All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

-          Benefits from Day One

-          Paid Days Off from Day One

-          Student Loan Repayment Program

-          Career Development

-          Whole Person Wellbeing Resources

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule:  PRN

Shift: Nights

Location: 3100 East Fletcher Avenue Tampa, Florida 33613

The community you’ll be caring for: AdventHealth Tampa  

·       AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute, known across the country for its advances in cardiovascular disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research.

·       Surgical Pioneers – the first in Tampa with the latest robotics in spine surgery

·       Building a brand new, six story surgical and patient care tower which will ensure state of the art medical and surgical car for generations to come

·       Awarded the Get With The Guidelines – Stroke GOLD Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and have been recognized as a recipient of their Target: Stroke Honor Roll for our expertise in stroke care. We have also received certification by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American Stroke Association as a Primary Stroke Center.

The role you’ll contribute: 

The Respiratory Therapist - Advanced performs all necessary respiratory care procedures associated with acute or critically ill, pediatric, or adult patients requiring intubation and respiratory system support.  He/she initiates and maintains appropriate therapy, including life support technique and equipment.  Minimum competency in all applicable advanced clinical skills must be maintained.  Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all. Adheres to AdventHealth Corporate Compliance Plan and to all rules and regulations of all applicable local, state and federal agencies and accrediting bodies. 

The value you’ll bring to the team:

·       Proactively initiates process improvement ideas.  Supports hospital and department mission, goals, and department metrics. Practices standard precautions and enforces safety regulations according to hospital policies on a continual basis. Documents and charges for procedures neatly, accurately, thoroughly, and completely to ensure quality standards set by the department and hospital. 

·       Responds to all Code Blue emergencies immediately providing CPR according to the American Heart Association and performs other duties as directed. 

·       Performs airway maintenance including: proper use of manual resuscitators, oral and nasal pharyngeal airway insertion, airway suctioning, LMA insertion intubation, extubating, assist with tracheostomy insertion, perform tracheostomy tube change, assist with bronchoscopy, and procedural respiratory support.

·       Properly utilizes patient assessment skills, protocols, 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 protocol. 

·       Performs respiratory therapies and oxygen delivery therapies and makes recommendations to the most efficient delivery method per protocol.

·       Obtains, analyzes and reports findings of blood gases, and co-oximetry. Performs quality controls as needed.  Setup and Performs oximetry, apnea, TC and ETCO2 monitoring as ordered by physician.

·       Initiates, maintains, transports, and monitors mechanical ventilators to include conventional and non-conventional modes of ventilation per policy and procedure.

·       Reviews chest radiological reports as necessary per supervisor and policy and procedures.

·       Performs other duties as requested by department leadership.

·       Performs bedside spirometry, overnight oximetry studies, six-minute walk tests.

·       Conventional Ventilator Management per ventilator management protocol including ventilator set up and routine ventilator checks and provides intra-hospital transport.

§  Identifies and applies planning care and/or intervention techniques appropriate to the physical, cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of each patient population served.

§  Implement clinical strategies that incorporate respiratory therapy assessment-driven protocols that are patient-centric, value driven, and evidence-based best practices focused on disease management.

§  Provides effective patient education on all therapy modalities as needed to the patient and/or the patient’s family to ensure a complete understanding of the benefits of care provided. Reviews and reinforces with patient/family education of basic procedures and therapies to ensure understanding and proper/safe techniques and methods.

§  Implements AIDET and department specific customer service expectations to provide optimal patient care.

§  Demonstrates understanding and knowledge of the methods and techniques of infection control, safe ergonomically correct body mechanics and all applicable regulations, standards, and licensing requirements.

§  Demonstrates basic respiratory care knowledge and skill and emergent intervention skills by applying and utilizing appropriate judgment and critical thinking for problem resolution considering all aspects of the whole.

·       Provides assessment and intervention for cardio-pulmonary system function to patients by applying age-appropriate methods in accordance with established policies and procedures and safety and quality standards.

·       Maintains proper equipment in labor / delivery / perinatal areas.

·       Provides artificial surfactant replacement.

·       Demonstrates knowledge and skill to care for the pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patient in a health care delivery system.

·       Participates in hospital and department operational and quality improvement initiatives proactively evaluates systems, practices and assists creating and implementing changes to increase and enhance the effectiveness of care delivery methods/coordination through collaboration and consultation with advanced RT staff teammates (RT-II, RT-ACCS, TL, Educator, etc.).

·       Maintains professional and technical competency through constantly pursuing knowledge and self-improvement by remaining apprised of current respiratory care management, and health care delivery trends and developments including awareness of latest technology and practices to improve patient outcomes.

 

Qualifications

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

·       ABG Puncture and Analysis

·       Medicated Aerosol Therapies, Bronchial Hygiene Therapies, Lung Expansion Therapies

·       Basic Spirometry

·       Routine Oxygen Delivery, Devices, and Oximetry 

·       Oscillatory Chest Physiotherapy Applications

·       CPR and basic Airway Management and Suctioning

·       Non-Invasive Bilevel Application & Management

·       Respiratory Monitoring Pulse oximetry Applications

·       Application Non-Invasive Oxygen Therapies & devices

·       Non-Invasive End Tidal Co2 Capnography  Application & Monitoring

·       Hemodynamic Monitoring and Arterial Cannulation

·       Intubation, Airway Management, Suctioning

·       Conventional / Non-conventional Ventilator Management

·       Utilize and adapt to State of the Art Technology, Computer Systems and Applications

·       Effective Oral and Written Communication.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: 

·       Graduate from an AMA approved program by the National Board of Respiratory Care in Respiratory Therapy is required.  AAS or AS is required. (Existing staff in this role that do not meet this requirement are considered grandfathered into the new requirements and are therefore exempt)

·       Two years of neonatal and pediatric or adult critical care experience

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:

§  Greater than 2 years of neonatal, pediatric and/or adult critical care experience  

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

·       Current Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) credential issued by the NBRC

·       Current Florida State License as a Certified Respiratory Therapist.

·       Current BLS, ACLS required

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

·           Successful completion of department-specific orientation program within 90 days of employment

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances. The salary range reflects the anticipated base pay range for this position. Individual compensation is determined based on skills, experience and other relevant factors within this pay range. The minimums and maximums for each position may vary based on geographical location.

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