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    Respiratory Therapist - Chicago, United States - Insight Hospital and Medical Center

    Insight Hospital and Medical Center
    Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago, United States

    2 weeks ago

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    WE ARE INSIGHT: At Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago,

    we believe there is a better way to provide quality healthcare while achieving health equity. Our Chicago location looks forward to working closely with our neighbors and residents, to build a full-service community hospital in the Bronzeville area of Chicago; creating a comprehensive plan to increase services and meet community needs. With a growing team that is dedicated to delivering world-class service to everyone we meet, it is our mission to deliver the most compassionate, loving, expert, and impactful care in the world to our patients. Be a part of the Insight Chicago team that provides PATIENT CARE SECOND TO NONE. If you would like to be a part of our future team, please apply now.

    Job Description:

    • Restores patient's pulmonary function, alleviates pain, and supports life by planning and administering medically prescribed respiratory therapy.
    • Meets patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by conducting pulmonary function tests, assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results, and determining respiratory therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians and by prescription.
    • Helps patient accomplish treatment plan and supports life by administering inhalants, operating mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas administration apparatus, environmental control systems, and aerosol generators.
    • Administers respiratory therapy treatments by performing bronchopulmonary drainage, assisting with breathing exercises, and monitoring physiological responses to therapy, such as vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes.
    • Directs treatments given by aides, technicians, and assistants.
    • Evaluates effects of respiratory therapy treatment plan by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress and recommending adjustments and modifications.
    • Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers; contributing to patient care conferences.
    • Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing home exercise programs and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs.
    • Recommends and/or provides assistive equipment and outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
    • Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
    • Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential.
    • Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
    • Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
    • Develops respiratory therapy staff by providing information and developing and conducting in-service training programs.
    • Complies with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed action.

    Respiratory Therapist Qualifications / Skills:

    • Bedside manner
    • Physiological knowledge
    • Infection control
    • Health promotion and maintenance
    • Creating a safe, effective environment
    • Informing others
    • Verbal communication
    • Medical teamwork
    • Judgment
    • Procedural skills
    • People skills

    Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

    • Associate's degree with major in Respiratory Therapy
    • Six months of experience within in the last two years or completion of a clinical rotation within the last year in critical care/intensive care environment, to include care of respiratory needs of acutely ill patients
    • Valid state Respiratory Therapist license (must meet education requirement(s) for state licensure)
    • Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) with the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) (must obtain within 3 months of hire)
    • Certified Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
    • Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification
    Insight Employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs.
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