Rush University Medical Center
Respiratory Therapist 3
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Job Description
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Business Unit: Rush Medical Center
Hospital: Rush University Medical Center
Department: Respiratory Care
Work Type:
Full Time (Total FTE 0.9) Shift:
Shift 3 Work Schedule:
12 Hr (7:00:00 PM - 7:30:00 AM) Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits. Learn more at our Rush benefits page. Pay Range:
$45.59 - $74.19 per hour Rush salaries are determined by many factors including education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. Summary: 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. Functions as a clinical specialist within one of three specialty areas: neonatal/pediatrics, adults, or pulmonary function testing & diagnostics. Provides leadership, charge therapist duties, and serves as a team leader to optimize patient care and work with all staff to ensure quality and patient safety. Responsibilities: Provides charge therapist duties/coordinates lab activities as defined by the House Coverage Checklist. Provides patient care/testing in assigned areas on a routine basis. Provides pulmonary testing and assists interventional bronchoscopy procedures. Precepts new employees and provides feedback to the leadership team during orientation. Provides clinical precepting of respiratory care students on rotation and provides feedback to the leadership team. Instructs practitioners in policy, procedures, equipment, theory, new techniques, and department competencies. Assist with policy, protocol, or guideline development, updating, implementation, and compliance. Provide leadership in assigned areas to ensure compliance with protocols and guidelines and communication between staff, physicians, nurses, and patients. Performs advanced competencies in area of specialty. Documents work timely, completely, and accurately. Assesses patient oxygenation, ventilation, and hemodynamic status through clinical observation, patient assessment, physiologic monitoring. Demonstrate initiative in optimizing patient care by participating in physician rounds and documenting assessment findings and therapy changes. Provide patient/family education and disease management as requested. Performs bronchoscopy assist; bedside in Adult RC and Bronch Suite in PFT/Diagnostics. Assists in the development and completion of annual staff competencies. Conducts assigned staff performance evaluations promptly. Participates in CQI and QA initiatives, including work audits and committee participation. 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. Provides input on staff performance to department management. Leads committees as assigned; chair one department committee and/or serve on a hospital committee. Actively engaged in improving Employee Engagement. Coordinate and monitor research activities as assigned. Demonstrate professionalism by belonging to the AARC / ISRC and continuing education in management, research, or education. Lecture at a professional meeting, publish in a professional journal, or mentor graduate student research projects annually. Requirements: Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), current IL license, BLS, ACLS (adults), PALS & NRP (neo/peds), active AARC member. Bachelor's degree of Science / health care related field with at least 3 years relevant leadership experience in respiratory care. Currently enrolled in a Master's degree program related to Respiratory Therapy or a relevant healthcare field with an anticipated completion date within 6 months. NBRC Adult Critical Care Specialty (ACCS) credential (Adults). NBRC Neonatal Pediatric Specialty (NPS) credential (Neonatal/Pediatrics). NBRC Registered Pulmonary Function Testing Technologist (RPFT) credential (PFT/Diagnostics). Preferred: Completion of master’s degree or higher. At least one year’s experience in RUMC Respiratory Care Services. Prior experience with research. Prior experience with leadership. 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.
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Full Time (Total FTE 0.9) Shift:
Shift 3 Work Schedule:
12 Hr (7:00:00 PM - 7:30:00 AM) Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits. Learn more at our Rush benefits page. Pay Range:
$45.59 - $74.19 per hour Rush salaries are determined by many factors including education, job-related experience and skills, as well as internal equity and industry specific market data. Summary: 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. Functions as a clinical specialist within one of three specialty areas: neonatal/pediatrics, adults, or pulmonary function testing & diagnostics. Provides leadership, charge therapist duties, and serves as a team leader to optimize patient care and work with all staff to ensure quality and patient safety. Responsibilities: Provides charge therapist duties/coordinates lab activities as defined by the House Coverage Checklist. Provides patient care/testing in assigned areas on a routine basis. Provides pulmonary testing and assists interventional bronchoscopy procedures. Precepts new employees and provides feedback to the leadership team during orientation. Provides clinical precepting of respiratory care students on rotation and provides feedback to the leadership team. Instructs practitioners in policy, procedures, equipment, theory, new techniques, and department competencies. Assist with policy, protocol, or guideline development, updating, implementation, and compliance. Provide leadership in assigned areas to ensure compliance with protocols and guidelines and communication between staff, physicians, nurses, and patients. Performs advanced competencies in area of specialty. Documents work timely, completely, and accurately. Assesses patient oxygenation, ventilation, and hemodynamic status through clinical observation, patient assessment, physiologic monitoring. Demonstrate initiative in optimizing patient care by participating in physician rounds and documenting assessment findings and therapy changes. Provide patient/family education and disease management as requested. Performs bronchoscopy assist; bedside in Adult RC and Bronch Suite in PFT/Diagnostics. Assists in the development and completion of annual staff competencies. Conducts assigned staff performance evaluations promptly. Participates in CQI and QA initiatives, including work audits and committee participation. 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. Provides input on staff performance to department management. Leads committees as assigned; chair one department committee and/or serve on a hospital committee. Actively engaged in improving Employee Engagement. Coordinate and monitor research activities as assigned. Demonstrate professionalism by belonging to the AARC / ISRC and continuing education in management, research, or education. Lecture at a professional meeting, publish in a professional journal, or mentor graduate student research projects annually. Requirements: Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), current IL license, BLS, ACLS (adults), PALS & NRP (neo/peds), active AARC member. Bachelor's degree of Science / health care related field with at least 3 years relevant leadership experience in respiratory care. Currently enrolled in a Master's degree program related to Respiratory Therapy or a relevant healthcare field with an anticipated completion date within 6 months. NBRC Adult Critical Care Specialty (ACCS) credential (Adults). NBRC Neonatal Pediatric Specialty (NPS) credential (Neonatal/Pediatrics). NBRC Registered Pulmonary Function Testing Technologist (RPFT) credential (PFT/Diagnostics). Preferred: Completion of master’s degree or higher. At least one year’s experience in RUMC Respiratory Care Services. Prior experience with research. Prior experience with leadership. 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.
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