Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)

Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)Are you passionate about quality and committed to excellence? Consider joining our Tidelands Health team. As our region's largest health care provider, we are also one of our area's largest employers. More than 2,500 team members at more than 70 Tidelands Health locations bring our healing mission to life each day.A Brief Overview The CRT works under supervision of the Respiratory Care Medical Director and Department Manager while performing diagnostic respiratory therapy in accordance with physicians' specific orders following Tidelands Health's clinical guidelines and protocols. The CRT works as a charge therapist on a as needed basis when competent to do so. The CRT assists with daily operations, educating patients, staff, nursing, and physicians and has the ability to institute Oxygen Therapy when deemed a necessity without prior notification of the physician. The CRT completes other duties as assigned while exhibiting exemplary core customer skills.What you will doInterview and examine patients with breathing or cardiopulmonary disorders.Consult with physicians about patients' conditions and developing treatment plans.Perform diagnostic tests and treat patients using a variety of methods.Monitor and record patients' progress.Teach patients how to take medications and use equipment.Education QualificationsAssociate's Degree from a respiratory education program supported by CoARC or JRCRTE or accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. RequiredExperience QualificationsPrior experience as CRT PreferredPrior experience as an inpatient CRT PreferredUnderstanding of all modalities of therapy relating to Respiratory Care with the ability to apply and teach patients and implement procedures following our protocols RequiredSkills and AbilitiesExemplary core customer skills requiredEPIC experience preferredLicenses and CertificationsRespiratory Care Practitioner - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Currently licensed and in good standing as a RCP (Respiratory Care Practitioner) with the SC State Board of Medical Examiners (NCBME) RequiredCertified Respiratory Therapist - National Board for Respiratory Care Currently certified and in good standing as a CRT (Certified Respiratory Therapist) with the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) RequiredPediatric Advanced Life Support Certified - American Heart Association PreferredNeonatal Resuscitation Program - American Academy of Pediatrics PreferredBasic Life Support Certified - American Heart Association RequiredAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support Certified - American Heart Association RequiredPhysical Demand Light Physical DemandThe intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a contract for employment nor a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Tidelands Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.Tidelands Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Tidelands Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender, genetic information, familial status, or any other legally protected status.