Respiratory Therapist - PRN

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Paducah (KY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

Baptist Health in Paducah, KY is seeking a Respiratory Therapist to provide basic respiratory care across patient ages under supervision. The role emphasizes high-quality patient care, adherence to department policies, and data collection for quality improvement.

The position requires CRT or RRT credential with Kentucky license and an Associate degree, and involves collaboration with physicians and nursing staff in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Must hold NBRC credential (CRT or RRT).
• Must have Kentucky license/certificate.
• Associate degree required.

Responsibilities

• Performs respiratory care procedures according to patient needs and physician orders within department policies.
• Accesses medication storage areas pertinent to tasks and maintains secure storage.
• Assesses respiratory status through exam, chart review, and response to therapies.
• Performs airway management and CPR as required.
• Communicates care plan effectively with team and maintains team focus.
• Maintains good customer service and timely shift-change reports.

Education

CRT or RRT Credential / NBRC Kentucky License

Associate degree

Job description

Summary Job Description: PRN Job Description

The Respiratory Therapist provides basic respiratory care to neonates through geriatrics in generally predictable, although critical, situations under the supervision of the manager and with shift supervisor resource. Staff practitioners will be responsible for the delivery of quality patient care and basic quality improvement data retrieval based on specific instructions and guidelines.

Job Duties

• Performs respiratory care procedures in response to patient needs, physical direction/orders, and within the limits of established Baptist Health Paducah and Respiratory Care department policies and procedures.
• Has access to medication storage areas pertinent to required job tasks.
• Maintains a secure medication storage area.
• Assesses the respiratory status of assigned patients through physical exam, chart review of history/physical and response to ordered therapies.
• Performs airway management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation as required.
• Communicates the patient care plan thoroughly and effectively with peers, physicians, and nursing staff maintains a team focus during and between shifts.
• Maintains good customer service/communication skills.
• Provides shift change report to oncoming staff.

Requirements

• CRT or RRT Credential – National Board of Respiratory Care Kentucky Mandatory Certificate/License Associate degree

About Baptist Health

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence.

Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRMISSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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