Weekend Licensed Respiratory Therapy

Schedule

Weekend - Saturday and Sunday

8 hour shifts

Respiratory Therapist (RT) / Respiratory Nurse (RN)

We are searching for a highly motivated, flexible, organized, skilled respiratory therapist who has experience in a rehab center and possesses great communication skills to put the “therapy” into respiratory therapy. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, this opportunity can be for you. The position is within a Skilled Nursing facility. As a Post Acute and Long Term Care respiratory therapist, your role would involve providing specialized care and treatment to patients with cardio-pulmonary, respiratory conditions neurological disorders and physical conditions that manifest into respiratory disorders over an extended period. Your primary responsibility would be to assess, provide diagnostic testing, develop treatment plans, and provide treatment to our Skilled Nursing Facility population.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

Provides patient treatments which meet patient needs and uses current treatment knowledge in accordance with facilities clinical procedures. This includes but is not limited to :

• Performing accurate, comprehensive patient evaluations.
• Developing an effective plan of treatment and obtaining appropriate approvals from a referring physician.
• Communicating with supervisor and interdisciplinary team members regarding patient progress, problems, and treatment plans.
• Instructing patient’s families and / or nursing staff in specified follow through programs.
• Interviewing patients and families regarding previous level of functioning, lifestyle and current and future expectations for recovery.
• Demonstrating knowledge of appropriate resources for problem-solving and clinical best practice.
• Evaluating patients within the required timeframe as per facility policies.
• Provides patient care as appropriate and necessary, following the position description for the applicable clinical discipline in which licensure or certification is held.

Writes accurate, complete, and clear documentation in accordance with the facility’s regulatory, licensing, payor, and accrediting requirements. This includes but is not limited to :

Integrating findings of other members of the interdisciplinary team in treatment assessment and recommendations.

Integrating input from patient and family in treatment assessment and recommendations.

Preparing for and providing meaningful contributions to the rehab team conferences, patient care conferences, utilization review meetings, family conferences, and caregiver training sessions.

Collaborating with and informing facility staff in areas of patient progress.

Educating members of the team in areas of expertise.

Working with a facility to teach documentation practices which assist the respiratory therapy team.

Communicating effectively with discharge planners.

o Demonstrating superior customer service through courtesy, consistent follow-up and positive communication.

Identifying and correcting safety hazards or notifying the facility or the admin so that safety hazards will be immediately remedied.

Maintaining work areas in safe and orderly fashion.

Maintaining equipment in safe working order by facilitation annual calibration.

Using proper body mechanics during treatments of patients and during support activities.

Using universal safety precautions.

Wearing appropriate protective equipment.

QUALIFICATIONS :

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities :

o Knowledge of medical terminology.

o Knowledge of respiratory disease and diseases that affect the respiratory system.

o Ability to use respiratory therapy equipment.

o Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in devising, installing and interpreting rules, regulations, policies, or procedures .

o Ability to express ideas and information, clearly, concisely, verbally and writing.

o Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with superiors, and officials of other departments.

o Oxygen weaning therapy

o Omni flow – Biofeedback

o Group respiratory therapy

o Standardized respiratory testing

o Aerosol therapy

o Incentive Spirometry

o Chest physiotherapy

o Deep breathing and coughing

o Bronchial hygiene therapy

o PEP therapy

o OPEP therapy

o Postal Drainage

o Positioning

o Oro / Naso-pharyngeal suctioning

o Airway clearance / management techniques

o Trachea-bronchial suctioning

o Tracheostomy care

o Spirometry Bedside Testing

o CPAP / BIPAP

o High-Flow Oxygen

o Cardiac Program

o Pulmonary Program

o 6-minute walk test

o 2-minute walk test

o Spirometry testing

o Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation