Respiratory Care Therapist

Summary Job Description:

Respiratory Therapist PRN

• 3rd Shift BHCOR
• Respiratory Therapy I Corbin, KY Cardiopulmonary Services & Neurodiagnostic
• Respiratory
• The scope of the diagnostic and therapeutic services provided by the Cardiopulmonary & Neurodiagnostic Department will include Respiratory Care Therapies, EKG, Holter Monitor Services, and EEG Studies.

The certified respiratory therapist assesses, treats, and monitors patients with respiratory diseases and conditions. This includes the delivery of medicated and non-medicated therapy as ordered by the provider. Additionally, therapists provide invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilator support for acute respiratory failure. As part of patient assessment and management, the therapist performs diagnostic test procedures. In addition, therapist assists in departmental operations by addicting with quality improvement projects, equipment, and supplies. The certified therapist follows all applicable rules and regulations established by the licensure board depending on the state in which respiratory therapy is practiced.

Description:

Responds to emergencies including code blue, rapid response, and high-risk deliveries while providing care to compromised newborns Manages airways, ventilators, oxygen therapy, and respiratory support equipment Performs or assists with advanced procedures including intubation, arterial lines, and bronchoscopy Administers prescribed respiratory medications and therapeutic treatments using safe practices Assesses patients, monitors respiratory status, and provides recommendations to providers Performs pulmonary, cardiac, neurodiagnostic, blood gas, and oximetry testing Educates patients, families, peers, and students on respiratory care and therapies Documents patient care and communicates information to support continuity of care Participates in quality improvement, safety initiatives, debriefs, meetings, and departmental communications Cleans, maintains, and troubleshoots respiratory equipment while managing supply and equipment needs

Requirements:

Associate degree in Respiratory Care required; Bachelor's degree preferred Preferred experience includes healthcare, customer service, or student respiratory license experience Requires state respiratory therapy license/certification appropriate to facility location Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) certification through the National Board for Respiratory Care required Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required within 6 months for therapists working with neonatal patients Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association required within 90 days

Benefits:

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The proprietary algorithm provides a personalized financial analysis and recommendation, considering both premium and expected out-of-pocket cost (copays, etc.), as well as other important plan features. Work Experience Education If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now! Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health's eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health's employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health's physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

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