RESPIRATORY THERAPIST (24 HRS/WEEK, 6AM-6PM)
Riverside Healthcare · Kankakee, IL · Yesterday
Healthcare$34.52/hrPart-time
About the role
The Respiratory Therapist will provide comprehensive respiratory care for patients in an acute hospital setting. This role is vital for managing and optimizing respiratory function in critically ill patients, ensuring the highest standards of care in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Patient Assessment: Perform detailed assessments of patients' respiratory status, including evaluating lung sounds, breathing patterns, and oxygenation levels.
- Treatment Administration: Administer respiratory therapies such as oxygen, aerosolized treatments, and mechanical ventilation, according to established protocols and patient needs. Adjust ventilator settings and manage endotracheal tubes or tracheostomy tubes as needed for patients requiring care.
- Diagnostics Testing: Conduct and interpret diagnostic tests such as arterial blood gases (ABGs), pulmonary function tests (PFTs), as ordered by the provider to assist in the diagnosis and treatment planning.
- Emergency Care: Provide prompt and effective response to respiratory emergencies, including advanced airway management and emergency resuscitation. Assist with intubation and extubation procedures as needed.
- Patient Education: Educate patients and families about respiratory care techniques, disease management, and care plans.
- Collaboration: Collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers to ensure comprehensive and coordinated patient care.
- Documentation: Maintain accurate and thorough documentation of patient assessments, treatments, and outcomes in electronic health records in a timely manner.
- Equipment Maintenance: Ensure the proper functioning and maintenance of respiratory care equipment and supplies.
- Quality Assurance and Compliance: Ensure compliance with hospital protocols, safety standards, and regulatory requirements. Participate in quality improvement initiatives and continuing education to enhance respiratory care practices.
- Equipment Maintenance: Ensure the proper functioning and maintenance of respiratory care equipment and supplies.
- Documentation: Maintain accurate and thorough documentation of patient assessments, treatments, and outcomes in electronic health records in a timely manner.
- Collaboration: Collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare providers to ensure comprehensive and coordinated patient care.
- Patient Education: Educate patients and families about respiratory care techniques, disease management, and care plans.
- Emergency Care: Provide prompt and effective response to respiratory emergencies, including advanced airway management and emergency resuscitation. Assist with intubation and extubation procedures as needed.
- Diagnostics Testing: Conduct and interpret diagnostic tests such as arterial blood gases (ABGs), pulmonary function tests (PFTs), as ordered by the provider to assist in the diagnosis and treatment planning.
- Treatment Administration: Administer respiratory therapies such as oxygen, aerosolized treatments, and mechanical ventilation, according to established protocols and patient needs. Adjust ventilator settings and manage endotracheal tubes or tracheostomy tubes as needed for patients requiring care.