PRN Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonology

                    

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Job Title

PRN Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonology

                        

Location

Port St Lucie

                    

Facility

CC Tradition Hospital

                     

Department

TMC Pulmonary-Cleveland Clinic Martin Health

                      

Job Code

000645

                     

Shift

Nights

                       

Schedule

6:30pm-7:00am

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital’s team of caregivers that provide top-quality patient care to the Port St. Lucie area. Opening its doors in 2013 and expanding in 2017, this state-of-the-art acute care facility has 177 patient rooms and offers a wide variety of services to meet community needs. Here, you will be supported as you follow your dreams and find where you belong, here at Tradition Hospital.  

As a Respiratory Therapist, you will support a diverse patient population, with many managing chronic respiratory disorders, cancers and various concerning symptoms at both the Tradition and Martin Health Hospitals. You will assess and manage pulmonary conditions, respond to Code Blues, draw and analyze arterial blood gases, assist with Bronchoscopy duties and more. In this role, combining your skills with a compassionate and understanding mindset can make a difference in the lives of patients and their families.

A caregiver in this position works varying shifts from 6:30PM — 7:00AM, with weekend requirements.  

 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Provide care to adults/elderly considering assessment and interview techniques identifying psychosocial, physical, and educational needs. 
• Maintain continuous ventilation of patients on mechanical ventilators (invasive and noninvasive). 
• Monitor patient's ventilatory status with spirometers, pressure gauges and chest auscultation, draw and analyze arterial blood gases and measure respiratory exchange. 
• Wean patients from continuous ventilation utilizing established procedures. 
• Perform cardiopulmonary assessment to evaluate patient's respiratory status. 
• Analyze, record, and report results such as arterial blood gases, oxygenation studies, pulmonary function tests, hemodynamic monitoring parameters, etc. 
• Recommend modification to therapy or implementation of treatments. 
• Maintain airway care by performing and instructing proper tracheal instillations, tracheal aspiration, and nasotracheal aspiration. 
• Perform invasive procedures such as arterial puncture, tracheostomy tube changes as ordered by the physician. 
• Assist the physician in bedside and/or scheduled Bronchoscopy procedures. 
• Perform bedside Spirometry procedures and/or more complete Pulmonary Function studies with appropriate training (clinic staff). 
• Perform basic respiratory therapies such as medicated aerosols, oxygen therapy, nitric oxide administration, humidity/aerosol, bronchopulmonary hygiene, hyperinflation techniques, pulse oximetry while verifying physician order and utilizing appropriate treatment guidelines. 
• Observe and respond to adverse patient reactions to therapy or otherwise and initiates/assists in Rapid Response and Code Blue (CPR) situations. 
• Act as a resource for the pulmonologist for patient education and troubleshooting of therapeutic issues and training Residents (RRT credentialed therapists unless approved otherwise by the Departmental Director). 

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an AMA approved Respiratory Care Program