Registered Respiratory Therapist – Pulmonary
Cleveland Clinic
Registered Respiratory Therapist
Cleveland Clinic
part-time
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Location: Ohio • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide assessment, treatment, care and evaluation to patients with respiratory insufficiencies
- Direct respiratory caregivers for delivery of care
- Implement, develop and monitor patient care plans and assess appropriate treatments
- Monitor, record and communicate patients’ conditions
- Perform advanced respiratory care modalities and evaluate respiratory practice
- Administer medications and treatments, and perform blood gas puncture and analysis
- Educate patients and families about the illness and provide information about community support groups and other programs
- Work nights (6:30 p.m. – 7:00 a.m.) with rotating weekend and holiday requirements
- Support a diverse patient population managing chronic respiratory disorders and critical illnesses
Requirements
- Associate's degree and graduate of an accredited Respiratory Therapy Program
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care
- Ohio Respiratory Care Professional (RCP) Board Licensure
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Preferred: Experience in critical care
- Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree
- Ability to perform blood gas puncture and analysis
- Advanced respiratory care modalities and administering medications and treatments
- Good manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Normal hearing and vision or corrected to normal range
- May require sitting, standing and walking for extended periods of time
- Must clear testing for controlled substances and nicotine as condition of employment
- Must comply with influenza prevention program (annual influenza vaccination or approved exemption)
- Night shift availability (6:30 p.m. – 7:00 a.m.) with rotating weekend and holiday requirements
