Sr Respiratory Therapist, RRT - UPMC Harrisburg

We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes: purpose description (maybe About the role). Responsibilities list. Requirements: education/experience criteria, project, licensure etc. Qualifications maybe overlapping. Skills maybe not explicit. Benefits: sign-on bonuses details. Pay: not specified (no salary). Schedule: not specified. So we include About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Benefits. Possibly also Qualifications separate if distinct. The posting includes "Graduate of a Co ARC approved Respiratory program required..." etc. That's qualifications/requirements. Could combine into Requirements. We'll not create empty sections. We need to use

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• . Requirements: education, experience, project, licensure, certifications. We need to be careful not to repeat content. Let's extract sections: About the role: Could combine first sentence and purpose description. "Applicants can be hired into varying RRT levels depending on education/experience criteria met. We’re excited to offer sign-on bonuses for qualified Respiratory Therapists who join our team: $7,500 for therapists with 0–1 year of experience with a 2-year full-time commitment $10,000 for therapists with 1+ years of experience with a 2-year full-time commitment Purpose of the Sr. Respiratory Therapist, RRT: Under the general direction of a physician and by prescription, provides respiratory therapy services and life support to patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system. Demonstrates an advanced level of knowledge in respiratory care as defined by the business unit. Performs all duties of a Respiratory Therapist, RRT. Defined responsibilities are performed in all patient populations and in all patient service areas." That's a lot; maybe split: About the role (general) and Purpose (maybe part of About). We'll just have About the role covering that. Responsibilities: list each duty. Let's list responsibilities from text: - Demonstrates advanced level of knowledge in high risk modalities specific to the business entity. - Effectively administers all therapies such as Nitric Oxide (NO) administration and Tracheal Gas Insufflation (TGI). - Performs advanced functions in non-traditional settings: OR, ED, Cath Lab, Lung Center, Recovery areas, Transport, etc. - Performs bronchoscopy, Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) lab troubleshooting, completes pulmonary function tests, breath alcohol testing, EEG, EKG, Stress Testing, and 24-hour halter monitoring hook-up and scanning as needed. - Monitors patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes. - Performs bronchopulmonary drainage and assists patient in performing breathing exercises. - Performs pulmonary function tests to be used by physician in diagnosis of case. - Consults with physician in the event of adverse reactions. - Maintains patient's chart that contains pertinent identification and therapy information. - Orders repairs when needed - Demonstrates respiratory care procedures to trainees and other health care personnel. - Supervises students during training. - Assists to transport mechanically ventilated patients. - Responds to all code situations. - Evaluates the appropriateness of medical orders. - Interprets clinical data to optimize patient clinical objectives. - Performs the duties of a Respiratory Therapist, RRT: Reads prescription, measures arterial blood gases, and reviews patient information to assess patient condition and determine requirements for treatment, such as type and duration of therapy, and medication dosages. - Determines most suitable method of administering inhalants, precautions to be observed, and modifications which may be needed that will be compatible with physician's orders. - Evaluates the appropriateness of medical orders. - Interprets clinical data to optimize patient clinical objectives. - Sets up and operates devices, such as mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators. - Operates equipment to ensure specified parameters of treatment, such as volume, gas concentration, humidity, and temperature, and to administer medicinal gases and aerosol drugs to patients. - Observes equipment function and adjusts equipment to obtain optimum results to therapy. - Inspects and tests respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment functions safely and efficiently. - Functions as a Lead Respiratory Therapist (i.e., Charge Duty) as needed in the absence of the Supervisor or Manager based on department need. - Functions as a senior level resource to other staff to facilitate problem solving, provide training, and demonstrate techniques. Note some duplicates: "Evaluates the appropriateness of medical orders." appears twice; "Interprets clinical data to optimize patient clinical objectives." appears twice. We should keep but could deduplicate? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplicated lines: we should remove duplicated lines. So we need to eliminate duplicate sentences. Let's identify duplicates: - "Evaluates the appropriateness of medical orders." appears twice (once in list before "Performs the duties..." and again after that). Remove one. - "Interprets clinical data to optimize patient clinical objectives." appears twice (once after "Responds to all code situations." and again after "Determines most suitable method..."). Remove one. Also "Performs the duties of a Respiratory Therapist, RRT:" is a heading-like phrase but we can keep as part of list item. Now Requirements/Qualifications: From text: - Graduate of a Co ARC (Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care) approved Respiratory program required. - In lieu of an Associate’s degree, must have 5 to 7 years of experience or have an NBRC Certification (The In lieu of an Associate's degree language is NOT applicable in New York); Respiratory Therapists who receive their RRT credential from the NBRC after July 1, 2002 are required to maintain certification under the NBRC requirements. - Bachelor's degree is preferred. - Two (2) years of total respiratory care experience with a minimum of one (1) year in critical care is required. - Must successfully complete one (1) approved project from the department's project list during each annual performance review period. Project approved within 3 months of hire. - Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: - CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire. - Employees practicing in Pennsylvania: Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania required. - Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) from the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) required. - Employees practicing in Maryland: Maryland Respiratory Therapist license required. - Employees practicing in New York: Respiratory Therapist license required, Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) from NBRC required. - Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Osteopathic Respiratory Care OR Respiratory Care Practitioners (RCP) Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal Act 33 with renewal Act 34 with renewal Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal That last line seems garbled; it's a list of items separated by spaces. We need to parse: "Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Osteopathic Respiratory Care OR Respiratory Care Practitioners (RCP) Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal Act 33 with renewal Act 34 with renewal Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal". Likely they mean: BLS or CPR, NRP, Osteopathic Respiratory Care OR RCP, RRT, Act 31, Act 33, Act 34, Act 73 FBI Clearance. We'll keep as is but maybe split into list items. We should not invent; we can keep the phrase as a single sentence but better to break into list for readability. However the instruction: use
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      About the role

      Applicants can be hired into varying RRT levels depending on education/experience criteria met. We’re excited to offer sign-on bonuses for qualified Respiratory Therapists who join our team: $7,500 for therapists with 0–1 year of experience with a 2-year full-time commitment; $10,000 for therapists with 1+ years of experience with a 2-year full-time commitment. Purpose of the Sr. Respiratory Therapist, RRT: Under the general direction of a physician and by prescription, provides respiratory therapy services and life support to patients with deficiencies and abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system. Demonstrates an advanced level of knowledge in respiratory care as defined by the business unit. Performs all duties of a Respiratory Therapist, RRT. Defined responsibilities are performed in all patient populations and in all patient service areas.

      Responsibilities

      • Demonstrates advanced level of knowledge in high risk modalities specific to the business entity.
      • Effectively administers all therapies such as Nitric Oxide (NO) administration and Tracheal Gas Insufflation (TGI).
      • Performs advanced functions in non-traditional settings: OR, ED, Cath Lab, Lung Center, Recovery areas, Transport, etc.
      • Performs bronchoscopy, Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) lab troubleshooting, completes pulmonary function tests, breath alcohol testing, EEG, EKG, Stress Testing, and 24-hour halter monitoring hook-up and scanning as needed.
      • Monitors patient's physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes.
      • Performs bronchopulmonary drainage and assists patient in performing breathing exercises.
      • Performs pulmonary function tests to be used by physician in diagnosis of case.
      • Consults with physician in the event of adverse reactions.
      • Maintains patient's chart that contains pertinent identification and therapy information.
      • Orders repairs when needed.
      • Demonstrates respiratory care procedures to trainees and other health care personnel.
      • Supervises students during training.
      • Assists to transport mechanically ventilated patients.
      • Responds to all code situations.
      • Evaluates the appropriateness of medical orders.
      • Interprets clinical data to optimize patient clinical objectives.
      • Performs the duties of a Respiratory Therapist, RRT: Reads prescription, measures arterial blood gases, and reviews patient information