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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.
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
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.
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
Additional License(s) and Certification(s):
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:
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