Respiratory Care Student

It's more than a career, it's a calling

WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

Worker Type:

PRN

Job Highlights:

This opportunity allows RT students to apply what they are learning in the classroom directly to patient care—helping you build critical thinking skills and professional readiness employers value.

To qualify, you must have completed at least one round of clinicals and are actively enrolled in an RT program.

Job Summary:

Provides evaluation of and care for respiratory therapy patients consistent with student scope of practice.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administers medications and treatments to patients under appropriate supervision.

• Delivers and assesses patient response to ordered therapy.

• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition.

• Provides patient education for diseases, medications, and treatment.

• May respond to Medical Emergencies and Rapid Responses.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Enrolled in a Respiratory Therapy program

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

• Constant standing and walking.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional driving.

• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Missouri

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Respiratory Educ Permit - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Letter of Acknowledgment of Receipt of Application for Provisional Respiratory Care Practitioner - Oklahoma Medical Board
• Or
• Provisional Respiratory Care Therapist - Oklahoma Medical Board

State of Work Location: Illinois, Wisconsin

• N/A

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

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