Registered Respiratory Therapist - PRN in Mayfield, KY at Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Posted on: 11 Jan 2021
Mayfield, KY
Job Description
Job Description
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
The RRT under medical direction, practice the therapy, management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities affecting the cardiopulmonary system.
Observes professional ethics in maintaining confidential information concerning the financial, personal, medical or employment status of patients/families at JPMC.
Must follow and enforce accepted safety practices for patients and hospital.
Must report safety hazards and initiate appropriate action.
Must participate in safety instructional programs.
Demonstrate knowledge and competency to administer pharmacological, diagnostic and therapeutic agents.
Observe and monitor patient responses and report changes as indicated.
Competently perform and analyze blood gases with quality control measures recorded.
Perform respiratory secretions and pulmonary function testing.
Measure and monitor cardiac function as it relates to respiratory care.
Administer mechanical or environmental control mechanisms.
Provide the maintenance of artificial and natural airways.
Performs Cardiopulmonary services in accordance with Federal, State, JCAHO, hospital and other regulatory and accrediting standards.
Performs patient care duties as a RRT. Demonstrate knowledge and competency to deliver care to all age groups.
Provides leadership and direction for those employees with lesser training.
Complies with and supports department and hospital mission statement.
Produces a high level of quality care with concern for efficiency, cost effectiveness, and communication.
Prepares and maintains departmental/patient medical records.
Maintains department equipment ready for use and demonstrates satisfactory understanding of use of all equipment.
Performs job duties with awareness for safety, education and infection control.
Demonstrate Clinical and department specific competencies: Laboratory functions; medication preparation; therapy administration; critical care, and special testing.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
Must be a graduate of a Respiratory CareProgram and Kentucky State Registered Respiratory Therapist with Basic LifeSupport certification. Previous experience preferred.
Basic Skills include organizational,customer relations, math, grammar/spelling, computer training, the ability tofollow written and oral direction, and the ability to read, write, speak, andunderstand English.
Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran
LifePoint Health, Inc.
Brentwood, TN
Across our network and at our Health Support Center, we are united by a shared mission and vision, core values and guiding principles that drive everything we do and inform our approach to patient care, quality and how we do busine. We know that to achieve our vision of creating places where people choose to come for healthcare, physicians want to practice and employees want to work, we must organize around the right strategies. At LifePoint, our strategies are simple and enduring.
Our Operating Groups
LifePoint's facilities and practices are divided into four operating divisions: Eastern, Central, Mountain and Western. Each of these divisions has a leadership team that mirrors a hospital's leadership team, including a president and dedicated physician and provider leadership resources.
Our Health Support Center
Our Health Support Center (HSC), in Brentwood, Tennessee, has subject matter expertise in every area of healthcare operations and provider services. The HSC is organized to bring resources to bear across the continuum of care, from before a patient accesses healthcare services to after they are sent home, while keeping quality and compliance at the center.
On a daily basis, our group leaders and subject matter experts are working with our local markets to help develop and implement the right strategies that ensure healthcare thrives in their communities.
Our Physicians
Physicians are a critical access point to care in our communities. We work to build and maintain collaborative relationships with both our employed physicians and a broad network of affiliated providers, and we provide a full spectrum of practice management and physician support to help secure the delivery of quality care today and for the future.
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IndustryHealthcare
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