Respiratory Therapist

Job Title: Respiratory Therapist 1

Department: Respiratory Therapy

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Pay Range: 32.00 - 52.08

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Job Qualifications

Registered Respiratory Therapist 1

Rush University Medical Center is one of the country's leading medical centers pushing the boundaries of healthcare services with innovative, compassionate, and accountable team members. Are you ready to challenge and grow your skills, contribute to providing top quality patient care, and enhance your career? Rush is a diverse and inclusive culture, and offers a competitive salary, and a valuable compensation package including health, dental and vision benefits, retirement, health savings accounts, and tuition assistance to invest in your future.

Provides simple, intermediate, and complex therapeutic and diagnostic procedures on the general care floors and special care units. Improves and maintains patient cardiopulmonary status through the application and administration of various medications, gases, devices, and procedures. Specializes in either adult or pediatric/neonatal specialty care and functions independently in either or both areas. Exemplifies the Rush mission, vision and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

Position Responsibilities: .

Administers, monitors, and weans mechanical ventilation; makes ventilator recommendations based on clinical and technical assessment, and laboratory values; manages airways

Transports patients within RUMC

Administers bronchial hygiene and treatment procedures including aerosol therapies, chest physical therapy, and therapeutic gas administration; analyzes gases where applicable; procures and delivers gases using central piping systems and gas cylinders

Assesses patients clinically before and after the administration or application of any medication, procedure or device; recommends appropriate therapy including initiation, escalation and discontinuation.

Applies CPAP and BiPAP and makes recommendations based on patient compliance, response, and laboratory values

Documents work timely, completely, and accurately, including documentation in the patient medical record, documentation in the department records, and patient billing

Assesses patient oxygenation, ventilation, and hemodynamic status through clinical observation, patient assessment, physiologic monitoring including oximetry, capnography, ventilator waveform analysis, and cardiac output, ECG, and laboratory values; provides respiratory care interventions within the scope of the Rapid Response Team, performs CPR

Performs bedside spirometry including spontaneous breathing parameters, PEFR, and other limited pulmonary function; identifies normal values for patients

Provides patient/family education

Performs arterial blood gas puncture (Adults) Performs bronchoscopy assist (Adults)

Provide clinical precepting of respiratory care students on rotation

Demonstrate initiative in optimizing patient care by participating in physician rounds and documenting assessment findings and therapy changes

Engagement in the pursuit of excellence; i.e. committee participation, CQI and QA initiatives, abstracts, research, Daily Management System (DMS) projects, or other activities to improve the clinical and work environments

Other duties as assigned

Transports between RUMC and other hospitals as a member of the neonatal transport team (Neo/Peds)

Attends high risk deliveries and provides appropriate respiratory support (Neo/Peds)

Demonstrate professionalism by belonging to the AARC/ISRC and/or pursuing education to advance one¡¦s skills

Position Qualifications Include

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Illinois Respiratory Care Practitioner license

All RTs must pass departmental competencies

BLS Healthcare Provider (CPR) certification prior to start date

ACLS (Adult) prior to start date PALS (Neo/Peds) prior to start date

NRP prior to start date (Neo/Peds)

Company Highlights

Ranked among the top academic medical centers in the country, Rush University Medical Center is an outstanding place to enhance your career. Everything we do centers on one goal: improving patient care.

Rush offers a competitive salary, and valuable healthy living benefits including: health, dental and vision to help you maintain and improve your health. Rush also offers several ways to invest in your future.

Rush University Medical Center was ranked among the top 20 best hospitals to work at in 2019 by Indeed.

All three hospitals in the Rush University System for Health have been designated a "Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality" in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.