PRN - Respiratory Therapist

• Must have good public relation skills and interact with people well.
• Good computer skills are necessary.
• Previous Respiratory Therapy experience preferred.
• Must be able to assist other staff when problems and/or questions arise.
• Must be able to work any shift, including weekends and holidays.
• Must maintain patient confidentiality and information per policy and procedures.
• Must be dependable, trustworthy, and flexible.

Increased hours available for weekends and some weekdays!!

Pay Scale: $30.00 per hour

• Performs all respiratory procedures per physician’s orders.
• Maintains patent airways and performs appropriate bronchial hygiene techniques.
• Charts and documents procedures according to department policy.
• Performs necessary oxygen rounds and replaces supplies as needed.
• Disassembles, cleans and re-assembles Respiratory Therapy equipment.
• Provide the hospital with high quality respiratory care for inpatients and outpatients according to hospital, state, and federal regulations.
• Establishes & maintains patent airway & administers appropriate bronchial hygiene.
• Performs all RT procedures (nebulizer, CPT, IS, respiratory parameters, BiPap, ET CO2, O2 set –up and maintenance, etc.)
• Charts and documents procedures performed.
• Responds to Code Blue and assists with airway management & CPR.
• Performs necessary patient oxygen rounds (including the application of proper equipment for all age groups).
• Performs pulse oximetry assessments on all age groups.
• Mixes and administers medication used in RT (includes proper calculation of medication for infant and pediatric patients).
• Uses and maintains portable oxygen equipment, cylinders and regulators per departmental policies and procedures.
• Performs 12 lead ECGs per departmental policies and procedures.
• Performs Holter Monitor per departmental policies and procedures.
• Performs Cardiac stress per departmental policies and procedures
• Responsible for maintaining and obtaining medications from Pharmacy.
• Responsible for keeping the department clean and orderly.
• Responsible for keeping the equipment clean.
• Responsible for stocking and cleaning RT cart daily.
• Responsible for stocking and cleaning ECG cart daily.
• Responsible for checking medications for outdates.
• Responsible for checking and documenting oxygen tank pressures in ER.
• Included in the on-call rotation for the RT department.

If interested, contact: dgraves

Mail your application to:
Hamilton Memorial Hospital
c/o Human Resources
PO Box 429
McLeansboro, IL 62859

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