Staff - Respiratory Therapist
Company: Advocate Aurora Health
Location: Milwaukee
Posted on: October 31, 2024
Job Description:
Advocate Aurora Health is seeking a Respiratory Therapist Lead
for a job in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Job Description &
Requirements
- Specialty: Respiratory Therapist
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Duration: Ongoing
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: nights
- Employment Type: Staff
Primary Location: Aurora Sinai Medical Center - 945 N 12th
StSecondary: Aurora Medical Center West Allis - 8901 W Lincoln
AveMajor Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with leadership within the department with the
planning and management of operations to ensure patient safety,
quality outcomes, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
- Demonstrates effective collaboration working in
multidisciplinary teams to support site and/or organizational
goals.
- Oversees respiratory therapists' day-to-day operations and acts
as a clinical resource.
- Acts as a resource for respiratory therapy processes to support
assessment of patient utilizing a variety of skills such as
pulmonary diagnostics, chest radiograph, hemodynamic values,
laboratory values, and correlates blood gases and electrolytes. Can
identify and address the special needs of patient population
specific to department services.
- Operates specialized ventilators in critical and non-critical
care venues. Assists physician with bedside or other procedures as
applicable to facility.
- Provides medication treatments and therapies per physician
order and/or patient driven respiratory protocols (PDRP's) as
prescribed.
- Cleans, maintains, and ensures proper functionality of
equipment. Can troubleshoot equipment as necessary and identifies
the need for service and/or repair.
- Educates and instructs patients in purpose, technique,
self-care, goal of therapy, and disease management. Facilitates
clinical problem solving and collaborates with other departments to
provide education on managing patients.
- Under physician direction, the respiratory therapist must be
able to adapt and comply to policies and procedures for a variety
of different service areas, perform tasks and/or special duties as
required by assignment and maintain performance standards and
organizational behaviors.
- Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict
resolution skills. Promotes a culture of safety by recognizing and
applying proper safety measures to prevent patient harm. Report's
patient safety events and near misses in a timely manner. Seeks to
identify potential safety issues and assists in the implementation
of corrective actions.
- Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to
provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must
demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development
over the life span and possess the ability to assess data
reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate
information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative
to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as
described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific
information is developed further in the departmental job
standards.--Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
- Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license issued by the state
in which the team member practices.
- Active Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credential issued
by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare
Providers--certification issued by the American Heart Association
(AHA).
- See Education/Certification Addendum for any additional
site-specific requirements.--Education Required:Associate's Degree
in Respiratory Therapy.--Experience Required:Typically requires 3
years of experience in Respiratory Care. --Knowledge, Skills &
Abilities Required:
- Effective organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving
skills.
- Problem solving and decision making for patient care and
equipment use.
- Basic computer skills.--Physical Requirements and Working
Conditions:
- Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
- Must be able to lift 50 lb. object from knee to waist.
- Must be able to lift 50 lb. from floor to waist height
occasionally.
- Must be able to lift 40 lb. at waist height and carry it across
various distances.
- Must be able to lift 20 lb. from waist to overhead.
- Must be able to push/pull while utilizing 30# of force
occasionally for long distances.
- Must demonstrate stand-pivot transfer from bed to chair.
- Must perform sliding transfer of 150 lbs. person on a sheet
across 2 feet with a second person.
- Must utilize safe body mechanics at all times.----This job
description indicates the general nature and level of work expected
of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a
comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities
required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform
other related duties.Advocate Aurora Health Job ID #R129126. Posted
job title: Respiratory Therapist LeadAbout Advocate Aurora
HealthAdvocate Aurora Health's 22,000 nurses demonstrate our values
of excellence, compassion and respect, collaborating to advance our
stated purpose of helping people live well. To encourage you to be
the best nurse you can, Advocate Aurora will provide support, tools
and resources for orientation, education and professional
development, in the care setting that is best for you. Your voice
as a team member will be heard clearly whether you're at one of our
10 Magnet-- designated hospitals or more than 500 sites of
care.--Join our team and be inspired to chart a course for Advocate
Aurora to become the best place in the nation for nurses to pursue
their passion.Benefits
- Holiday Pay
- Guaranteed Hours
- Continuing Education
- 401k retirement plan
- Pet insurance
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Mileage reimbursement
- Employee assistance programs
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Life insurance
- Discount program
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