Respiratory Care Practitioner - St. Francis Downtown - PRN
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Remove boilerplate. Use - for lists. Use
for prose.
We need to parse the posting.
Intro paragraph: "As a faith-based and patient-focused organization, Bon Secours exists to enhance the health and well-being of all people in mind, body and spirit through exceptional patient care. Success in this goal requires a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence and respect. Bon Secours seeks people that are committed to our values of compassion, human dignity, integrity, service and stewardship to create an environment where associates want to work and help communities thrive."
That's about the organization; could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is generic; but we have an intro paragraph describing organization and mission. Could place under
About the role
with that paragraph.
Job Summary: "The Respiratory Care Practitioner II is responsible for providing respiratory care through patient assessment, planning, intervention, education, and evaluation. Performs all respiratory care procedures including but not limited to oxygen and aerosolized medication delivery, ventilator care, bronchial hygiene therapy, diagnostic services and patient and staff education. Monitors the patient's response to such therapies and makes recommendations to change or modify based on the assessment."
That's responsibilities.
Essential Functions: a long list of duties. Could be part of Responsibilities.
Education: Bachelor's Degree, Related to Respiratory Therapy/Health care/Healthcare Admin/Business Admin (preferred)
Required Licensing & Certifications: list.
Experience: Two years of experience as a Respiratory Care Professional (required)
Skills & Abilities: list.
Training: EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred)
Benefits: "As a Bon Secours associate, you're part of a Mission that matters. We support your well-being—personally and professionally. Our benefits are built to grow with you and meet your unique needs, every step of the way. What We Offer Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources and discountsPaid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, backup care for children and eldersTuition assistance, professional development and continuing education support Benefits may vary based on the market and employment status."
Pay: "Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)" is part of benefits but also pay. The instruction: include Pay section only if posting actually states them. It does mention competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b). So we can include Pay section with that content.
Schedule: Not mentioned. So omit.
We need to avoid duplication. Also need to remove boilerplate like EEO etc.
We need to preserve all substantive info.
We need to use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to decide which content goes to which section.
Potential sections:
- About the role: intro paragraph (mission/values)
- Responsibilities: Job Summary + Essential Functions (maybe combine)
- Requirements: Education + Licensing & Certifications + Experience? Actually Experience could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Qualifications could include education, licensing, experience. But we have separate headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. The instruction: use headings for those categories if content exists. We need to decide mapping.
We have Education, Licensing & Certifications, Experience -> could be under Qualifications (or Requirements). Skills & Abilities -> Skills section.
Training -> maybe under Qualifications or Skills? Could be under Qualifications as preferred training.
Benefits -> Benefits section.
Pay -> Pay section.
We must not create empty sections.
Let's extract specifics.
About the role paragraph: as above.
Responsibilities: Job Summary + Essential Functions (list). We'll need to turn essential functions into list items.
Essential Functions list is long sentences each starting with a capital letter and describing a duty. We'll split each sentence into
- . Need to preserve all info.
Let's extract each bullet:
- May serve as the shift “Charge Therapist” with responsibility of ensuring adequate number of respiratory care staff to cover patient care areas and needs. This may include assigning respiratory care staff to work areas and/or work assignments, modifying work assignments, assisting with meal coverage, fielding call offs and providing adequate staffing levels for the next shift.
- May assist physician performing procedures such as bronchoscopy, transtracheal catheter insertion, tracheotomy intubation (if intubation is performed by respiratory therapy in the facility), assists with tracheostomy endotracheal tube changes and invasive monitoring.
- Performs CPR including closed chest compressions and airway management techniques in accordance with the AHA ACLS protocol.
- Conducts prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve maintenance of a patient airway, including use of appropriate airways including endotracheal tubes, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal airways, maintenance of airway humidification, aspiration of secretions, extubation, maintenance of correct ETT cuff pressures and documents procedures in patient and department records.
- Selects, assembles, monitors and evaluates mechanical ventilators for proper function and operation, including correction of malfunctions, cleanliness and determines appropriateness use for patient condition.
- May perform pulmonary function tests (PFT).
- Serves as a preceptor to new team members and/or students.
- Assesses patient's physical status by inspection, palpation, auscultation, percussion, patient behavior and reviewing existing data in patient's record.
- Performs treatments according to physician orders, explains therapy and therapeutic goals to patient; modifies treatment procedures based on patient response.
- Determines appropriateness of prescribed therapy and recommends methods to physician to achieve therapeutic goals including IPPB, Aerosol therapy, Postural drainage and percussion, ultrasonic nebulizer, incentive spirometry, metered dose inhalers and spacers, etc.
- Sets up and maintains different modes of oxygen therapy, to maintain adequate PaO2’s with accurate inspired levels of oxygen.
- Administers intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) or Aerosol Therapy by first preparing the prescribed medication ordered by the physician and adjusting the machine or device to accomplish patient’s individual clinical needs; document and observe patient’s vital signs, productivity of cough, relief of Dyspnea, improved breath sounds and any adverse reactions to therapy; and use judgement and technical skill to determine possible adverse reactions and suggestions for appropriateness of therapy.
- Gives postural drainage, vibration, percussion to ensure proper drainage of bronchial secretions by use of manual or mechanical percussion; check orders and X-rays for segments to be treated prior to initiating treatment; auscultation prior to and after procedure to note presence of clearance of secretions and response to therapy.
- Instructs patients and families in incentive spirometer, metered dose inhaler (MDI) administration, postural drainage and clapping, oxygen therapy, ventilator care and home aerosol therapy.
- Procurement of sputum for culture and sensitivity or airway clearance either by patient coaching, administration of mucolytics, aerosol therapy or endotracheal / nasopharyngeal suctioning.
- Evaluates normal and pathologic blood and urine laboratory value ranges.
- Performs arterial punctures and analysis; has an in-depth knowledge of analysis and arterial blood gas (ABG) interpretation. Performs arterial line procedures, takes safety precautions, sterile procedure, flushing, and ABG aspirations.
- May perform EKG’s; understands electronic monitoring, lead placement, and basic arrhythmias.
- Maintains all Respiratory Therapy equipment and supplies.
- Responds to cardio-pulmonary resuscitations and actively participates as indicated by clinical circumstances.
- This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
We should exclude the last sentence as boilerplate? It's a disclaimer but still part of responsibilities description. Might be considered boilerplate but it's about the document not being exhaustive. Might be okay to keep but it's generic. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This line is not exactly those but could be considered boilerplate. However it's part of the job description; but it's a standard disclaimer. I'd consider it boilerplate and remove. We'll exclude that sentence.
Now Education: "Bachelor's Degree, Related to Respiratory Therapy/Health care/Healthcare Admin/Business Admin (preferred)". That's a requirement/qualification.
Licensing & Certifications list:
- Current Respiratory Care License in the state they are working (required)
- National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) credentialed (required)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) (preferred)
- BLS Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (required)
- ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross (required)
- PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association (required)
- NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) - AAP/AWHONN (preferred)
- Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT) (preferred)
- Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT) (preferred)
- ACCS (Adult Critical Care Specialist) - NBRC (preferred)
- Valid driver’s license (required for Home Care/DME)
Experience: "Two years of experience as a Respiratory Care Professional (required)"
Skills & Abilities list (many items). We'll need to parse each sentence separated by maybe commas or line breaks. The text:
"Strong interpersonal skills and able to effectively interact with patients, their families, physicians, and other staff membersGood communication skillsAble to effectively work with diverse peopleGood customer service skillsGood organizational skills and time management skillsGood oral and written communicationAble to receive feedbackAble to gather and interpret dataAccountabilityKnowledge of non-invasive respiratory therapy equipment such as oximeters or end-tidal CO2 analyzersTherapeutic Procedures to include CPAP/BiPap, jet aerosol, oxygen therapy, incentive spirometry, chest physiotherapy, pulse oximetry, high flow oxygen, continuous aerosols, ventilator management, diagnostic testing.Understanding of EKGs, electronic monitoring, lead placement, and basic arrhythmias.Arterial blood gas punctures and testingAirway maneuversBedside pulmonary functionPatient assessmentPatient educationKnowledge of chest suction equipmentKnowledge of chest X-ray interpretation"
It seems missing punctuation; we need to split into sensible items. We'll create list items based on the concepts separated by capital letters maybe. Let's manually list:
- Strong interpersonal skills and able to effectively interact with patients, their families, physicians, and other staff members
- Good communication skills
- Able to effectively work with diverse people
- Good customer service skills
- Good organizational skills and time management skills
- Good oral and written communication
- Able to receive feedback
- Able to gather and interpret data
- Accountability
- Knowledge of non-invasive respiratory therapy equipment such as oximeters or end-tidal CO2 analyzers
- Therapeutic Procedures to include CPAP/BiPap, jet aerosol, oxygen therapy, incentive spirometry, chest physiotherapy, pulse oximetry, high flow oxygen, continuous aerosols, ventilator management, diagnostic testing
- Understanding of EKGs, electronic monitoring, lead placement, and basic arrhythmias
- Arterial blood gas punctures and testing
- Airway maneuvers
- Bedside pulmonary function
- Patient assessment
- Patient education
- Knowledge of chest suction equipment
- Knowledge of chest X-ray interpretation
Training: "EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred)" -> could be under Qualifications or Skills. We'll put under Qualifications as preferred training.
Benefits: The paragraph: "As a Bon Secours associate, you're part of a Mission that matters. We support your well-being—personally and professionally. Our benefits
for prose. We need to parse the posting. Intro paragraph: "As a faith-based and patient-focused organization, Bon Secours exists to enhance the health and well-being of all people in mind, body and spirit through exceptional patient care. Success in this goal requires a culture of compassion, collaboration, excellence and respect. Bon Secours seeks people that are committed to our values of compassion, human dignity, integrity, service and stewardship to create an environment where associates want to work and help communities thrive." That's about the organization; could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is generic; but we have an intro paragraph describing organization and mission. Could place under
About the role
with that paragraph. Job Summary: "The Respiratory Care Practitioner II is responsible for providing respiratory care through patient assessment, planning, intervention, education, and evaluation. Performs all respiratory care procedures including but not limited to oxygen and aerosolized medication delivery, ventilator care, bronchial hygiene therapy, diagnostic services and patient and staff education. Monitors the patient's response to such therapies and makes recommendations to change or modify based on the assessment." That's responsibilities. Essential Functions: a long list of duties. Could be part of Responsibilities. Education: Bachelor's Degree, Related to Respiratory Therapy/Health care/Healthcare Admin/Business Admin (preferred) Required Licensing & Certifications: list. Experience: Two years of experience as a Respiratory Care Professional (required) Skills & Abilities: list. Training: EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred) Benefits: "As a Bon Secours associate, you're part of a Mission that matters. We support your well-being—personally and professionally. Our benefits are built to grow with you and meet your unique needs, every step of the way. What We Offer Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources and discountsPaid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, backup care for children and eldersTuition assistance, professional development and continuing education support Benefits may vary based on the market and employment status." Pay: "Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)" is part of benefits but also pay. The instruction: include Pay section only if posting actually states them. It does mention competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b). So we can include Pay section with that content. Schedule: Not mentioned. So omit. We need to avoid duplication. Also need to remove boilerplate like EEO etc. We need to preserve all substantive info. We need to use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to decide which content goes to which section.
Potential sections:
- About the role: intro paragraph (mission/values)
- Responsibilities: Job Summary + Essential Functions (maybe combine)
- Requirements: Education + Licensing & Certifications + Experience? Actually Experience could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Qualifications could include education, licensing, experience. But we have separate headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. The instruction: use headings for those categories if content exists. We need to decide mapping.
We have Education, Licensing & Certifications, Experience -> could be under Qualifications (or Requirements). Skills & Abilities -> Skills section.
Training -> maybe under Qualifications or Skills? Could be under Qualifications as preferred training.
Benefits -> Benefits section.
Pay -> Pay section.
We must not create empty sections.
Let's extract specifics.
About the role paragraph: as above.
Responsibilities: Job Summary + Essential Functions (list). We'll need to turn essential functions into list items.
Essential Functions list is long sentences each starting with a capital letter and describing a duty. We'll split each sentence into
- . Need to preserve all info.
Let's extract each bullet:
- May serve as the shift “Charge Therapist” with responsibility of ensuring adequate number of respiratory care staff to cover patient care areas and needs. This may include assigning respiratory care staff to work areas and/or work assignments, modifying work assignments, assisting with meal coverage, fielding call offs and providing adequate staffing levels for the next shift.
- May assist physician performing procedures such as bronchoscopy, transtracheal catheter insertion, tracheotomy intubation (if intubation is performed by respiratory therapy in the facility), assists with tracheostomy endotracheal tube changes and invasive monitoring.
- Performs CPR including closed chest compressions and airway management techniques in accordance with the AHA ACLS protocol.
- Conducts prescribed therapeutic procedures to achieve maintenance of a patient airway, including use of appropriate airways including endotracheal tubes, nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal airways, maintenance of airway humidification, aspiration of secretions, extubation, maintenance of correct ETT cuff pressures and documents procedures in patient and department records.
- Selects, assembles, monitors and evaluates mechanical ventilators for proper function and operation, including correction of malfunctions, cleanliness and determines appropriateness use for patient condition.
- May perform pulmonary function tests (PFT).
- Serves as a preceptor to new team members and/or students.
- Assesses patient's physical status by inspection, palpation, auscultation, percussion, patient behavior and reviewing existing data in patient's record.
- Performs treatments according to physician orders, explains therapy and therapeutic goals to patient; modifies treatment procedures based on patient response.
- Determines appropriateness of prescribed therapy and recommends methods to physician to achieve therapeutic goals including IPPB, Aerosol therapy, Postural drainage and percussion, ultrasonic nebulizer, incentive spirometry, metered dose inhalers and spacers, etc.
- Sets up and maintains different modes of oxygen therapy, to maintain adequate PaO2’s with accurate inspired levels of oxygen.
- Administers intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) or Aerosol Therapy by first preparing the prescribed medication ordered by the physician and adjusting the machine or device to accomplish patient’s individual clinical needs; document and observe patient’s vital signs, productivity of cough, relief of Dyspnea, improved breath sounds and any adverse reactions to therapy; and use judgement and technical skill to determine possible adverse reactions and suggestions for appropriateness of therapy.
- Gives postural drainage, vibration, percussion to ensure proper drainage of bronchial secretions by use of manual or mechanical percussion; check orders and X-rays for segments to be treated prior to initiating treatment; auscultation prior to and after procedure to note presence of clearance of secretions and response to therapy.
- Instructs patients and families in incentive spirometer, metered dose inhaler (MDI) administration, postural drainage and clapping, oxygen therapy, ventilator care and home aerosol therapy.
- Procurement of sputum for culture and sensitivity or airway clearance either by patient coaching, administration of mucolytics, aerosol therapy or endotracheal / nasopharyngeal suctioning.
- Evaluates normal and pathologic blood and urine laboratory value ranges.
- Performs arterial punctures and analysis; has an in-depth knowledge of analysis and arterial blood gas (ABG) interpretation. Performs arterial line procedures, takes safety precautions, sterile procedure, flushing, and ABG aspirations.
- May perform EKG’s; understands electronic monitoring, lead placement, and basic arrhythmias.
- Maintains all Respiratory Therapy equipment and supplies.
- Responds to cardio-pulmonary resuscitations and actively participates as indicated by clinical circumstances.
- This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
We should exclude the last sentence as boilerplate? It's a disclaimer but still part of responsibilities description. Might be considered boilerplate but it's about the document not being exhaustive. Might be okay to keep but it's generic. The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This line is not exactly those but could be considered boilerplate. However it's part of the job description; but it's a standard disclaimer. I'd consider it boilerplate and remove. We'll exclude that sentence.
Now Education: "Bachelor's Degree, Related to Respiratory Therapy/Health care/Healthcare Admin/Business Admin (preferred)". That's a requirement/qualification.
Licensing & Certifications list:
- Current Respiratory Care License in the state they are working (required)
- National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) credentialed (required)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) (preferred)
- BLS Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (required)
- ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross (required)
- PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association (required)
- NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) - AAP/AWHONN (preferred)
- Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist (CPFT) (preferred)
- Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT) (preferred)
- ACCS (Adult Critical Care Specialist) - NBRC (preferred)
- Valid driver’s license (required for Home Care/DME)
Experience: "Two years of experience as a Respiratory Care Professional (required)"
Skills & Abilities list (many items). We'll need to parse each sentence separated by maybe commas or line breaks. The text:
"Strong interpersonal skills and able to effectively interact with patients, their families, physicians, and other staff membersGood communication skillsAble to effectively work with diverse peopleGood customer service skillsGood organizational skills and time management skillsGood oral and written communicationAble to receive feedbackAble to gather and interpret dataAccountabilityKnowledge of non-invasive respiratory therapy equipment such as oximeters or end-tidal CO2 analyzersTherapeutic Procedures to include CPAP/BiPap, jet aerosol, oxygen therapy, incentive spirometry, chest physiotherapy, pulse oximetry, high flow oxygen, continuous aerosols, ventilator management, diagnostic testing.Understanding of EKGs, electronic monitoring, lead placement, and basic arrhythmias.Arterial blood gas punctures and testingAirway maneuversBedside pulmonary functionPatient assessmentPatient educationKnowledge of chest suction equipmentKnowledge of chest X-ray interpretation"
It seems missing punctuation; we need to split into sensible items. We'll create list items based on the concepts separated by capital letters maybe. Let's manually list:
- Strong interpersonal skills and able to effectively interact with patients, their families, physicians, and other staff members
- Good communication skills
- Able to effectively work with diverse people
- Good customer service skills
- Good organizational skills and time management skills
- Good oral and written communication
- Able to receive feedback
- Able to gather and interpret data
- Accountability
- Knowledge of non-invasive respiratory therapy equipment such as oximeters or end-tidal CO2 analyzers
- Therapeutic Procedures to include CPAP/BiPap, jet aerosol, oxygen therapy, incentive spirometry, chest physiotherapy, pulse oximetry, high flow oxygen, continuous aerosols, ventilator management, diagnostic testing
- Understanding of EKGs, electronic monitoring, lead placement, and basic arrhythmias
- Arterial blood gas punctures and testing
- Airway maneuvers
- Bedside pulmonary function
- Patient assessment
- Patient education
- Knowledge of chest suction equipment
- Knowledge of chest X-ray interpretation
Training: "EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) training (preferred)" -> could be under Qualifications or Skills. We'll put under Qualifications as preferred training.
Benefits: The paragraph: "As a Bon Secours associate, you're part of a Mission that matters. We support your well-being—personally and professionally. Our benefits
for prose. We need to decide which content goes to which section. Potential sections: - About the role: intro paragraph (mission/values) - Responsibilities: Job Summary + Essential Functions (maybe combine) - Requirements: Education + Licensing & Certifications + Experience? Actually Experience could be under Requirements or Qualifications. Qualifications could include education, licensing, experience. But we have separate headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. The instruction: use headings for those categories if content exists. We need to decide mapping. We have Education, Licensing & Certifications, Experience -> could be under Qualifications (or Requirements). Skills & Abilities -> Skills section. Training -> maybe under Qualifications or Skills? Could be under Qualifications as preferred training. Benefits -> Benefits section. Pay -> Pay section. We must not create empty sections. Let's extract specifics. About the role paragraph: as above. Responsibilities: Job Summary + Essential Functions (list). We'll need to turn essential functions into list items. Essential Functions list is long sentences each starting with a capital letter and describing a duty. We'll split each sentence into