Respiratory Care Practitioner
Company: Methodist Hospital South
Location: Jourdanton
Posted on: July 20, 2021
Job Description:
Description
SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
Do you have a passion for
healthcare and helping others? Do you enjoy working in a
fast-paced, patient-centered environment? Jump-start your career in
our Respiratory Therapy department. Submit your application
today!
Benefits:
We offer you an excellent
total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent
benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team
and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits
include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability,
tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stock
purchase program and student loan
repayment.. We would love to talk to
you about this fantastic opportunity.
The Respiratory Care
Practitioner assesses, treats, and cares for patients with
pulmonary disorders. The Respiratory Care Practitioner is
responsible for the clinical administration of all therapeutic and
diagnostic respiratory care modalities offered by the
department.
What you will do in
this role:
- Operate and set up
devices such as: mechanical ventilators, therapeutic gas
administration, aerosol generators, and disposable respiratory care
products.
- Provide emergency care,
including: artificial ventilation, external cardiac massage, and
assists staff with cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
- Collect and analyze
arterial blood gases and is able to recognize normal, abnormal, and
critical values. If critical values are recognized, the Respiratory
Care Practitioner is able to provide appropriate corrective
intervention.
- Follow physician orders
for treatment and evaluates requirements for treatment, such as:
treatment type, mode and duration of therapy, universal
precautions, and medication dosage.
- Monitor patients response
to therapy by evaluation of vital signs, arterial blood gases,
auscultation of breath sounds, pulse oximetry and end-tidal CO2
measurement.
- Consult with physicians,
nurses, and other health care professionals for changes in
patient’s status. The Respiratory Care Practitioner works as part
of a team to manage the patients plan of care.
*** WILL BE
WORKING MIXED SHIFTS ***
Qualifications
What Qualifications You
Will Need:
- Graduate of a Respiratory Therapy
Program (Required)
- Respiratory Care Practitioner license with
the Texas Medical Board. Certified Respiratory
Therapist (CRT) or Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care
(NBRC).
- Basic
Life Support (BLS) upon hire and Advanced Cardiac Life Support
(ACLS) certifications required within 90 days of
employment.
- Preferred:
-
Pediatric
Advanced Life Support (PALS) and or Neonatal Resuscitation Program
(NRP) must be obtained within 90 days of employment if required by
the department.
In July 2017, South Texas
Regional Medical Center became part of the Methodist Healthcare
System family, the most preferred and respected healthcare provider
in the area. With this change of ownership, we are now known as
Methodist Hospital South. Even though our name has changed, the
heart of our hospital remains; it just got a little bigger. The
foundation we now stand on is faith-based and driven by our
commitment to “Serving Humanity to Honor God”.
The clinical team at Methodist Hospital South is comprised of
healthcare professionals with years of training and experience who
bring compassion to their work. Our 67 bed hospital has been
nationally recognized by Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade A, is a
recipient of the Excellence in Patient Safety Across the Board
Award, designated as an accredited Chest Pain Center, and is in
pursuit of Level IV trauma designation. Our maternal newborn center
has been recognized with a Level I Maternal & Neonatal designation
and participates in the TexasAIM, Baby Friendly and Texas 10 Step
programs. Acute care services include our Emergency Department,
Medical/Surgical Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Labor & Delivery, 3
Operating Rooms and an Endoscopy suite. Diagnostic and outpatient
services include Tele-Neurology, Imaging, Laboratory,
Cardiopulmonary and Occupational, Physical and Speech
Therapies. For more information, please visit our website at
www.methodisthospitalsouth.com.
Be a part of an organization
that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications.
Qualified candidates will be promptly contacted by our hiring
managers for interviews. Submit your application today and help us
raise the bar in patient
care!
We are an equal opportunity
employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate
on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender,
sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or
disability status.
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