About the role
Overview
The Certified Respiratory Therapist provides services to adult through neonatal patients. They provide general respiratory therapy, critical care, and limited diagnostics. Therapists are expected to work and respond to all areas of the hospital.
Responsibilities
- Performs and accurately records technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and within scope of policy.
- Gives rationale for actions, decisions, and clinical care, based on scientific principles, clinical practice guidelines, or successful experience.
Patient care procedures include
Oxygen/Aerosol Therapy
Bronchial Hygiene
Postural Drainage and Percussion
Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing, VPEP, PEP, PAP
Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation
Cough Assist
Aerosolized Medications
Hand Held Nebulizer
Metered Dose Inhaler
Dry Powder Inhaler
Adult/Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care
CPAP/BiPAP
Mechanical ventilation including transport
Blood collection and analysis
Emergency tracheostomy tube replacement
Bedside Pulmonary Function Testing
Demonstrate leadership skills
Requires decision making that will affect others
Responsible to achieve outcomes
- Must be able to communicate clearly and accurately
- Ability to delegate to team members and students
- Must be able to receive delegation
- Address conflict and stressful situation
- Communicate with different personalities and engage in face to face discussion
- Dealing with unpleasant or verbally/physically aggressive personalities
- Must be able to use electronic mail, telephone and texting
- Must be able to work in groups
- Must be able to perform structured and unstructured work
- Participates on call rotation as needed for patient care
- Must be meet time pressure and time lines
- Includes possible exposure to human body fluids, disease, infection, lab chemicals and hazardous materials and/or cleaning solutions
- Requires wearing of common protective and safety equipment such as gloves, safety glasses, mask, gowns, etc.
- Advocate for and participant in patient safety
- Perform Low/High Level Disinfection as per manufacturer’s recommendation (IFU)
- Performs and accurately records technical procedures safely, effectively, efficiently, and within scope of policy
- Accountability related to meeting/exceeding department goals, DCH Values, DCH Mission and Vision
DCH Standards
- Maintains performance, patient and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
- Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook
- Must adhere to the DCH Behavioral Standards including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues and with self.
- Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software and intranet.
- Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Current approved Alabama Board of Nursing RN license or multi-state license required or ability to obtain prior to start.
- Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider training required.
- BSN preferred, minimum Associates required
- Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
- Required within 6 months of start date: American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted
Cardiac/Critical Care
ACLS
Emergency Department-both campuses
ACLS
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Emergency Department – Regional Campus only
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
Perioperative
ACLS
PACU –PALS; ACLS
Women’s/Children
NICU –Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)
Labor & Delivery –ACLS, NRP, and Intermediate Fetal Monitoring
Mother Baby Unit – NRP
Pediatrics – PALS
Clinical Support
Cardiac Monitoring Unit –ACLS
Dialysis
ACLS
International RNs
- Current approved Alabama Board of Nursing RN license or multi-state license required or ability to obtain prior to start.
- Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider training required or obtain within 30 days of start date.
- BSN preferred, minimum Associates required
- Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
Working Conditions
WORK CONTEXT
Demonstrate leadership skills
Requires decision making that will affect others
Responsible to achieve outcomes
- Must be able to communicate clearly and accurately
- Ability to delegate to team members and students
- Must be able to receive delegation
- Address conflict and stressful situation
- Communicate with different personalities and engage in face to face discussion
- Dealing with unpleasant or verbally/physically aggressive personalities
- Must be able to use electronic mail, telephone and texting
- Must be able to work in groups
- Must be able to perform structured and unstructured work
- Must be able to meet time pressure and time lines
- Includes possible exposure to human body fluids, disease, infection, lab chemicals and hazardous materials and/or cleaning solutions
- Requires wearing of common protective and safety equipment such as gloves, safety glasses, mask, gowns, etc.
- Schedules vary; every other weekend required. Weekends include Saturday & Sunday
PHYSICAL FACTORS
- Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.Must be able to tolerate prolonged periods of standing and walking
- Must be able to reach reasonable distances in any direction
- Must be able to stand, walk, kneel, bend, sit and stoop
- Must be able to run in an emergency
- Must have the ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull and carry objects
- Must be able to move fingers in a coordinated manner and must be ablet o feel and perceive temperature, texture, shape and size with fingertips
- Must be able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation
- Must possess stamina to work prolonged shifts
- Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.
- Physical presence onsite is essential.
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