Job Description

Job Description

Description
Respiratory Therapist Advanced/Registered -AdventHealth Orlando

Location Address: Orlando, Fl 32803

Top Reasons to work at AdventHealth Orlando

* Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
* serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
* AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
* We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year

Work Hours/Shift:

* Full Time 3 12's Days

You Will Be Responsible For:

* Practices standard precautions and enforces safety regulations according to hospital policies on a continual basis.
* Responds to Code Blue emergencies immediately providing CPR according to the American Heart Association guidelines.
* Properly utilizes patient assessment skills, prescriber care plans, chart review, and conferring with multidisciplinary team to determine efficacy of therapy in a cost and time efficient manner making appropriate recommendations and changes per prescriber care plan.
* Initiates, maintains, transports and monitors mechanical ventilators to include conventional and advanced modes of ventilation per policy and procedure.
* Proactively initiates process improvement ideas. Assists with clinical instruction and precepting, and serves as a resource person to lower level therapists.

Qualifications
What You Will Need:

* Associates degree from a Respiratory Therapy or Cardiopulmonary Science program
* For Childrens Hospital: Pediatric and Neonatal experience
* Current Valid State of Florida license as a Registered Respiratory Therapist
* Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
* For Cost Center 7630, 7637, 0520, 5040, 4270, 1792, and 9390: Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
* For Cost Center 7633: Current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification
* For Cost Center 1520 and 3738: Current ACLS, NRP, and PALS certification
* For Cost Center 3604: Current ACLS and PALS certification
* For Cost Center 3604: Current NRP certification (Preferred)
* For Cost Center 0520, 7637, 9390, 5040, 4270, 1792: Current NRP and PALS certification (Preferred)

Job Summary:

The Advanced/Registered Respiratory Therapist is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the treatment, care, and needs of an assigned group of patients. Ability to accept lead responsibility in the absence of a Lead Therapist / Supervisor, as directed. Specific age groups are identified in the principal duties and job responsibilities section. Adheres to AdventHealth Corporate Compliance Plan and to all rules and regulations of all applicable local, state, and federal agencies and accrediting bodies.

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.