Respiratory Nurse for Skilled Nursing Facility

Jade Financial; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jade Financial is seeking a Respiratory Nurse to deliver focused respiratory care for residents, with emphasis on incentive spirometry administration, monitoring, and documentation. You will educate residents and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to reduce pulmonary complications and promote lung health.

Responsibilities include initiating IS therapy, performing respiratory assessments, and ensuring documentation accuracy.

Qualifications

• LPN/RN with valid state licensure.
• CPR certification required.
• Ability to work independently while following established protocols and directives.
• Strong communication, teaching, and documentation skills.
• Understanding of respiratory conditions such as COPD, Pneumonia, CHF.

Responsibilities

• Initiate Incentive spirometry therapy per facility protocol and physician orders.
• Perform initial and ongoing respiratory assessments for residents using IS.
• Provide direct education and hands-on training to residents on proper IS technique, ensuring compliance and effectiveness.
• Deliver incentive spirometry care to residents with physician orders, in coordination with the nursing team.
• Reinforce and re-educate as needed to promote consistent and correct usage.
• Monitor compliance with IS therapy and identify any barriers to participation.
• Report resident concerns, noncompliance, or declining respiratory function to Director of Nursing and Respiratory Coordinator promptly.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Teaching

Documentation

Education

LPN or RN license

Tools

Incentive spirometry

Job description

Position Title: Respiratory Nurse

Department: Nursing

Reports to: Director of Nursing/Respiratory Director

Job Summary

The Respiratory Nurse delivers focused respiratory care to residents, with a primary emphasis on administering, monitoring, and documenting the use of incentive spirometry. This role plays a key part in reducing pulmonary complications, and promotes optimal lung function through direct clinical intervention, resident education, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Residents Rights

• Knows and respects patient rights.
• Ensures protected health information is kept confidential.
• Reports complaints made by patients to supervisor.
• Reports allegations of patient abuse, neglect and/or misappropriation of patient property.

Safety and Sanitation

• Follows established safety policies and procedures.
• Observes the safety needs of patients as indicated in care plan.
• Wears and/or uses safety equipment and supplies when indicated and properly trained to use.
• Ensure infection control standards are upheld when handling and cleaning IS equipment.

Staff Development

• Attends and participates in scheduled in-service training, educational classes and meetings to maintain current certification as applicable and as managed by regulatory agencies and company policies.
• Attend facility meetings including daily weekly clinical IDT’s and reports to QAPI as scheduled.

Key Responsibilities

• Initiate Incentive spirometry therapy per facility protocol and physician orders.
• Perform initial and ongoing respiratory assessments for residents using IS.
• Provide direct education and hands-on training to residents on proper IS technique, ensuring compliance and effectiveness.
• Deliver incentive spirometry care to residents with physician orders, in coordination with the nursing team.
• Reinforce and re-educate as needed to promote consistent and correct usage.
• Monitor compliance with IS therapy and identify any barriers to participation.
• Report resident concerns, noncompliance, or declining respiratory function to Director of Nursing and Respiratory Coordinator promptly.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Documentation & Compliance

• Document assessments, interventions, education, and resident compliance in accordance with facility policy and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure accurate recording of IS use, frequency, and outcomes.
• Participate in care development plans for residents receiving IS therapy.
• Assist in quality improvement tracking related to respiratory outcomes and IS compliance.

Qualifications & Experience

• LPN/RN with valid state licensure.
• CPR certification required.
• Ability to work independently while following established protocols and directives.
• Strong communication, teaching, and documentation skills.
• Understanding of respiratory conditions such as COPD, Pneumonia, CHF, and post-operative care.
• Committed to reducing pulmonary complications and supporting lung health through consistent, evidence-based incentive spirometry practices.