Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT
Regional One Health · Memphis, TN · 1 mo ago
On-siteHealthcarePart-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only if posting has real specific content. The posting is a job description with duties. No explicit sections like About the role, Requirements, etc. We need to infer sections? The instruction: "use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only if posting has real specific content. The posting is a job description with duties. No explicit sections like About the role, Requirements, etc. We need to infer sections? The instruction: "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can create sections based on content: maybe "Responsibilities" for duties, "Qualifications" for required knowledge/skills, "Skills" maybe separate. But we must not create sections with filler. We need to preserve all substantive information. The posting includes many duties and some qualifications: knowledge and skills, competencies, ability to work in all areas, etc. There's no explicit benefits, pay, schedule. So we should not create those sections. We can have sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills maybe overlapping. But we need to avoid duplication. Perhaps we can have one section "Responsibilities" covering duties, and another "Qualifications" covering required knowledge/skills/competencies. Also maybe "Skills" could be separate but might be redundant. Better to have two sections: Responsibilities and Qualifications.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to turn duties into list items. Also qualifications into list.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We must remove boilerplate etc. The text has no obvious boilerplate.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to capture each duty as a list item. Many sentences; we can break them into logical items.
Let's parse the description:
"Provides respiratory care therapy and treatments to patients, with emphasis in critical care or specialty areas, with deficiencies of the cardio-pulmonary system as ordered in accordance with established standards and practices."
That's a general statement; could be part of responsibilities.
"What You Will Do" then list:
- Reviews patient's medical record prior to each session to obtain and record identifying information required for the treatment and patient records.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills and maintains competencies required to provide care appropriate to age of the patients served within department.
- Administers Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing treatments, medical gas administration, humidity and aerosol therapy, chest physiotherapy, incentive spirometry, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation as ordered by physician, consistent with patient care policies and procedures, demonstrated competencies with consideration given to risk management, infection control practices, patient safety practices and departmental activities.
- Assesses patient to determine appropriateness of therapy and makes recommendations to physician regarding proper treatment mode.
- Performs therapeutic interventions and procedures.
- Observes patient and equipment during treatments.
- Reports adverse or any unusual reactions or events.
- Ensures accurate documentation in performing and processing all procedures including proper ordering, charging, and computer entry.
- Utilizes patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- Demonstrates ability to work in all areas of the hospital.
- Determines the impact of respiratory care on patient’s conditions and recognizes patient’s progress towards meeting the desired outcomes.
- Initiates and monitors mechanical ventilation on patients requiring ventilator support.
- Determines patient's ventilator status by testing patients inspiratory force measurements, tidal volume and vital capacity.
- Weans patients from mechanical ventilation to spontaneous breathing per order of physician.
- Performs arterial punctures/testing and pulmonary function studies and assists with bronchoscopy procedures.
- Contacts physician and makes recommendations to medical staff regarding ventilator changes and patient therapy.
- Demonstrates ability to manage the care of patients with conditions common to the area including: Patients with acute and chronic pulmonary disease. Patients with co-morbid conditions (arthritis, diabetes, obesity, etc.).
- Performs EKGs as required according to departmental policies.
- Informs and explains EKG test purposes and procedures to the patient prior to commencement of testing
- Determines proper placement and attaches electrodes to specified areas of patient's body appropriately utilizing EKG equipment.
- Administers EKG exam, and observes patient, EKG tracings and equipment recognizing and reporting abnormal reactions, events or technically inadequate results.
- Ensures accurate documentation in performing and processing all procedures including proper ordering, charging, and computer entry.
- Documents Respiratory care based on standards of care and practice and/or clinical priorities for documentation (assessment, interventions, patient education, and patient's response to interventions and progress towards outcomes are noted).
- Prepares equipment/supplies and assists medical and nursing staff with special procedures and treatments as required.
- Performs specialized duties applicable to assigned clinical areas (i.e. newborn center, ICU, pulmonary, broncology).
- Responds and/or participates with medical emergencies.
- Initiates and/or assists with CPR/BLS/ACLS as required.
- Confers and works collaboratively with patient/family/hospital staff in a customer responsive and courteous manner, in compliance with iRESPECT standards and promoting patient/customer satisfaction to achieve positive patient outcomes.
- Provides support to respiratory and nursing staff for the on-going assessment of patients and to provide clinical assistance as needed.
- Assists in orientation and supervision of new staff members and students when they provide patient care, treatment and services as part of their training.
- Prepares and maintains required records, reports and files for administrative and compliance purposes.
- Utilizes patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data.
- Participates in quality/performance improvement.
- Collects quality data for monitoring performance improvement and to produce the best value service.
- Completes required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements.
- Responds to problems/opportunities to improve work environment and participates in unit based performance improvement activities which includes committees, monitoring and follow-up.
- Performs safety checks, equipment maintenance and aseptic techniques.
- Reports malfunction of equipment to supervisor.
- Utilizes supplies in a cost effective manner.
- Maintains a clean and orderly work area.
- Performs equipment maintenance and aseptic techniques. (duplicate)
- Reports malfunction of equipment to supervisor. (duplicate)
- Utilizes supplies in a cost effective manner. (duplicate)
- Maintains a clean, orderly, safe environment for patients and personnel.
- Adheres to established policies, compliance/quality improvement, safety, environment and infection control standards.
- Provides coverage for relief and absences.
- Demonstrates flexibility to work night, weekend and holiday shifts to provide continuous Respiratory coverage as required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
We need to deduplicate duplicates.
Now qualifications: The text includes "Demonstrates knowledge and skills and maintains competencies required to provide care appropriate to age of the patients served within department." Also "Demonstrates ability to work in all areas of the hospital." Also "Demonstrates ability to manage the care of patients with conditions common to the area..." Also maybe "Completes required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements." Also "Participates in quality/performance improvement." Those could be responsibilities too. But we can separate: Qualifications: knowledge/skills, competencies, ability to work in all areas, ability to manage care of specific patient conditions, completes continuous training, etc.
But we must not invent content; we need to extract qualifications from the text. The text includes many statements that are more like duties but also could be qualifications. However the instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So we can treat everything as duties. But we need sections: maybe only "Responsibilities". If we put everything under Responsibilities, we satisfy. But we need to avoid empty sections. Could we have just one section "Responsibilities"? That would be okay. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So one section is fine.
Thus output:
Responsibilities
... each duty as - ...
We must ensure we preserve all substantive information. So we need to include each distinct duty. Remove duplicates.
Let's compile a list of unique duties:
1. Provides respiratory care therapy and treatments to patients, with emphasis in critical care or specialty areas, for patients with deficiencies of the cardio-pulmonary system as ordered in accordance with established standards and practices.
2. Reviews patient's medical record prior to each session to obtain and record identifying information required for the treatment and patient records.
3. Demonstrates knowledge and skills and maintains competencies required to provide care appropriate to age of the patients served within department.
4. Administers Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing treatments, medical gas administration, humidity and aerosol therapy, chest physiotherapy, incentive spirometry, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation as ordered by physician, consistent with patient care policies and procedures, demonstrated competencies with consideration given to risk management, infection control practices, patient safety practices and departmental activities.
5. Assesses patient to determine appropriateness of therapy and makes recommendations to physician regarding proper treatment mode.
6. Performs therapeutic interventions and procedures.
7. Observes patient and equipment during treatments.
8. Reports adverse or any unusual reactions or events.
9. Ensures accurate documentation in performing and processing all procedures including proper ordering, charging, and computer entry.
10. Utilizes patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data maintaining confidentiality at all times.
11. Determines the impact of respiratory care on patient’s conditions and recognizes patient’s progress towards meeting the desired outcomes.
12. Initiates and monitors mechanical ventilation on patients requiring ventilator support.
13. Determines patient's ventilator status by testing patients inspiratory force measurements, tidal volume and vital capacity.
14. Weans patients from mechanical ventilation to spontaneous breathing per order of physician.
15. Performs arterial punctures/testing and pulmonary function studies and assists with bronchoscopy procedures.
16. Contacts physician and makes recommendations to medical staff regarding ventilator changes and patient therapy.
17. Demonstrates ability to manage the care of patients with conditions common to the area including: Patients with acute and chronic pulmonary disease. Patients with co-morbid conditions (arthritis, diabetes, obesity, etc.).
18. Performs EKGs as required according to departmental policies.
19. Informs and explains EKG test purposes and procedures to the patient prior to commencement of testing.
20. Determines proper placement and attaches electrodes to specified areas of patient's body appropriately utilizing EKG equipment.
21. Administers EKG exam, and observes patient, EKG tracings and equipment recognizing and reporting abnormal reactions, events or technically inadequate results.
22. Documents Respiratory care based on standards of care and practice and/or clinical priorities for documentation (assessment, interventions, patient education, and patient's response to interventions and progress towards outcomes are noted).
23. Prepares equipment/supplies and assists medical and nursing staff with special procedures and treatments as required.
24. Performs specialized duties applicable to assigned clinical areas (i.e. newborn center, ICU, pulmonary, broncology).
25. Responds and/or participates with medical emergencies.
26. Initiates and/or assists with CPR/BLS/ACLS as required.
27. Confers and works collaboratively with patient/family/hospital staff in a customer responsive and courteous manner, in compliance with iRESPECT standards and promoting patient/customer satisfaction to achieve positive patient outcomes.
28. Provides support to respiratory and nursing staff for the on-going assessment of patients and to provide clinical assistance as needed.
29. Assists in orientation and supervision of new staff members and students when they provide patient care, treatment and services as part of their training.
30. Prepares and maintains required records, reports and files for administrative and compliance purposes.
31. Participates in quality/performance improvement.
32. Collects quality data for monitoring performance improvement and to produce the best value service.
33. Completes required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements.
34. Responds to problems/opportunities to improve work environment and participates in unit based performance improvement activities which includes committees, monitoring and follow-up.
35. Performs safety checks, equipment maintenance and aseptic techniques.
36. Reports malfunction of equipment to supervisor.
37. Utilizes supplies in a cost effective manner.
38. Maintains a clean and orderly work area.
39. Maintains a clean, orderly,
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to turn duties into list items. Also qualifications into list.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We must remove boilerplate etc. The text has no obvious boilerplate.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to capture each duty as a list item. Many sentences; we can break them into logical items.
Let's parse the description:
"Provides respiratory care therapy and treatments to patients, with emphasis in critical care or specialty areas, with deficiencies of the cardio-pulmonary system as ordered in accordance with established standards and practices."
That's a general statement; could be part of responsibilities.
"What You Will Do" then list:
- Reviews patient's medical record prior to each session to obtain and record identifying information required for the treatment and patient records.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills and maintains competencies required to provide care appropriate to age of the patients served within department.
- Administers Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing treatments, medical gas administration, humidity and aerosol therapy, chest physiotherapy, incentive spirometry, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation as ordered by physician, consistent with patient care policies and procedures, demonstrated competencies with consideration given to risk management, infection control practices, patient safety practices and departmental activities.
- Assesses patient to determine appropriateness of therapy and makes recommendations to physician regarding proper treatment mode.
- Performs therapeutic interventions and procedures.
- Observes patient and equipment during treatments.
- Reports adverse or any unusual reactions or events.
- Ensures accurate documentation in performing and processing all procedures including proper ordering, charging, and computer entry.
- Utilizes patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- Demonstrates ability to work in all areas of the hospital.
- Determines the impact of respiratory care on patient’s conditions and recognizes patient’s progress towards meeting the desired outcomes.
- Initiates and monitors mechanical ventilation on patients requiring ventilator support.
- Determines patient's ventilator status by testing patients inspiratory force measurements, tidal volume and vital capacity.
- Weans patients from mechanical ventilation to spontaneous breathing per order of physician.
- Performs arterial punctures/testing and pulmonary function studies and assists with bronchoscopy procedures.
- Contacts physician and makes recommendations to medical staff regarding ventilator changes and patient therapy.
- Demonstrates ability to manage the care of patients with conditions common to the area including: Patients with acute and chronic pulmonary disease. Patients with co-morbid conditions (arthritis, diabetes, obesity, etc.).
- Performs EKGs as required according to departmental policies.
- Informs and explains EKG test purposes and procedures to the patient prior to commencement of testing
- Determines proper placement and attaches electrodes to specified areas of patient's body appropriately utilizing EKG equipment.
- Administers EKG exam, and observes patient, EKG tracings and equipment recognizing and reporting abnormal reactions, events or technically inadequate results.
- Ensures accurate documentation in performing and processing all procedures including proper ordering, charging, and computer entry.
- Documents Respiratory care based on standards of care and practice and/or clinical priorities for documentation (assessment, interventions, patient education, and patient's response to interventions and progress towards outcomes are noted).
- Prepares equipment/supplies and assists medical and nursing staff with special procedures and treatments as required.
- Performs specialized duties applicable to assigned clinical areas (i.e. newborn center, ICU, pulmonary, broncology).
- Responds and/or participates with medical emergencies.
- Initiates and/or assists with CPR/BLS/ACLS as required.
- Confers and works collaboratively with patient/family/hospital staff in a customer responsive and courteous manner, in compliance with iRESPECT standards and promoting patient/customer satisfaction to achieve positive patient outcomes.
- Provides support to respiratory and nursing staff for the on-going assessment of patients and to provide clinical assistance as needed.
- Assists in orientation and supervision of new staff members and students when they provide patient care, treatment and services as part of their training.
- Prepares and maintains required records, reports and files for administrative and compliance purposes.
- Utilizes patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data.
- Participates in quality/performance improvement.
- Collects quality data for monitoring performance improvement and to produce the best value service.
- Completes required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements.
- Responds to problems/opportunities to improve work environment and participates in unit based performance improvement activities which includes committees, monitoring and follow-up.
- Performs safety checks, equipment maintenance and aseptic techniques.
- Reports malfunction of equipment to supervisor.
- Utilizes supplies in a cost effective manner.
- Maintains a clean and orderly work area.
- Performs equipment maintenance and aseptic techniques. (duplicate)
- Reports malfunction of equipment to supervisor. (duplicate)
- Utilizes supplies in a cost effective manner. (duplicate)
- Maintains a clean, orderly, safe environment for patients and personnel.
- Adheres to established policies, compliance/quality improvement, safety, environment and infection control standards.
- Provides coverage for relief and absences.
- Demonstrates flexibility to work night, weekend and holiday shifts to provide continuous Respiratory coverage as required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
We need to deduplicate duplicates.
Now qualifications: The text includes "Demonstrates knowledge and skills and maintains competencies required to provide care appropriate to age of the patients served within department." Also "Demonstrates ability to work in all areas of the hospital." Also "Demonstrates ability to manage the care of patients with conditions common to the area..." Also maybe "Completes required continuous training and education, including department specific requirements." Also "Participates in quality/performance improvement." Those could be responsibilities too. But we can separate: Qualifications: knowledge/skills, competencies, ability to work in all areas, ability to manage care of specific patient conditions, completes continuous training, etc.
But we must not invent content; we need to extract qualifications from the text. The text includes many statements that are more like duties but also could be qualifications. However the instruction: "Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So we can treat everything as duties. But we need sections: maybe only "Responsibilities". If we put everything under Responsibilities, we satisfy. But we need to avoid empty sections. Could we have just one section "Responsibilities"? That would be okay. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So one section is fine.
Thus output:
Responsibilities
- ... each duty as
- ...
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits". So we can treat everything as duties. But we need sections: maybe only "Responsibilities". If we put everything under Responsibilities, we satisfy. But we need to avoid empty sections. Could we have just one section "Responsibilities"? That would be okay. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So one section is fine.
Thus output: