Respiratory Therapist – RRT
Lexington Medical Center
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: West Columbia • South Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Performs duties within the scope of respiratory care, to include but not limited to inpatient assessments, oxygen and routine therapy, arterial blood gases, and mechanical ventilation.
- Outpatient Services to include diagnostic studies and Pulmonary rehab to include patient assessment, planning, intervention, follow-up, evaluation, and discharge planning.
- Demonstrates competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following patient populations (vary by area): Infant (Birth to 1 year); Child (1 year through 12 years); Adolescent (13 years through 17 years); Adult (18 years to 65 years); Geriatric (over 65 years).
- Supervises clinical exercise programs using a variety of tools including telemetry, BP, pulse oximetry, dyspnea scale, and perceived exertion.
- Document participants medical history, care plan (ITP), responses to treatment, progress and complications. Evaluate and report patients’ outcomes including functional capacity, risk reduction, behavior modification, and follow-up assessments to evaluate individual progress and program effectiveness.
- Works toward returning patients to previous functional level and having lower risk for future events as well as a better understanding of disease process.
- Provides individualized counseling and education to inpatients, outpatients and family members to meet identified needs. Teach group education classes as a part of outpatient pulmonary rehab program. Assist in the development and revision of education materials.
- Performs routine/oxygen therapy, administers medication, follow protocols. Administers specialty gases.
- Assesses patients in accordance with clinical practice guidelines and makes recommendations to physician for the most appropriate therapy.
- Interprets prescriptions and/or confers with physician to determine requirements for therapy. Accepts verbal respiratory care orders from physician and documents on order sheet.
- Makes adjustments using clinical decision making skills based on response from treatments.
- Performs arterial punctures and draws from arterial lines to obtain blood gas samples. Analyzes samples on blood gas systems and interprets results. Performs routine daily preventive maintenance and QC.
- Performs diagnostic procedures, interprets results and makes recommendations based on set criteria (Example: pulse oximetry, bedside spirometry, flow studies, and peak flows).
- Initiates, monitors, and troubleshoots BIPAP/CPAP systems.
- Demonstrates proficiency in assessment and management of the critical care patient.
Requirements
- Minimum Education : 2 Year Associate's Degree (AMA accredited program for Respiratory Care and registered through the National Board for Respiratory Care)
- Minimum Years of Experience : None
- Substitutable Education & Experience : Associate's Degree may be substituted for active RRT credential through National Board for Respiratory Care, active license through SC LLR, and 10 years of direct experience as a Respiratory Therapist.
- Required Certifications/Licensure : Licensed by the Board of Medical Examiners for the State of South Carolina (biennial renewal required); Infant/Child and Adult Basic Life Support (BLS) Certified - ACLS for Pulmonary Rehab, Pulmonary Lab, CVICU therapist, and for the Rapid Response Team. (Within six months or first available class). All Employees assigned to Special Care Nursery must have NRP certification.
- Required Training : None
Benefits
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
respiratory careinpatient assessmentsoxygen therapymechanical ventilationarterial blood gasesdiagnostic studiespulmonary rehabilitationclinical decision makingarterial puncturesBIPAP/CPAP systems
Soft skills
patient assessmentcounselingeducationcommunicationteamworkevaluationplanninginterventionfollow-updischarge planning
Certifications
Associate's Degree in Respiratory CareRRT credentialLicensed by the Board of Medical Examiners for South CarolinaBasic Life Support (BLS)Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)NRP certification