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POSITION SUMMARY
The Respiratory Therapist, also known as Respiratory Care Practitioners, evaluates, treats, and cares for patients with breathing or other cardiopulmonary disorders. Their primary responsibility is for all respiratory care therapeutic treatments and diagnostic procedures under the direction of the Licensed Independent Practitioner. Active involvement with the primary physician and interdisciplinary team in developing the patient’s plan of care; assesses their respiratory disorders to improve their optimal functional level of independence and establishes and administers a treatment program with specific goals determined according to the patient’s capacity and tolerance.
POSITION SUMMARY EXPANDED:
Under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act,? (“The Unity Bill”) this position is considered a “Safety-sensitive position. “Safety-sensitive” is defined to include “any job that includes tasks or duties that could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task or others.” Employees working in “safety-sensitive” roles are subject to this exception and subject to disciplinary action in the event of a positive test for marijuana or its metabolites.
Requirements:
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- Current RT/CRT credential registered through the Oklahoma Medical Board.
- Must maintain current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification throughout employment.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES)
- Ability to project a professional image.
- Possess knowledge of functions of Cardiopulmonary department and the quality standards requirements as outlined by TJC, the Department of Health for the State of employment and Federal regulatory standards as outlined by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
- Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of practice in job situations.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills; excellent writing and speaking skills.
- Working knowledge of personal computer and software applications used in job functions (Word processing, graphics, databases, spreadsheets, etc.)
- Persons who have been found guilty by a court of law of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating individuals in a health care related setting are ineligible for employment in this position.
- Freedom from illegal use of drugs.
- Freedom from use of and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITES
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each key function satisfactorily.
- Each category will be assessed on performance measurements of appropriateness, efficiency, effectiveness, and timeliness.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key functions.
- Evaluate and interpret patient data; interview patients and families to obtain data, perform limited physical examinations; measure and evaluate lung capacity data. Evaluate and report variances in outcome data to supervisor. Respond to all emergency situations and provide cardiopulmonary support to patients. Responds to patient and family concerns and ensures that each concern is documented, and a resolution is initiated.
- Perform regular checks on patients and equipment. Maintain clean and safe equipment and environment.
- Plan, organize and evaluate care interventions and their effect on outcome. Participate in plan of care of patient in collaboration with interdisciplinary team and physician. Provide ongoing patient/family education. Complete documentation of assessment, reassessment, and treatment plans in the medical record. Compliant with the value-focused documentation for patient’s plan of care and outcomes.
- Participate in performance improvement activities in department and hospital wide. Collect and analyze data. Maintain quality control of all respiratory equipment.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participates in new employee orientation and annual mandatory education.
- Demonstrates and understands the importance of and respect for the rights, dignity, and individuality of each patient in all interactions.
- Demonstrates respect for co-workers and responds to needs of patients by complying with hospital policies.
- Supports staff, patient, and family education to enhance knowledge, skills and necessary behaviors to facilitate positive outcomes.
- Ability to carry out essential functions of this position (with or without reasonable accommodation)
- Promote the philosophy, mission, and objectives of the Company within and to customers outside the hospital.
- Demonstrates satisfactory level of interpersonal skills to interact with facility and medical staff and Administration, patients, families, customers, vendors and government agencies.
- Assure participation in relevant in-service training sessions, facility meetings and continuing educational opportunities appropriate to responsibilities.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity at all times in care and use of patient and hospital property.
- Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks/responsibilities and complete duties within allotted time.
- Appropriately accesses the resources of the Company’s corporate offices for consultation and program development support.
- Seeks out external resources through conferences, workshops, etc. as necessary.
- Shares professional knowledge with staff, directors, managers, and hospital personnel.
- Participates in hospital wide patient safety program identifying risks to patient safety and reducing healthcare errors.
- Comply with HIPAA regulatory requirements.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
- Demonstrates active listening techniques; gains support through effective relationships.
- Treats others with dignity and respect; seeks feedback.
- Establishes systems to measure effectiveness, efficiency, and service.
- creates and maintains reporting mechanisms.
REASONING ABILITY
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instruction furnished in written, oral and/or diagram form.
- Ability to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in statistical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- English is the primary language of the facility.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical.
- Procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to chart patient information correctly.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of executives, managers, clients, customers, and the public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute ratio, percent, rate, as well as the ability to create and interpret graphs.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to work inside a clean, well-lit, and well-ventilated laboratory. While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee may be exposed to some hazards such as radiation, bodily fluids that may contain disease, and fumes from laboratory chemicals.