St. Luke's Health Care
Job Description
Schedule/Shift: Full time, Nights 7p-7:30a , Rotating weekends
Department: Boise, Respiratory Care
The Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT is responsible for identifying patient needs and priorities for care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. RRTs coordinate care between other professional disciplines as needed for patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. Through documentation and oral communication, essential information is shared with health care team members and other customers common to the unit/area s of assignment. Unit/area-based activities, which contribute to a positive work and professional environment, are performed.
Minimum Qualifications:
A. Valid current or temporary Idaho State license to practice respiratory therapy.
B. Registered Respiratory Therapist credentials by the National Board for Respiratory Care.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical Practice
1. Initiate assessment based on the patient's presenting problems or needs and the physician's medical diagnosis:
• collect key information from patient, family, other caregivers, and medical reports
• determine patient care and priorities for care with special consideration given to patient teaching, discharge planning, and the growth and development needs of the patient
• determine which standards of care and practice apply to the patient and,
• document assessment.
2. Complete ongoing assessments according to policy and/or as determined by patient condition or change of condition involving family or other significant individuals, as needed.
3. Perform therapeutic interventions:
• as ordered by the physician and/or other care providers
• consistent with primary and population-specific standards of care and practice
• with consideration given to knowledge gained from the initial and ongoing assessment of the patient
• consistent with physician-approved protocols, policies and procedures, demonstrated competencies, and with consideration given to risk management and infection control practices and,
• consistent with the requirements of the unit/area s of assignment.
4. Determine the impact of interventions on the patient's condition and recognize the patient's progress towards meeting desired outcomes.
5. Document care based on standards of care and practice, patient acuity, and/or clinical priorities for documentation including:
• assessment and ongoing assessment findings
• updated clinical priorities for documentation
• therapeutic interventions with special attention to patient education and discharge planning interventions and,
• patient's response to interventions and progress towards outcomes are noted.
6. Manage the care of patients with conditions common to the unit/area s of assignment.
7. Serve as a role model and mentor to students in the health professions.
8. Resource pulmonary rehabilitation services locally and regionally.
Physical Requirements:
Occasional standing, walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting. Limited sitting, climbing/balancing, pushing/pulling objects on rollers/wheels, reaching above shoulder level. Moving objects horizontally left to right and vertically up and down frequently up to 10 lbs., and rarely up to 25 lbs. Frequent fine finger manipulation pinching, picking, working with fingers and occasional handling holding, grasping, working with hands . Senses needed to perform the essential functions of the position. Frequent need to hear and talk in quiet/noisy surroundings and talk/hear over the telephone. Vision for near/far acuity, depth perception, color vision. Touch for feeling size, shape temperature, texture by finger receptors . Smell to determine hot/burning equipment.
Department: Boise, Respiratory Care
The Registered Respiratory Therapist RRT is responsible for identifying patient needs and priorities for care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. RRTs coordinate care between other professional disciplines as needed for patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. Through documentation and oral communication, essential information is shared with health care team members and other customers common to the unit/area s of assignment. Unit/area-based activities, which contribute to a positive work and professional environment, are performed.
Minimum Qualifications:
A. Valid current or temporary Idaho State license to practice respiratory therapy.
B. Registered Respiratory Therapist credentials by the National Board for Respiratory Care.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical Practice
1. Initiate assessment based on the patient's presenting problems or needs and the physician's medical diagnosis:
• collect key information from patient, family, other caregivers, and medical reports
• determine patient care and priorities for care with special consideration given to patient teaching, discharge planning, and the growth and development needs of the patient
• determine which standards of care and practice apply to the patient and,
• document assessment.
2. Complete ongoing assessments according to policy and/or as determined by patient condition or change of condition involving family or other significant individuals, as needed.
3. Perform therapeutic interventions:
• as ordered by the physician and/or other care providers
• consistent with primary and population-specific standards of care and practice
• with consideration given to knowledge gained from the initial and ongoing assessment of the patient
• consistent with physician-approved protocols, policies and procedures, demonstrated competencies, and with consideration given to risk management and infection control practices and,
• consistent with the requirements of the unit/area s of assignment.
4. Determine the impact of interventions on the patient's condition and recognize the patient's progress towards meeting desired outcomes.
5. Document care based on standards of care and practice, patient acuity, and/or clinical priorities for documentation including:
• assessment and ongoing assessment findings
• updated clinical priorities for documentation
• therapeutic interventions with special attention to patient education and discharge planning interventions and,
• patient's response to interventions and progress towards outcomes are noted.
6. Manage the care of patients with conditions common to the unit/area s of assignment.
7. Serve as a role model and mentor to students in the health professions.
8. Resource pulmonary rehabilitation services locally and regionally.
Physical Requirements:
Occasional standing, walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting. Limited sitting, climbing/balancing, pushing/pulling objects on rollers/wheels, reaching above shoulder level. Moving objects horizontally left to right and vertically up and down frequently up to 10 lbs., and rarely up to 25 lbs. Frequent fine finger manipulation pinching, picking, working with fingers and occasional handling holding, grasping, working with hands . Senses needed to perform the essential functions of the position. Frequent need to hear and talk in quiet/noisy surroundings and talk/hear over the telephone. Vision for near/far acuity, depth perception, color vision. Touch for feeling size, shape temperature, texture by finger receptors . Smell to determine hot/burning equipment.
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