Registered Respiratory Therapist

                    

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Job Title

Registered Respiratory Therapist

                        

Location

Medina

                    

Facility

Medina Hospital

                     

Department

Respiratory Therapy-Integrated Hospital Care Institute

                      

Job Code

D23042

                     

Shift

Evenings

                       

Schedule

2:30pm-11:00pm/10:30am-11:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

This position is eligible for a $7,500 sign-on bonus

Join Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. As a proud recipient of the Vizient, Inc.'s Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award, Medina Hospital is known for its excellence in delivering safe, patient-centered care that is timely, effective, efficient, and equitable. Medina Hospital has also been recognized for its commitment to creating a positive environment that empowers and engages staff by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Here, you can build a rewarding, lifelong career while receiving endless support and encouragement.  

As a Registered Respiratory Therapist, you will provide evidence-based clinical care to some of the most critically ill patients in the United States. Caring for adult, pediatric and/or neonatal populations, you will evaluate, treat and manage patients with a wide range of respiratory conditions, including asthma, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, COPD and lung cancer.

A caregiver in this position works two 8-hour shifts from 2:30 p.m. -- 11:30 p.m. during the week and two 12-hour shifts from 6:30 a.m. -- 7:00 p.m. every other weekend.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide assessment, treatment, care and evaluation to patients with respiratory insufficiencies.  

• Direct respiratory caregivers for delivery of care.  

• Implement and monitor patient care plans.  

• Assess patients for the appropriate type and frequency of treatment and develop, implement and monitor patient care plans.  

• Monitor, record and communicate patients’ conditions. 

• Perform advanced respiratory care modalities, evaluate respiratory practice, administer medications and treatments, and perform blood gas puncture and analysis.  

• Educate patients and families about the illness and provide information about community support groups and other programs.  

• At sites where applicable, the employee will perform blood gas puncture and analysis.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Therapy program

• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care

• Ohio Respiratory Care Professional (RCP) Board licensure

• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA)

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) or obtain within 60 days of hire

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through American Heart Association (AHA)

• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through American Heart Association (AHA) and/or Neonatal Pediatric Specialist (NPS) certification

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Prior experience in critical care and/or performing invasive procedures

• Neonatal/pediatric experience

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Physical Requirements:

• Good manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

• Normal hearing and vision or corrected to normal range.

• May require sitting, standing and walking for extended periods of time.