Resp Therapist Cert

HCA Healthcare; Cypress (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

401(k) plan with match

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress in Cypress, TX is seeking a Respiratory Therapist to provide respiratory care across all age groups and all hospital areas. You will collaborate with care teams, evaluate outcomes, and adjust plans of care to ensure optimal patient results.

Responsibilities include identifying problems, communicating changes to staff and physicians, ensuring proper delivery of cardiopulmonary care, and supporting department efficiency and cost containment.

Qualifications

• ACLS within 90 days of employment start date
• BCLS within 30 days of employment start date
• PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 90 days of employment start date
• (RRT/RCP-State) Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner
• (NBRC-CRT) Certified Respiratory Therapist, or (NBRC-RRT) Registered Respiratory Therapist

Responsibilities

• Provides respiratory care therapies to all age groups in the hospital.
• Applies modalities and evaluates outcomes, consults with other disciplines, and adjusts plans of care.
• Identifies problems and plans tasks to ensure service efficiency.
• Notifies staff/physician of changes in patient condition as needed.
• Ensures appropriate cardiopulmonary/patient care delivery per policy.
• Responds to workload changes to achieve productivity.
• Prioritizes steps, manages supplies and coordinating with other departments.
• Provides shift reports to the team.
• Participates in case management and cost containment.
• Makes referrals at admission and during hospitalization.
• Assists in evaluating patients for appropriate level of care.

Education

RRT/CRT-State Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner

NBRC-CRT Certified Respiratory Therapist

NBRC-RRT Registered Respiratory Therapist

Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days

Basic Cardiac Life Support within 30 days

PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 90 days

Job description

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Resp Therapist Cert you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Provides respiratory care therapies and procedures to all age groups of patients in all areas of the hospital.

What you will do in this role:

• Applies respiratory care modalities and procedures to a group of patients. Evaluates outcomes of patient care, consults with other disciplines as required and adjusts the plan of care as necessary to ensure optimal service.

• Effectively identifies predictable problems and plans assigned tasks as needed.

• Recognizes changes in patient condition and initiates activities to facilitate appropriate responses.

• Communicates the patient’s condition and/or change to appropriate staff and/or physician, as needed.

• Ensure appropriate delivery of cardiopulmonary/patient care for a group of patients according to policy and procedure.

• Responds promptly to changes in workload, adjusting assignments as necessary to achieve optimal productivity and efficiency.

• Prioritizes and plans all work steps to ensure success; considers time, supplies and support required from other individuals and departments in setting up work plan and completing duties.

• Provides pertinent shift report to other members of the team.

• Participates and facilitates in the case management process and cost containment for patients.

• Makes appropriate referrals upon admission and throughout hospitalization.

• Considers all available options and makes appropriate decisions.

• Assists in the containment of hospital costs through appropriate use of supplies, recovery of patient charges, and conservation of supplies.

• Assists in the evaluation of patients for appropriate level of care and communicates with others on health care team.

• Communicates pertinent information regarding patient’s progress and discharge planning needs to appropriate hospital and medical staff.

• Evaluates patient progress in light of the plan of care and coordinates care to achieve desired outcomes.

• Cooperates with other personnel to achieve Department objectives and maintain good employee relations and collaborative integration of the health care team.

• Maintains harmonious relationship with staff members, providing support and assistance to ensure quality customer service.

• Demonstrates attitude of cooperation and professionalism.

• Demonstrates flexibility in working hours and days scheduled in order to meet needs of the department.

• Seeks and accepts input from Directors/ Supervisors regarding interpersonal relationships that affect the department’s harmony and serviceability.

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date

• (RRT/RCP-State) Respiratory Therapist/Practitioner

• (NBRC-CRT) Certified Respiratory Therapist, or (NBRC-RRT) Registered Respiratory Therapist

No Travel Required

No experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/hca-houston-healthcare-north-cypress) , a campus of HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood, is a 165+ bed, general acute care hospital , founded in 2006 by local physicians who wanted to create a sophisticated, patient-friendly healthcare environment for their community. We strive to provide world-class healthcare to patients throughout Cypress, TX and Northwest Houston . HCA Houston North Cypress provides comprehensive services utilizing the latest in medical technology and equipment. We employ well-respected area physicians and aim to provide an upscale five-star hotel-like ambiance with the comfort of those we care for in mind. Our services include a 20+ bed unit ICU, robotic-assisted surgery, orthopedic care, joint replacement surgery, cancer care, advanced wound care services using hyperbaric medicine, advanced breast cancer screening and imaging, and much more. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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