Pulmo Rehab Specialist

Lincare; Caldwell (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincare in the United States seeks respiratory care practitioners to staff a pulmonary health and rehabilitation program on a full-time, part-time, or consulting basis. You will implement respiratory regimens, support participants, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to optimize outcomes.

You will communicate findings to the rehab team, refine individualized plans, apply exercise science, monitor vitals and telemetry, and ensure adherence to hospital policies.

Qualifications

• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver comprehensive treatment strategies.
• Communicate effectively with rehab team about patient findings and program improvements.
• Strive toward proficiency in clinical competencies.
• Identify psychosocial adaptation issues related to illness.
• Assess modifiable risk factors and support TLC goals.
• Apply health behavior change theories to patient learning.
• Participate in program education, classes, and sessions.
• Assist in initial assessment and orientation of new participants.
• Develop individualized treatment plans with staff.
• Apply exercise science to pulmonary patients and co-morbidities.
• Develop and adjust exercise prescriptions based on GXT and patient response.
• Supervise exercise sessions and monitor responses.
• Measure oximetry, heart rate, and blood pressure.
• Document assessments and report significant changes to physician.
• Observe telemetry when indicated.
• Reported emergencies per hospital policy.
• Contribute to patient outcomes and program evaluation.
• Keep current with pulmonary rehab literature and trainings.
• Attend staff meetings.

Responsibilities

• Contributes expertise as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to offer comprehensive treatment strategies.
• Communicates effectively with rehab team about patient findings and program improvement issues.
• Demonstrates willingness to achieve clinical proficiency.
• Identifies psychosocial adaptation issues and related needs.
• Assesses modifiable risk factors and supports therapeutic lifestyle changes.
• Applies health behavior change theories to patient goals.
• Participates in educational efforts and sessions.
• Assists in initial assessment and orientation of new participants; helps develop treatment plans.
• Applies exercise science principles to pulmonary patients and co-morbidities.
• Develops and adjusts exercise prescriptions per GXT and patient response.
• Supervises exercise sessions and monitors responses.
• Measures oximetry, heart rate, and BP.
• Assesses patients and makes referrals or recommendations to team/MD.
• Monitors telemetry when indicated.
• Documents data in patient records.
• Reports significant changes to physician supervising the program.
• Participates in emergency drills and program outcomes reporting.
• Keeps current in field through journals and conferences.
• Attends scheduled staff meetings.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical proficiency

Pulmonary rehab

Exercise prescription

Emergency response

Telemetry observation

Documentation

Oximetry/monitoring

Patient risk assessment

Job description

The pulmonary health and rehabilitation program will staff (full time, part time, or consultant basis) respiratory care practitioners who will be responsible for implementing the respiratory regimen and assisting with pulmonary participant support.

• Contributes expertise as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to offer comprehensive treatment strategies to provide positive outcomes for individual participants and for the pulmonary health and rehabilitation program
• Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively with rehab team members about individual patient findings or concerns and about program improvement issues
• Demonstrates a willingness to strive toward proficiency in the clinical competencies
• Demonstrates the interpersonal and observational skills needed to effectively identify appropriate psycho social adaptation to illness and/or the presence of psychopathology (e.g., depression, anger, excessive anxiety, etc.)
• Assesses patients' risk factors that are modifiable and demonstrates ability to offer support and strategies to aid patient in successful therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC)
• Understands and utilizes contemporary theories of health behavior change in helping participants identify learning and lifestyle modification goals
• Participates in the program's educational efforts, classes, and/or individual sessions
• Participates in the initial assessment and orientation of new participants
  • Assists in the development of individualized treatment plans with other staff members
• Effectively applies knowledge of exercise science to a population with pulmonary disease and other potential co-morbidities
• Develops and adjusts individual exercise prescription in accordance with GXT, daily patient response in rehab, and physician recommendations on a regular basis
• Supervises exercise session, monitoring participants for inappropriate responses to exercise
• Responsible for oximetry, heart rate, and blood pressure measurement
• Assesses participants pre, during, and post exercise, making appropriate referrals, and/or recommendations to the participant, other staff, and Medical Director
• Responsible for observation of telemetry responses, when indicated
• Documents initial and daily assessment data in participant records
• Immediately reports any new, changing, and/or significant participant conditions (oxygen desaturation, dysrhythmias, abnormal blood pressure responses, change in participants' status, etc.) to the physician supervising the program
• Initiates ACLS measures and/or emergency care according to hospital policy
• Participates in the collection, analysis, and reporting of identified individual patient outcomes and program outcomes
• Keeps current in the field of pulmonary rehabilitation through journals, in-services, and conferences
• Participates in emergency drills and mock codes on a routine basis
• Attends all scheduled staff meetings