Job description

Job Title: Respiratory Therapist 2
Department: Respiratory Therapy
Shift: 3rd
Specialty: Respiratory Therapy
Job Number: 2022-5300
Date Posted: 03/20/2023
Position Type: Rehabilitation Therapies

Job Qualifications:

Respiratory Therapist 2

Rush University Medical Center is one of the country's leading medical centers pushing the boundaries of healthcare services with innovative, compassionate, and accountable team members. Are you ready to challenge and grow your skills, contribute to providing top quality patient care, and enhance your career? Rush is a diverse and inclusive culture, and offers a competitive salary, and a valuable compensation package including health, dental and vision benefits, retirement, health savings accounts, and tuition assistance to invest in your future.



Provides simple, intermediate, and complex therapeutic and diagnostic procedures on the general care floors and special care units. Improves and maintains patient cardiopulmonary status through the application and administration of various medications, gases, devices, and procedures. Functions as a clinical specialist within one of three specialty areas: neonatal/pediatrics or adult critical care. Orient new employees and precept students. Provides charge therapist duties and serves as a team leader in the critical care units to coordinate rounds and work with staff to ensure quality and patient safety. Exemplifies the Rush mission, vision, and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.


Position Responsibilities:
Provides charge therapist duties as defined by the House Coverage Checklist
Precepts new employees and respiratory care students on rotation and provide feedback to leadership team
Initiates, monitors, and weans mechanical ventilation; makes parameter recommendations based on clinical assessment, technical assessment, and laboratory values; manages airways
Performs bedside spirometry including spontaneous breathing parameters, PEFR, and other limited pulmonary function; identifies normal values for patients,physical therapy, and therapeutic gas administration.
Analyzes gases where applicable; procures and delivers gases using central piping systems and gas cylinders
Assesses patients clinically before and after the administration or application of any medication, procedure, or device; recommends appropriate therapy including initial therapy, changes in therapy, and discontinuance of therapy
Applies CPAP and BiPAP and makes recommendations based on patient compliance, response, and laboratory values
Documents work timely, completely, and accurately, including documentation in the patient medical record, documentation in the department records, and patient billing
Assesses patient oxygenation, ventilation, and hemodynamic status through clinical observation, patient assessment, physiologic monitoring including oximetry, capnography, ventilator waveform analysis, and cardiac output, ECG, and laboratory values
Participate in physician rounds and documenting assessment findings and therapy changes
Provides patient/family education
Performs bronchoscopy assist (Adults)
Assist in completing staff orientation competencies
Serve on RCS department committees as assigned
Lead portions of DMS boards
Neo/Peds RTs transports between RUMC and other hospitals as a member of the neonatal transport team
Attends high risk deliveries and provides ventilator support
Performs advanced competencies in assigned areas; such as, high frequency ventilation, airway pressure release ventilation, proportional assist ventilation, heliox therapy, inhaled nitric oxide, and patient transports
May float to other units to perform or lead complex procedures including but not limited to the following areas: PFT/Diagnostics (Adults and/or Peds); Adult Critical Care; Neonatal/Pediatric Critical Care
Other duties as assigned


Position Qualifications Include:

All requirements for RT1 plus the following:
Bachelor¡¦s degree program enrollment/completion in a directly related field or Master¡¦s degree
NBRC Adult Critical Care Specialty (ACCS) credential (Adults) within 90 days of hire/transfer date
NBRC Neonatal Pediatric Specialty (NPS) credential (Neonatal/Pediatrics) within 90 days of hire/transfer date
RT2 must pass annual competency with no more than one remediation.
Annual Competencies requiring remediation will be tracked and assessed year-to-year.
Technical skills are required to adapt equipment and procedures to patient needs
Analytical skills are required to evaluate patients and their clinical response to therapy
Customer service skills are required to effectively meet the needs of patients, families, and members of the healthcare team
Above average interpersonal skills are required to provide direction to other staff
Excellent communication skills are required for precepting and communication with colleagues
Engagement in the pursuit of excellence; i.e. committee participation, CQI and QA initiatives, abstracts, research, Daily Management System (DMS) projects, or other activities to improve the clinical and work environments
Demonstrate professionalism by belonging to the AARC / ISRC and/or pursuing education to advance one's skills

Required RT2 Additional Job Qualifications to Float:

Minimum 1-year RT2 experience at RUMC at time of application
Must pass annual competency with no more than one remediation in float area(s)
Annual Competencies requiring remediation will be tracked and assessed year-to-year

Preferred Job Qualifications:
At least six months experience in RUMC Respiratory Care Services preferred

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