Weekend Licensed Respiratory Therapist

Trevecca Center for Rehabilitation and Healing; Mount Juliet (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Trevecca Center for Rehabilitation and Healing in Mount Juliet, TN seeks a full-time Respiratory Therapist to join a skilled nursing team. The RT must hold state licensure (RRT/CRT) and be able to evaluate and treat independently, with geriatric care passion.

Responsibilities include assessing patients, initiating therapies, documenting meticulously, and providing bedside treatments. Experience with tracheostomy and long-term care is preferred; opportunity to contribute to resident well-being.

Qualifications

• Graduate of COARC-accredited AS or BS Respiratory program; licensed as RRT or CRT.
• Licensed in the state of practice; BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Complete assessments and implement respiratory techniques to progress rehab patients with various respiratory and non-respiratory illnesses.
• Initiate therapies, maintain patient records, operate, check, and assemble equipment.
• Provide bedside treatments and in-services for nursing staff quarterly.
• Maintain daily, weekly and monthly documentation; attend IDT meetings.
• Experience with tracheotomy; long-term care setting experience.
• Follow facility procedures and policies; manage caseload and audits.

Skills

Respiratory therapy

Tracheotomy

Long-term care

Assessment skills

Documentation

Education

AS/BS in Respiratory

RRT/CRT licensure

Job description

Schedule

• This will be your standing schedule. We are looking for a RT that can work the following schedule below consistently.
  • 4- 6 hours per shift; maybe up to 8 hours depending on caseload
  • Saturday and Sunday

Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Looking for a full time talented and motivated Respiratory Therapist to join our dynamic team. The position is within a Skilled Nursing facility. Candidate should possess passion for geriatric population, must contain a license in the state of practice, be able to evaluate and treat independently without direct supervision, and posses the desire to perform functional therapeutic activities to assist residents improve in their experience.

Job Description

• Completes assessments and implements respiratory techniques to maintain and progress the rehab patients with many different Respiratory illness/diseases and non respiratory illness.
• Initiate therapies, maintain patient records, operate, check, and assemble equipment
• Complete a variety of bedside treatments
• Complete in-services for nursing staff every quarter
• Responsible for completing daily, weekly and monthly documentation
• Attend applicable IDT meetings
• Experience with tracheotomy
• Experience is a long term care setting
• Follow procedure and protocol of facility
• Completes tracking, auditing and caseload management
• Performs related duties as required
• Described in the Departmental Policy and procedure Manual in these areas of skilled interventions:
  • Oxygen weaning therapy
  • Omniflow – Biofeed back
  • Group respiratory therapy
  • Standardized respiratory testing
  • Aerosol therapy
  • IPPB therapy
  • Incentive Spirometry
  • Chest physiotherapy
  • Deep breathing and coughing
  • Bronchial hygiene therapy
  • PEP therapy
  • Postal Drainage
  • Positioning
  • Oro/Naso-pharyngeal suctioning
  • Airway clearance/management techniques
  • Trachea-bronchial suctioning
  • Tracheostomy care
  • Spirometry Bedside Testing
  • CPAP/BIPAP
  • High-Flow Oxygen
  • Cardiac Program
  • Pulmonary Program
  • Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

• Graduate of COARC accredited AS or BS Respiratory program. Licensed as RRT or CRT.
• Licensed in the state in which practicing BLS certification.

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