Pulmo Rehab Specialist

Meridian; Caldwell (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincare is seeking respiratory care practitioners to staff a pulmonary health and rehabilitation program in Caldwell, Kansas. The role supports pulmonary participants with exercise prescription, oximetry, and clinical monitoring as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Candidates should have 24 months of recent experience, current CPR and ACLS certifications, and state registration. The position may be full-time, part-time, or consultant, with varied benefits and ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Desire to work within a comprehensive health care team.
• Commitment to a healthy lifestyle as a model to participants and staff.
• Twenty-four (24) months recent and relevant experience.
• Current CPR and ACLS certification.
• Current registration or certification in state of practice.
• Specialization or certification in cardiopulmonary clinical area.
• Must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Implement respiratory regimen and assist with pulmonary participant support.
• Contribute expertise as a member of a multidisciplinary team for treatment strategies.
• Communicate effectively with rehab team about patient findings and program improvement.
• Identify psychosocial adaptations and potential psychopathology in participants.
• Assess modifiable risk factors and support therapeutic lifestyle changes.
• Utilize health behavior change theories to help participants set goals.
• Participate in educational efforts, classes, and individual sessions.
• Assist in initial assessment and orientation of new participants and develop treatment plans.
• Apply knowledge of exercise science to pulmonary populations and comorbidities.
• Develop and adjust exercise prescriptions based on tests and daily responses.
• Supervise exercise sessions and monitor responses.
• Measure oximetry, heart rate, and blood pressure.
• Refer or escalate to physician as needed; observe telemetry when indicated.
• Document assessments in participant records.
• Report significant changes to the supervising physician and initiate ACLS if required.
• Participate in data collection and reporting of outcomes.
• Stay current with pulmonary rehabilitation through journals and conferences.
• Attend all scheduled staff meetings.

Skills

CPR certification

ACLS certification

Respiratory care experience

Team collaboration

Patient assessment

Lifting up to 50 lbs

Education

State license/certification

Cardiopulmonary specialization

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

Qualifications.

• Desire to work within a comprehensive health care team
• Commitment to a healthy lifestyle as a model to participants and staff
• Twenty-four (24) months recent and relevant experience
• Current CPR and ACLS certification
• Current registration or certification in state of practice
• Specialization or certification in cardiopulmonary clinical area
• must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Lincare offers employees a variety of competitive benefits that include ongoing training and advancement opportunities. Employees can also qualify for comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as paid time off, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, and other benefits. There are also a generous employee referral program and a wide array of employee discounts to take advantage of.

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