Pulmo Rehab Specialist

Pulmo Rehab Specialist

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The pulmonary health and rehabilitation program staff a respiratory care practitioner (full‑time, part‑time, or consultant) responsible for implementing respiratory regimens and assisting patients throughout pulmonary rehabilitation.

• Contribute expertise as a member of a multi‑disciplinary team to offer comprehensive treatment strategies and improve outcomes for participants.
• Communicate effectively with rehab team members about individual patient findings, concerns, and program improvement issues.
• Demonstrate willingness to strive toward proficiency in all clinical competencies.
• Show interpersonal and observational skills needed to identify psycho‑social adaptation needs and possible psychopathology (e.g., depression, anger, excessive anxiety).
• Assess patients’ modifiable risk factors and offer support and strategies for successful therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC).
• Understand and utilize contemporary health‑behavior change theories when helping participants set learning and lifestyle modification goals.
• Participate in the program’s educational efforts, classes, and/or individual sessions.
• Participate in the initial assessment and orientation of new participants.
• Assist in the development of individualized treatment plans with other staff members.
• Apply knowledge of exercise science to populations with pulmonary disease and other co‑morbidities.
• Develop and adjust individual exercise prescriptions in accordance with graded exercise testing (GXT), daily patient response in rehab, and physician recommendations.
• Supervise exercise sessions, monitoring participants for inappropriate responses.
• Measure oximetry, heart rate, and blood pressure.
• Assess participants pre‑, during, and post‑exercise, making referrals or recommendations to the participant, staff, and Medical Director.
• Observe telemetry responses when indicated.
• Document initial and daily assessment data in participant records.
• Immediately report any new, changing, or significant participant conditions (oxygen desaturation, dysrhythmias, abnormal blood pressure, or changes in status) to the supervising physician.
• Initiate ACLS measures and/or emergency care according to hospital policy.
• Assist in the collection, analysis, and reporting of individual patient outcomes and program outcomes.
• Keep current in the field of pulmonary rehabilitation through journals, in‑services, and conferences.
• Participate in emergency drills and mock codes routinely.
• Attend all scheduled staff meetings.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Other
• Companies specialize in healthcare services

• Hospitals and Health Care

Location:

Coldwater, KS | Salary: $2,601.00 – $2,601.00 | Posted: 1 day ago