Respiratory Therapist: Advanced Care, Sign-On & Relocation

Trinity Health; Clinton (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $20,000

Relocation package up to $8,000

Job summary

MercyOne Health System is seeking a Respiratory Therapist in Clinton, IA to provide neonatal through geriatric respiratory care in alignment with care standards. You will support physicians and colleagues, educate patients and staff, and participate in quality assurance activities within the Respiratory Therapy Department.

Responsibilities include consulting on care plans, assessing patient needs, performing diagnostic procedures, and delivering both basic and advanced respiratory therapies.

Qualifications

• Must be registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care upon hire.
• Must be licensed as an RCP in the State of Iowa within one year of hire.
• Experience in another health care setting is desirable, with critical care experience preferred.
• Must be BLS certified within 3 months of hire.
• Must be ACLS certified within one year of hire.
• Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission and vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Responsibilities

• Consults with and assists physicians and nurses with respiratory care plan for patients and facilitates the implementation of physician orders.
• Assess patients and evaluates appropriateness and quality of respiratory care to identify each patient's needs and provide the appropriate care and communicates those needs with the patient's physician.
• Provides effective education to patients, students, co-workers, and other members of the healthcare team as appropriate. Including but not limited to; smoking cessation education, care and cleaning of device education, medication side effects and dosages education and respiratory therapies such as Incentive Spirometry, MDI/DPI usage, HHN usage, CPT/Vest therapy education.
• Performs both fundamental and advanced diagnostic procedures including oximetry measurement, capnography, arterial puncture, mechanical ventilation waveform analysis, and pulmonary function testing.
• Performs emergency and acute respiratory care procedures in accordance with evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, and departmental and hospital policies and procedures.

Education

Graduated from an accredited Respiratory Therapy program

Job description

MercyOne Health System is seeking a Respiratory Therapist in Clinton, IA to provide neonatal through geriatric respiratory care in alignment with care standards. You will support physicians and colleagues, educate patients and staff, and participate in quality assurance activities within the Respiratory Therapy Department.

Responsibilities include consulting on care plans, assessing patient needs, performing diagnostic procedures, and delivering both basic and advanced respiratory therapies.