Respiratory Therapist Certified PRN

Key Responsibilities

• Exemplifies knowledge of the cardiopulmonary system to deliver clinical care.
• Works under limited supervision and follows established standards and practices.
• Utilizes knowledge of biopsychosocial and spiritual aspects of human behavior.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills, empathy, and unconditional positive regard.
• Establishes measurable yearly goals and objectives.
• Promotes positive customer relations.
• Complies with organizational requirements, including policies, procedures, and regulations specific to the Respiratory Care Department.
• Mechanism for contact provided (e.g., beeper, telephone, emergency contact).
• Flexibility in schedule to meet patient, community, and staff needs.
• Participates in performance improvement to improve patient outcomes.
• Performs age-specific therapy, demonstrating awareness of safety and care for each age group.
• Ensures patient and employee safety during patient handling procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Core Accountabilities

• Supporting Colleagues:
  • Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
  • Buils and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles, and develops relationships across areas.
  • Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services:
  • Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others, and how to provide excellent service.
  • Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns to supervisors in a timely manner.
  • Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality:
  • Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
  • Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools, or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.
  • Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
• Managing Resources Effectively:
  • Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
  • Stews Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
  • Makes Data-Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision-making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
• Fostering Innovation:
  • Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
  • Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
  • Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Position Qualifications

• Responsibilities: None listed specifically here.
• Qualifications: Certifications - LIC-Certified Respiratory Therapist, LIC-Registered Respiratory Therapist - Tennessee; Work Experience - Relevant Work Experience; Education - Graduate of an approved discipline specific program.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, disability, retirement, and wellness offerings.
• EEO/Vets/Disabled.