Schedule: Full time
Shift: Day (United States of America)
Address: 5101 WILLOW SPRINGS RD
City: LA GRANGE
State: Illinois
Postal Code: 60525
Job Description: Up to a $20,000 sign-on bonus available for eligible candidates Schedule: Full-Time Days - Documents and charges for procedures accurately and completely.
- Demonstrates collaboration and teamwork in assisting with patient flow.
- Practices standard precautions and enforces safety regulations according to hospital policies.
- Interprets evaluations and test results to determine appropriate treatment plans in consultation with interdisciplinary healthcare team.
- Responds to all Code Blue emergencies immediately providing CPR according to the American Heart Association and performs other duties as directed.
- Performs respiratory and oxygen delivery therapies and makes recommendations to the most efficient delivery method per protocol.
- Obtains, analyzes and reports findings of arterial blood gases and co-oximetry; performs quality controls as needed.
- Performs airway maintenance including: proper use of manual resuscitators, oral and nasal pharyngeal airway insertion, and airway suctioning. Initiates, maintains, transports, and monitors mechanical ventilators to include basic conventional modes of ventilation per policy and procedure.
- Utilizes patient assessment skills, protocols, chart review, and confers with multidisciplinary team to determine efficacy of therapy in a cost and time efficient manner making appropriate recommendations and changes per department protocol.
- Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Patient care skills to care for neonatal, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient populations per hospital needs. [Required]
Education: Field of Study: - in Respiratory Therapy or Cardiopulmonary Science
Work Experience: - 1+ critical care experience [Preferred]
Licenses and Certifications: - Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS) [Required]
- State Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) [Required] OR NBRC Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) [Required]
Physical Requirements: (Please click the link below to view work requirements)
Physical Requirements - https://tinyurl.com/2vvwrzem
Pay Range:$25.65 - $52.00
