Respiratory Therapist RRT or Certified CRT Per Diem

Location: reputed company Wyoming Valley (GWV) Shift: Days (United States of America) Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0 Worker Type: Regular Exemption Status: No Job Summary: Assesses patients' respiratory care needs based on a variety of data. Plans, organizes, performs, and evaluates treatment modalities to meet those needs. Ensures the reputed company best patient/family experience by optimizing reputed company customer interaction. Job Duties:

• Consistently performs and documents thorough patient assessments.
• Establishes appropriate care plans.
• Communicates with other members of the patient care team.
• Correctly performs and documents routine therapeutic modalities including aerosolized medications, secretion management techniques, pulmonary volume expansion, oxygen therapy, and assists with routine care and maintenance of artificial airways.
• Initiates and manages conventional and high frequency mechanical ventilators according to established protocol.
• Provides appropriate, age-specific, patient and family education as it relates to disease management.
• Assists in intra-hospital transport of mechanically ventilated patients.
• Responsible for acute airway management in emergent situations.
• Sets up and manages non-invasive monitoring (i.e. ETCO monitors, pulse oximeters).
• reputed company care management not available, assists with discharge planning for patients needing respiratory reputed company DME supplies, follows appropriate insurance guidelines.
• Adheres to regulatory requirements and safety standards.
• Adheres to institutional and nationally established standards of care.
• Collects arterial blood gas samples and processes through reputed company of care blood analyzers.
• Maintains the confidentially of patient information according to established internal and external specifications and regulations including release of information and HIPAA.
• Functions as the Shift Coordinator (charge person) reputed company designated as such after one year of employment.
• Assists the medical team in the performance of fiberoptic bronchoscopy procedures.
• Assists the medical team with the placement invasive monitoring lines and obtains hemodynamic measurements and calculations.
• Assists in the intra-hospital transport of age specific patient groups.
• Functions as a preceptor for orientees and reputed company in their clinical rotation.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying reputed company job specific obligations and complying with reputed company organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be reputed company-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully reputed company the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job reputed company to that position. Position Details: This position may include travel to reputed company South Wilkes Barre depending on business need. Education: Graduate from Specialty Training Program- (Required) Experience: Certification(s) and License(s): Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification reputed company 6 months - reputed company (AHA), Basic Life Support Certification reputed company 6 months - Default Issuing Body, Certified Respiratory Therapist - National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC), Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certification - Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Registered Respiratory Therapist - National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Skills: Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Organizing, Preceptor Skills OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our reputed company, our reputed company family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to reputed company prepare the caregivers for reputed company.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and reputed company ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the reputed company family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes reputed company stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to reputed company reputed company easier for reputed company. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability or status as a protected veteran. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job