Description

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Responsible for performing and administering basic and advanced therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, including arterial blood gases to patients with respiratory disorders. May also perform pulmonary function testing. Participates and leads advanced patient education, and is actively involved in departmental quality program.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Takes and follows verbal treatment orders from physicians in administering drugs and medications to the cardiopulmonary system of patients. Evaluates treatment program, results and takes appropriate action.
• Performs independently all the following: arterial blood punctures, spirometry and flow volume loop testing, lung volume testing by body plethysmography or He dilution, airways resistance measurements, single breath diffusion capacity, bronchoprovocation testing and administers bronchodilator medications.
• Assists with any combination of the following tests and procedures: exercise testing, indirect calorimetry testing, and regional ventilation perfusion studies, and the technical function of video, fiberoptic, and laser procedures.
• Troubleshoots, maintains, calibrates and performs quality control on equipment in the laboratories. Manually sets up and maintains respiratory care equipment. Manages compliance logs and manuals for equipment and oxygen tanks. Performs 6-minute walk test.
  5. Manually administers care to include oxygen, aerosol therapy, incentive spirometry, IPPB, Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV), airway care, aerosolized medication, percussion, postural drainage, pulse oximetry and visual monitoring of patients on continuous ventilation
• Communicates effectively with professional colleagues. Manages time effectively. Documents appropriately in the medical records and completes other documentation duties accurately and efficiently according to policies and procedures.
• Remain current in respiratory care through continuing education, participation in in-service training, and review of journals. Conducts inter and intradepartmental respiratory care in-services at least once a year to patients, staff, or to the community.
• Ensures safe care to patients, staff and visitors; Performs procedures, Adhere to standards within budgetary specifications including time management, supply management, productivity and quality of service.
• Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education and skills competency; supports department-based goals which contribute to the success of the organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by The National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) required
• Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) by Texas Medical Board (TMB) required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) by American Heart Association (AHA) required
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) by American Heart Association (AHA) preferred
• Bilingual in English/Spanish is preferred, but not required

• Associate's degree in Respiratory Care or Respiratory Therapy; Bachelor's degree in Respiratory Care or Respiratory Therapy preferred.

• Five (5) years of clinical experience with RRT and an Associate's degree; OR
• Three (3) years of clinical experience with RRT and a Bachelor's degree.
• At least one year of listed experience in a Pulmonary Function Testing Lab may be required based on role.

• Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

• This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

• Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.