Lead Respiratory Therapist

Riverview Regional Medical Center; Chicago (IL); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading medical facility as a Lead Respiratory Care Practitioner in Chicago. In this role, you will oversee respiratory care, ensure compliance with standards, and support a dedicated healthcare team. This position seeks a skilled professional with expert knowledge in respiratory therapies and leadership capabilities to enhance patient outcomes.

Benefits

Sign On Bonus

401K retirement plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Qualifications

• State RCP License required.
• BLS certification by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• RRT certification from the NBRC required.
• 2 years’ experience as an RCP preferred.
• ACLS and PALS certificates required within 60 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating respiratory care for patients.
• Organizing and evaluating staffing assignments for RCPs.
• Participating in code Blue and rapid response situations.
• Collecting and reporting QA data for quality measures.

Skills

Respiratory Care

Patient Assessment

Emergency Response

Clinical Instruction

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate Degree or Bachelor of Science degree

State Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) License

Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) certification

Job description

Overview

• Department: Respiratory Therapy
• Schedule:3:00 PM – 11:00 PM (Team Lead – no weekends, alternating holidays)
• Facility: Resurrection Medical Center
• Location: 7435 W Talcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60631
• Sign On Bonus: 3k with one year commitment and 6k for 2 years.

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Responsibilities

The Lead respiratory care practitioner (RCP) is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the treatment, care, and needs for the patients ordered for respiratory care. The Lead RCP is also responsible for assessing staffing needs and organizes, distributes, and evaluates assignments when directing other RCP’s. Follows the flex staffing order, monitoring staffing needs no less than every four (4) hours and maintains required documentation when adjusting staffing levels. Assure the daily meal break coverage assignment is posted and provides oversight to assure shift report occurs on time and the shift completes the shift on time. The Lead RCP attends all code Blues, rapid responses, and provides secondary support for code trauma in the Emergency department, as well as performs all bronchoscopy assists and procedural support. Attends daily rounds with the medical and surgical intensivists assuring the assigned RCP's are in attendance for patient care rounds, assures blood gas lab equipment is maintained on a daily basis, documenting regulatory requirements to include temp and humidity, and performing quality control. Assist with clinical instruction, serves as a resource therapist, and completes skill checkoff, performance monitor and/or competencies as required. Collects all QA data for department specific quality measures and provides reports on a monthly basis. Keeps department director directly informed throughout the shift and reports all deviation of care or behavior.

Under general supervision and medical direction, provides any of all or all of the designated respiratory care therapies designed to care for patients with deficiencies and abnormalities which affect the pulmonary system and associated aspects of cardiopulmonary function.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. State Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) License required.

2. Basic Life Support (BLS) certified from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross upon hire and maintain current.

3. Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) certification from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) required.

4. 2 years’ experience as an RCP preferred.

5. ACLS certificate within 60 day of hire and maintain current.

6. NRP certificate preferred.

7. PALS certificate within 60 days of hire and maintain current.

8. Associate Degree or Bachelor of Science degree preferred.

9. High School Diploma or equivalent is required.

Resurrection Medical Center offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $32.41 to $46.95. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

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