Respiratory Care Student

About the role

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. In this role you will gain hands-on experience in respiratory therapy while preparing for graduation from your RRT program and transitioning into a career as a Respiratory Therapist with SSM Health. You’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

Responsibilities

• Administers medications and treatments to patients under appropriate supervision.
• Delivers and assesses patient response to ordered therapy.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition.
• Provides patient education for diseases, medications, and treatment.
• May respond to medical emergencies and rapid responses.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Enrolled in a Respiratory Therapy program.

Physical Requirements

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

Required Professional License And/Or Certifications

• Missouri
  • Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Respiratory Educ Permit – Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• Oklahoma
  • Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Letter of Acknowledgment of Receipt of Application for Provisional Respiratory Care Practitioner – Oklahoma Medical Board
  • Or Provisional Respiratory Care Therapist – Oklahoma Medical Board
• Illinois, Wisconsin
  • Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)