Respiratory Therapist - Acute Care
@ Essentia HealthRespiratory Therapist - Acute Care
About the job
Essentia Health offers comprehensive health services. The Respiratory Therapist role focuses on emergent, critical, and restorative respiratory care for patients of all ages in a hospital setting.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited respiratory program
- State licensure or application
- BCLS certification within 1 month
Qualifications
- Relevant respiratory care experience
- Strong patient assessment skills
- Ability to work rotating shifts
Full job description
Job Description:
Provides emergent, critical and restorative respiratory care through patient assessment, intervention, education and evaluation. Within the acute care inpatient hospital setting, performs all general and critical care respiratory care procedures and diagnostics on patients ages neonate through adult. These duties include but are not limited to; mechanical ventilation management, airway management, bronchoscopy assist, critical care transport, arterial blood gas puncture, medication delivery, bronchial hygiene, patient assessments and education.Education Qualifications:
Educational Requirements:
Graduate from an accredited respiratory care/therapy program
Licensure/Certification Qualifications:
Certification/Licensure Requirements:
- Must hold state licensure in appropriate state of practice upon hire or have applied and are waiting for state licensure in appropriate state of practice to award licensure not to exceed 30 days from date of hire
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification within 1 month of hire
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