West Tennessee Healthcare

Public, nonprofit hospital system with centers

Certified Respiratory Therapist

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Part-timeJackson, TN, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Complete an Associate or Bachelor's degree in Respiratory Therapy and demonstrate proficiency in the principles, concepts, and techniques of respiratory care and home respiratory equipment.
Maintain at least CRTT certification and state licensure.
Have proficiency in current respiratory care practices and techniques and knowledge of departmental and hospital policies and procedures, acquired through two years of experience.

Responsibilities

Maintain accurate and proper records for respiratory patient files.
Set up, instruct on, deliver, and troubleshoot respiratory equipment, with appropriate documentation.
Perform routine maintenance and follow-ups for respiratory products in customers' homes.
Monitor and assist with cleaning and storing respiratory equipment.
Re-instruct patients on equipment use and patient safety.
Assess the overall environment and patient compliance, and modify care plans for respiratory patients.
Provide customer service to patients, vendors, and coworkers.
Perform equipment testing.
Attend product in-services as required.
Be responsible for loss or damage to any MCMP equipment used in job duties.
Verify insurance and precept as necessary for all CPAP/BIPAP equipment.
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate quality patient care for clinical patients ranging from neonates to geriatrics.
Set up and follow up with respiratory patients in the home, restructure equipment and patient safety, and review and reinforce equipment-use instructions.
Respond to call-back and overtime requirements as required by the hospital.

Desired Qualifications

Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) certification is preferred.
Home medical experience is preferred.

Category:

Respiratory

City:

Jackson

State:

Tennessee

Shift:

12 - Day (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

All respiratory products including, but not limited to: Nebulizers, CPAP, BIPAPS, Non-Invasive Ventilator Devices, Pulse Oximeters, Home Ventilators, Apnea Monitors, Cylinders, Compressors, Oxygen Concentrators, and Suction Machines, etc. Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating quality patient care for clinical patients age neonate to geriatrics. Under the general supervision of the Medical Products Respiratory Care Manager, responsible for the set-up and follow-up of respiratory patients in the home. The therapist is responsible for re-structuring equipment and patient safety. Also reviews and re-enforces how to use the equipment. The employee is subject to call back and overtime as required by the hospital.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Maintains accurate and proper records for respiratory patient files.
Responsible for set-up, instruction, delivery, and trouble-shooting of respiratory equipment and appropriate documentation.
Responsible for the routine maintenance and follow-ups of respiratory products in the customer's home.
Responsible for monitoring and assisting with the cleaning and storage of respiratory equipment.
Responsible for re-instructing in equipment and patient safety.
Responsible for the assessment of the overall environment, patient compliance, and modification of care plans for respiratory patients.
Provides quality customer service for patients, vendors, and co-workers.
Performs equipment testing.
Attends in-services on products as required.
Responsible for loss/damage to any MCMP equipment used in job duties.
Responsible for verifying insurance and precepting as necessary on all CPAP/BIPAP equipment.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

Skill and proficiency in the principles, concepts, and techniques of the respiratory care profession, as well as home respiratory equipment through the completion of an Associate or Bachelors degree in Respiratory Therapy.

LICENSURE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION:

Maintains a minimum of CRTT certification, but RRT preferred. Maintains state licensure.

EXPERIENCE:

Proficiency in current practices and techniques of Respiratory Care and the knowledge of departmental and hospital policies and procedures as acquired through 2-year experience.
Home medical experience preferred.

NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE STATEMENT

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About the Company

West Tennessee Healthcare

Public, nonprofit hospital system with centers

West Tennessee Healthcare is a public, not-for-profit health system based in Jackson, Tennessee, anchored by Jackson-Madison County General Hospital with 635 beds and several centers of excellence, including Women and Children, Cancer, Emergency, Rehabilitation, and Heart care. Care is delivered through a network of facilities offering inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and specialty services, with centers coordinating to provide comprehensive treatment across the region. It differentiates itself by its not-for-profit, community-focused model and integrated centers of excellence under one regional system, rather than a for-profit, multi-provider setup. Its goal is to provide broad, community-focused healthcare across West Tennessee through an integrated hospital network, ensuring access to acute, specialty, emergency, rehabilitation, and cancer and heart services for residents in the area.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Jackson, MS
Founded: 1950

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