Full Time Registered Respiratory Therapist
US-TX-Pasadena
commonspirit_careers
Req #: 487047
Type: 12 Hour Day
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Overview: St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services to residents of Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Baytown, and Clear Lake. The facility includes 53 medical/surgical beds, eight ICU beds and three endoscopy rooms, and offers a range of primary and specialized services-wound care, general surgery, gastroenterology, occupational health, heart and vascular, women's services, diagnostic imaging, outpatient rehab services, and sleep disorders. Responsibilities: Essential Function * Administering therapy modalities which include, but are not limited to, Hand held Nebulizer (HHN), HHN via metered dose inhaler (HHN/MDI), Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV), Chest Physical Therapy (CPT), Pentamidine therapy. * Medication administration may be included during these therapy modalities * Administering medical gas therapy including oxygen and Helium-Oxygen Therapy (HeO2). * Performing ventilation therapies, including maintenance and management of life support systems. These therapies are comprised of non-invasive and invasive ventilation therapies, as well as transport of ventilator patients to diagnostic procedures * Performs physiological monitoring and diagnostic testing including, ABG puncture, bronchoscopy assistance, pulmonary function testing, bedside PFT's, metabolic monitoring, apnea monitoring, transcutaneous monitoring, capnography, and pulse oximetry and sleep apnea assessment. * Performs specialized procedures which including but are not limited to, CPR, bronchial lavage, transport, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, artificial and tracheostomy airway care, and body mechanics/ambulation. Qualifications: Licenses/Certifications Required Respiratory Care Practitioner: TX (RESP-LIC:TX) Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR) within 14 days Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months
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