Kaweah Health
Respiratory Therapist-Registered
Visalia, California
Sponsorship not specified$39k-$59kDetected 12 days ago
StatisticsPatient CareCollaboration
About the role
- With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics.
- Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care.
- It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health.
Responsibilities
- Performs ventilator checks, assuring proper function of machine to ensure adequate ventilator support to patients.
- Performs more advanced therapy practices in the Intensive Care areas.
- Performs bedside spirometry as pre- and post-bronchodilator test to chart patient progress.
- Develops, updates, and maintains current competency program for unit orientation and on-going staff development in collaboration with Director.
- Develops a mechanism to ensure that all Respiratory staff/unit staff complete department-specific orientation and follow-up with appropriate individual(s) when standard is not met.
- Maintains records, files, and statistics pertinent to the job function.
- Under general supervision the RCP will perform all respiratory care related duties.
- Maintain all department and hospital records and enters accurate information into the hospital computer for the therapy as given.
Requirements
- License /Certification
- Required:
- Current CA Respiratory Care Practitioner license
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) from The National Board for Respiratory Care
- Department Specific Requirements
- If assigned education duties, requires three years experience in an acute care facility, preferably with supervisory or educational/training responsibilities.
- Essential
- Performs ventilator checks, assuring proper function of machine to ensure adequate ventilator support to patients. Performs more advanced therapy practices in the Intensive Care areas.
- Administers IPPB and Aerosol treatments as prescribed by attending physician.
- Performs and instructs patients on the use of postural drainage and percussion as prescribed by physician, assuring maximum secretion elimination.
Compensation
- $39.29 -$58.94
Benefits
- Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California.
- Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do - in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community.
- Benefits Eligible
- Assists with in-service education to hospital personnel and the community.
- Assists with planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating staff education on assigned units.
- Collaborates with other Clinical Educators to develop written educational programs.
- Educational programs have measurable outcomes and are result-oriented.
- Uses Performance Improvement (PI) information to improve patient care and staff education.
- Provides support and resource when there are identified educational needs/problems.
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