygen saturation checks, and titrates oxygen per protocol duringoxygen and aerosol rounds.
Performs therapies in strict compliance to universal precautions and proper body mechanics, using soundjudgment in evaluating situations, and taking appropriate action when necessary.
Responds to emergent care situations in the hospital and assists with resuscitation by providing chestcompressions, airway management, airway stabilization, and ventilatory support in accordance with theAmerican Heart association guidelines and as directed by the Code Team Leader.
Transports adult patients on mechanical ventilators, non-invasive ventilation devices, and critically ill to intrahospitalprocedures and testing.
Provides developmentally appropriate care to support the various patient populations during their hospitalization. Demonstrates competence in the care of pediatric and adult patients (when/if assigned to these patients) relativeto determining each patient’s age related and other physical, psycho-social, and cultural needs.
Maintains proficiency in the processing and interpreting of point of care (POC) blood gases, glucose, and electrolytes; and collaborates on quality control with the POC Coordinator(at applicable locations only).
May require on call coverage as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Care Program
CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE
RRT- CRT will be accepted for RTs that are not eligible for RRT. All other CRTs must earn RRT within 1 year of hire.
CPR
NRP within 90 days of orientation, for those departments requiring delivery attendance
IL and/ or WI Respiratory Care Practitioner license
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and/or IL Health Care Workers Background Check.
Must be able to follow written/oral instructions.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Good mathematical and interpersonal skills
INFORMATION ACCESS
Partner may access patient care information needed to perform their job duties.ORPartner may access patient care information, financial data, human resource data and strategic and planning data needed to perform their job duties as directed by the director.
WORK CONTACT GROUP
Partners, physicians, patients/family, visitors, vendors, community
SPECIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, balance, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste, and smell. Specific vision abilities require by this job include frequent ability to adjust focus and occasionally distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally exert up to 100 pounds of force.
LEVEL OF SUPERVISION
Work requires a moderate level of independent judgment along with good interpretative and interpersonal skills with justification and accountability to Lead, Supervisor, Manager, and Director.
PAY RANGE:
$33.12 - $51.33Mercyhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Mercyhealth offers competitive pay and benefits, including retirement, time off, on-demand pay, access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and more. Clickhere for more details.
At Mercyhealth, we don’t simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Mercyhealth has been nationally recognized for our commitment to our people and culture, including:
#1 in the nation on AARP's Best Employers for Workers Over 50
One of Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers
A Top 50 Company and Top 10 Nonprofit for Executive Women
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