Respiratory Clinical Specialist 2-28929

Location: Chicago, Illinois • Business Unit: Rush Medical Center • Hospital: Rush University Medical Center • Department: Respiratory Care • Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)

Responsibilities

• Provide charge therapist duties as defined by the House Coverage Checklist
• Assist in completing staff orientation competencies
• Serve on at least one RCS department committee
• Present key DMS board components as part of daily team huddles
• Assess patient cardiopulmonary status through clinical observation, patient assessment, and physiological monitoring
• Administer bronchial hygiene and therapeutic interventions guided by evidence-based protocols
• Recommend and implement appropriate interventions to include but not limited to initiation, alteration and discontinuation of therapy based on patient assessment
• Assess patients before, during and after the administration or application of any medication, procedure or device
• Provide invasive and non-invasive ventilator management based on patient clinical assessment, diagnostic results, ventilation values and waveform analysis
• Perform airway management through assessment, assistance with placement, securement, maintenance, and removal of an artificial airway
• Provide special procedures to include but not limited to external transport, high-risk delivery attendance, surfactant administration, Organ Donor Care Center (ODCC) services, esophageal manometry, Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), manual prone positioning, continuous medication nebulization, bedside bronchoscopy, bronchoscopic cryotherapy, bedside tracheostomy, high frequency jet ventilation, lung ultrasound, ultrasound arterial blood gas (ABG) acquisition, specialty gas administration, nitric oxide challenges, and during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support
• Conduct internal patient transports requiring respiratory support
• Acquire and process blood gas samples
• Perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Participate as a member of the Rapid Response Team
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary care team and act as clinical resource as needed
• Document work timely, completely, and accurately, including documentation in the patient medical record, department records, and patient charges
• Provide and document patient/family education
• Precept students, new employees and provide observational learning opportunities through shadowing
• Contribute to quality improvement efforts through frontline feedback and participation in committee initiatives in conjunction with department leadership
• Participate in clinical research
• Participate and lead in CQI and QA initiatives including audits
• Competency: Pass departmental annual competencies in adult and/or neonatal-pediatric respiratory care
• Technical skills are required to adapt equipment and procedures to patient needs
• Analytical skills are required to evaluate patients and their clinical response to therapy
• Customer service skills are required to effectively meet the needs of patients, families, and members of the healthcare team
• Maintain active status of license, credentials, and certifications
• Maintain American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Membership

Requirements

• Completion of a bachelor’s degree or higher in a directly related field or current enrollment in Bachelor degree of Science/health care related field with at least 2 years relevant experience in respiratory care
• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
• Active Illinois Respiratory Care Practitioner license at start date
• Applied for IL license if from out of state
• BLS prior to start date
• ACLS prior to start date (Adults)
• PALS prior to start date (Neo/Peds)
• NBRC Adult Critical Care Specialty (ACCS) credential (Adults)
• NBRC Neonatal Pediatric Specialty (NPS) credential (Neonatal/Pediatrics)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NR