Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Location: Aviata at The Palms

Job Type: Full-Time

Must be willing to travel throughout the Tampa area

Aviata Health Group is searching for a highly motivated, flexible, organized, skilled respiratory therapist who has experience in a rehab center and possesses great communication skills to put the "therapy" into respiratory therapy. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, this opportunity can be for you. The position is within a Skilled Nursing facility. As a Post Acute and Long-Term Care respiratory therapist, your role would involve providing specialized care and treatment to patients with cardio-pulmonary, respiratory conditions, neurological disorders, and physical conditions that manifest into respiratory disorders over an extended period. Your primary responsibility would be to assess, provide diagnostic testing, develop treatment plans, and provide treatment to our Skilled Nursing Facility population.

Benefits

• Pay rate: Competitive. Additional holiday pay and overtime hours may apply.
• Access to online learning 24/7
• Health, dental, and vision insurance for the entire family and more!
• 401k with a match!

Job Responsibilities

1. Provides patient treatments which meet patient needs and uses current treatment knowledge in accordance with facilities clinical procedures. This includes but is not limited to:

• Performing accurate, comprehensive patient evaluations.
• Developing an effective plan of treatment and obtaining appropriate approvals from a referring physician.
• Communicating with supervisors and interdisciplinary team members regarding patient progress, problems, and treatment plans.
• Instructing patient's families and/or nursing staff in specified follow-through programs.
• Interviewing patients and families regarding previous level of functioning, lifestyle and current and future expectations for recovery.
• Demonstrating knowledge of appropriate resources for problem-solving and clinical best practice.
• Evaluating patients within the required timeframe as per facility policies.
• Provides patient care as appropriate and necessary, following the position description for the applicable clinical discipline in which licensure or certification is held.

2. Writes accurate, complete, and clear documentation in accordance with the facility's regulatory, licensing, payor, and accrediting requirements.

3. Consistently demonstrates facility interdisciplinary approach to patient care. This includes but is not limited to:

• Integrating findings of other members of the interdisciplinary team in treatment assessment and recommendations.
• Integrating input from patients and family in treatment assessment and recommendations.
• Preparing for and providing meaningful contributions to the rehab team conferences, patient care conferences, utilization review meetings, family conferences, and caregiver training sessions.

4. Contributes to professional development of self.

5. Aids in building and maintaining the facility's reputation as the unparalleled respiratory therapy provider by contribution as a professional member of the staff.

6. Demonstrates safe working practices.

Qualifications

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of the respiratory community.
• Skills applicable to clinical discipline.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Knowledge of respiratory disease and diseases that affect the respiratory system.
• Ability to use respiratory therapy equipment.
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in devising, installing and interpreting rules, regulations, policies, or procedures.
• Ability to express ideas and information, clearly, concisely, verbally and writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors, and officials of other departments.
• Program development and implementation
• Management and administration of therapies as prescribed by a physician and according to the standard procedure.
• Preferred experience with the following skilled interventions:
• Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

Education/ License Requirements

Graduation from an accredited program for Respiratory Therapy preferred

Must possess and maintain a current license in the state of practice as required

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.