Respiratory Therapy Intern

<h3>Your future role at a glance</h3><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Location:</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Wichita, Kansas</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Facility:</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Via Christi, St. Francis</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Specialty: </strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Respiratory Care</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(213, 122, 101); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Schedule:</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Variable Hours  l  PRN</span></span></li></ul> <h3>How you’ll make an impact in this role</h3><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deliver personalized respiratory treatments and medications under supervision to stabilize and improve patient pulmonary function.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assess real-time patient responses to therapies, ensuring every intervention is effective and adjusted to meet the patient's immediate needs.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Communicate critical changes in patient condition to the care team, acting as a vital link in the chain of clinical decision-making.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Educate patients and their families on disease management and treatment plans, empowering them to take an active role in their long-term health journey.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Document every step of the patient care journey to ensure a seamless, high-quality medical record that supports continuity of care.</span></span></li></ul><h3>What minimum requirements you’ll need</h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Licensure / Certification / Registration:</strong></span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student Respiratory Therapist credentialed from the Kansas Board of Healing Arts obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.</span></span></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Education:</strong></span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">High school diploma equivalency OR Enrolled in accredited program specific to discipline required.</span></span></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Additional Preferences:</strong></span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enrolled in a CoARC approved Respiratory Care Program.</span></span></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student Permit by KSBHA.</span></span></li></ul><h3>Benefits that help you thrive</h3><ul style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px"> <li><b>Retirement:</b> 403(b) plan</li> <li><b>Well-being support:</b> Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources</li> </ul> <div> </div><h3>Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity </h3><p>Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.</p> <p><b>Equal employment opportunity employer</b></p> <p>Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. 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