Respiratory Education Coordinator
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Respiratory Education Coordinator implements respiratory care continuing education to hospital staff delivering respiratory care and coordinates clinical rotations and training of respiratory therapy.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Responsibilities:
- Develop program objectives, curriculum, syllabus and tools to measure outcomes.
- Evaluate educational materials and upgrade the quality and content of programs and materials.
- Maintain audio, video and text library for the department.
- Act as a resource and troubleshooter in the selection, calibration and maintenance of respiratory therapy equipment.
- Maintain department education records in compliance with JCAHO, State, and other regulatory agencies.
- Plan, provide and coordinate efforts of other contributors to respiratory care education.
- Serve as a resource for outreach education.
- Assess, plan and perform patient/family education in preparation for home care of patients.
- Coordinate CPR re-certification for department staff.
- Ensure patient safety through planning, providing, documenting and evaluating respiratory care orientation of all new personnel to ensure high quality of care and patient safety.
- Plan, provide, document and evaluate respiratory care orientation of all new personnel.
- Perform assessment of clinical competencies of all hospital staff delivering respiratory care.
- Develop and evaluate indicators to monitor the quality of respiratory care services delivered to customers.
- Consult with and supports acute and critical care clinical units, OR, transport team, ED and other outpatient areas in the initiation of special equipment.
- Plan and conduct seminars and coordinate attendance and clinical rotations for respiratory care students.
Qualifications:
- Completion of an AMA-approved respiratory school required.
- 3 years of experience as a Respiratory Therapist.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Osteopathic Respiratory Care OR Respiratory Care Practitioners (RCP)
- Act 33 with renewal
- Act 34 with renewal
- Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Created: 2024-06-28
Reference: 6111122817
Country: United States
State: Pennsylvania
City: Pittsburgh
ZIP: 15216
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Founded in: 1893
Number of Employees: 110000
Website: https://www.upmc.com/
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