Supervisor - Respiratory Therapy

Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Roxborough Memorial Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

 

Roxborough Memorial Hospital is a 131-bed community hospital. The hospital has been serving the medical and health care needs of the Roxborough, Manayunk, East Falls and northwest section of Philadelphia communities for more than a century, having first opened its doors in 1890. Roxborough Memorial Hospitals School of Nursing has been educating nurses since 1898. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the nation's oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency.

 

Responsibilities

Leads and directs the technical personnel, activities, and equipment of the Adult Cardiopulmonary services.  Promotes healing of acutely ill patients whose cardiac or pulmonary systems have been compromised through illness or injury through the provision of respiratory care, diagnostic testing, providing for the psycho-social needs of the patient, and patient education.  Encourages and enhances the progression and efficient operation of the Cardiopulmonary Services Department.  Treats patients from newborn, pediatrics, adolescents, young, middle, and older adults.  When requested, assists day-to-day operations of the Cardiopulmonary Department, referring out-of-the –ordinary issues to the Manager and/or Medical Director, as appropriate.   Provides diagnostic testing to the patient to help optimize the total care given.  Performs arterial punctures for blood gas analysis; knowledge in the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting and quality control of ABG analyzers.   Abilities to use mechanical ventilators, bi-level ventilation equipment, peak flow meters, ability to perform respiratory assessment.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

 

1.  Current State Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) License required.2.  Current Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) or obtained within   three (3) months of hire.3.  Basic Life Support (BLS) certified from the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) upon hire and maintain current.4.  Adult Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from the AHA or ARC certification upon hire and maintain current.5.  Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) from the AHA certification upon hire and maintain current or obtained within 60 days of hire. 

6.  Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certificate upon hire and maintain current.

7.  Associate Degree or Bachelor of Science degree preferred.

8.  Five (5) years of acute or subacute respiratory care experience as respiratory care practitioner required.9.  At least one (1) year of experience in NICU preferred.

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

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