Respiratory Care Assistant - Casual/PRN

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?
At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care – a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Job Summary:

Location: Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Address: 933 E. Pierce St. - Council Bluffs, IA

Work Schedule: This is a casual/PRN position. Casual/PRN employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis to meet the needs of the business.  Work days/hours will often vary from week to week.

Respiratory care assistants serve as support personnel for respiratory therapists.

Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

Maintains Respiratory Care supply/equipment levels, to ensure availability for patient care.

• Assures adequate equipment and supplies are available for patient care. Notifies team lead if need to order supplies.
• Cleaning and set up of respiratory equipment.

Maintains oxygen and air cylinder supply for hospital.

• Inventories cylinders.
• Troubleshoots regulators.
• Replaces empty cylinders.

Ensures appropriate readiness of equipment for patient use.

• Cleans and sterilizes equipment.
• Reassembles equipment for patient use.
• Performs safety checks on equipment as appropriate.
• Stocks respiratory therapy equipment in designated areas.

Performs monthly Code Blue cart inventory checks for Methodist Hospital and Women's Hospital.

• Communicates to Service Leader issues with Code Blue cart supplies, equipment.
• Replace missing equipment and supplies.
• Communication with Respiratory Assistant on any issues that are identified.

Schedule:

This is a casual/PRN position. Casual/PRN employees work on an ‘as needed’ basis to meet the needs of the business.  Work days/hours will often vary from week to week. 

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Satisfactory completion of annual mandatory education requirements.

Experience

• One year hospital experience preferred.
• Previous secretarial experience helpful.

License/Certifications

• N/A

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Must have good verbal communication skills.

Physical Requirements

Weight Demands

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
  • Climbing
  • Crawling
  • Kneeling
  • Sitting
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
  • Balancing
  • Carrying
  • Crouching
  • Distinguish colors
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Lifting
  • Pulling/Pushing
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Standing
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
  • Walking
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Fingering/Touching
  • Grasping
  • Hearing
  • Reaching
  • Seeing/Visual
  • Speaking/talking

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
  • Electrical Shock/Static
  • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
  • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
• Rare (1-33%):
  • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
• Occasionally (34%-66%):
  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
  • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
  • Equipment/Machinery/Tools

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a n