RESPIRATORY THERAPIST - DAY - NIGHT ROTATION
Company: Allina Health
Location: Owatonna
Posted on: November 19, 2024
Job Description:
Number of Job Openings Available: 1 Date Posted: November 07,
2024 Department: 44005300 Respiratory Therapy Shift: Day/Night
(United States of America) Shift Length: 12 hour shift Hours Per
Week: 30 Union Contract: SEIU-4-Owatonna Service Workers Weekend
Rotation: Every 3rd Job Summary: Assesses, diagnoses and treats
patients suffering from cardiopulmonary respiratory disorders.
Under the direction of a physician, educates patients and staff
regarding chronic and acute pulmonary disorders, provides
consultative services to area hospitals/agencies, and provides
technical and educational support to nurses regarding respiratory
procedures.
At Allina Health, our respiratory therapists are dedicated
educators and caregivers who empower patients to manage chronic
lung diseases, instilling confidence for a better quality of life.
You can be an integral part of an essential care team, ensuring
optimal breathing from premature infants to the elderly, all driven
by an unwavering commitment to respiratory well-being. Key Position
Details:
- 12-hour shifts, day / night rotation - 7 am or 7 pm start
times
- Rotating weekend coverage - every third
- Benefit eligible. Job Description: Principle Responsibilities
- Identifies opportunities to improve outcomes by
utilization/recommendation of appropriate therapies or
interventions.
- Applies knowledge of approved protocols and clinical
indications for interventions and routinely applies protocols to
progress patients appropriately.
- Communicates with the care team to ensure exchange of essential
information.
- Demonstrates competency with operation and troubleshooting of
equipment used for therapy.
- Provides for safe/effective management and monitoring of all
forms of mechanical ventilation.
- Provides mechanical ventilator support safely and effectively
to meet objectives identified by the provider and/or
protocols.
- Demonstrates competency in operation and troubleshooting of
ventilators.
- Identifies best mode of ventilation and opportunities to
optimize patient-ventilator interface, and makes recommendations to
provider as appropriate.
- Assess readiness to wean, recognizes failure to wean, and
documents findings.
- Provides invasive and non-invasive ventilation, ventilation
during transport, manual resuscitation by bag/valve device, weaning
assessment, respiratory mechanics and waveform analysis,
non-traditional modes and techniques.
- Manages airway appropriately to include positioning, securing,
humidification selection and suctioning.
- Negotiates decisions within own scope of practice and in the
best interest of the patient.
- Collaborates with nurses and providers to assure respiratory
goals are not in conflict with other aspects of patient care.
- Provides disease management education to patients and
families.
- Conducts diagnostic testing and analysis.
- Completes necessary tests to assist in the medical management
of the patient.
- Demonstrates competency in technique and technology to meet
standards.
- Possesses clinical knowledge of interpretation of results and
acts accordingly.
- Complies with policy and procedure as well as processing of
report.
- Other duties as assigned. Basic Job Requirements
- Associate's or Vocational degree from an accredited Respiratory
Care Program - Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care
(CoARC)
- Experience working in a critical care setting
- Licensed Respiratory Therapist - MN Board of Medical Practice
or Licensed Respiratory Therapist - WI Department of Safety &
Professional Services as required by location of employment
- BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource
- PEARS - Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition &
Stabilization - Multisource required at sites providing pediatric
care within 180 Days
- PALS - Pediatric Advance Life Support - Multisource required at
sites providing pediatric care within 180 Days
- NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation - Multisource required at sites
providing neonatal care within 180 Days
- Credentialed by the National Board of Respiratory Care
Preferred Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from a CoARC accredited Respiratory Care
Program
- 2 or more years as a Respiratory Therapist
- ACLS/BLS Tier 2-Advanced Cardiac Life Support - Multisource
preferred within 180 Days Physical Demands
Medium Work*: Lifting weight Up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina
Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently
Keywords: Allina Health, Plymouth , RESPIRATORY THERAPIST - DAY - NIGHT ROTATION, Healthcare , Owatonna, Minnesota
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