Respiratory Therapist PRN

About the role

Join the MercyOne Family! We are looking to hire a Respiratory Therapist.

Responsibilities

• Provides basic and advanced respiratory care services to neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Serves as a resource to physicians, colleagues, and customers.
• Participates in orientation, in-service education, departmental quality assurance activities, and staff leadership roles within Respiratory Therapy Department.
• Consults with and assists physicians and nurses with respiratory care plans for patients and facilitates the implementation of physician orders.
• Affords effective education to patients, students, co-workers, and other members of the healthcare team, including smoking cessation education, device education, medication side effects and dosages education, and respiratory therapies such as Incentive Spirometry, MDI/DPI usage, HHN usage, CPT/Vest therapy education.
• Performs both fundamental and advanced diagnostic procedures including oximetry measurement, capnography, arterial puncture, mechanical ventilation waveform analysis, and pulmonary function testing.
• Performs emergency and acute respiratory care procedures in accordance with evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, and departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Must be registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care upon hire.
• Must be licensed as an RCP in the State of Iowa within one year of hire.
• Experience in another health care setting is desirable, with critical care experience preferred.
• Must be BLS certified within 3 months of hire.
• Must be ACLS certified within one year of hire.
• Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission and vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of an accredited Respiratory Therapy program.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

Benefits

Competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout the system!

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the posted job description.

Schedule

PRN; works as needed
Shift; rotating shifts