Respiratory Therapist I at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, Edgewood, KY

Respiratory Therapist I at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, KY. Full-time. Est. up to $100k. Apply with swipeandhired.

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Job Type:
Regular
Scheduled Hours:
36
💙 Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare
At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

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Job Summary:
Upon physician’s orders, assesses patients’ pulmonary status, determines appropriateness of orders and administers various modes supportive or restorative of therapy, with or without medical gases or pharmacological agents to restore normal cardio-pulmonary function. Upon physicians’ orders conducts various cardio-pulmonary diagnostic tests to determine existence or extent of cardio-pulmonary disease.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.
Job Description:
Job Duties:
Administers safe, effective respiratory treatments, and effective medical gas therapy consistent with current standards of practice, to restore normal cardio-pulmonary function.

Personal Development

Identifies personal goals and objectives annually as a part of performance appraisal. Completes Federal, State and System annual requirements. Identifies self-development opportunities and makes the effort to take advantage of those opportunities.

Upon physicians' orders uses background knowledge and clinical skills to provide mechanical ventilator support to sustain patients' cardio-pulmonary function.

Customer Service Meets customer relations expectations:

Meets Professionalism Standards

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Education, Credentials, Licenses:

Specialized Knowledge:
None

Kind and Length of Experience:
None

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
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