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- Job Summary
- The Internal Agency RRT is a system-level Respiratory Therapist who provides direct and individualized care to acutely and critically ill patients across all hospital locations within the organization. The Internal Agency RRT provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. This position will be scheduled per system Respiratory Therapy needs, including weekends and holidays, and thus will not participate in self-scheduling. The Internal Agency RRT assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history. The RRT may provide medicated and non-medicated therapies, invasive and non-invasive ventilation, oxygen administration and titration, diagnostic testing as related to ventilation and pulmonary function as well as arterial blood gas analysis.
- Job Requirements
- Education
- Required: Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Program
- Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in a related field
- Experience
- Required: 2 years experience in hospital based respiratory therapy
- Preferred: 3 years experience in hospital based respiratory therapy
- Skills
- Provides care as appropriate to age of population served.
- Proficient in safely providing all routine and emergent respiratory modalities.
- Able to assess patients and provide patient care per protocol.
- Provide accurate and appropriate electronic documentation.
- Provide accurate and appropriate education to patients, students and new staff.
- Possesses assessment and critical thinking skills
- Possesses in depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology
- Adheres to infection prevention practices and facility safety policies and procedures
- Licensure/Certification/Registration
- Missouri State License for Respiratory
- Must obtain BLS within 90 days of hire
- RRT credential from the NBRC
