Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Aspire Health Group is looking for Respiratory Therapist (RT) to join our family!

Do you thrive in a family/team environment and desire to make a difference in the lives of others while advancing your skills? Are you caring and compassionate? If this sounds like you, let's talk!

Benefits

• Pay rate: Competitive.
• Health insurance for the entire family! .
• 401k with a match!

Major Responsibilities :

• Completes assessments and implements respiratory techniques to maintain and progress the rehab patients with many different Respiratory illness/diseases and non-respiratory illness.
• Initiate therapies, maintain patient records, operate, check, and assemble equipment.
• Complete a variety of bedside treatments.
• Complete in-services for nursing staff every quarter
• Responsible for completing daily, weekly and monthly documentation.
• Attending applicable IDT meetings.
• Experience with tracheotomy.
• Experience is a long-term care setting
• Follow procedure and protocol of facility.
• Completes tracking, auditing and caseload management.
• Performs related duties as required.
• Described in the Departmental Policy and procedure Manual in these areas of skilled interventions, but not limited to:
• Oxygen weaning therapy
• Omniflow - Biofeed back
• Group respiratory therapy.
• Standardized respiratory testing.
• Aerosol therapy
• AccuPAP therapy
• Incentive Spirometry
• Chest physiotherapy
• Deep breathing and coughing
• Bronchial hygiene therapy
• PEP therapy
• Postal Drainage
• Positioning
• Oro/Naso-pharyngeal suctioning
• Airway clearance/management techniques
• Trachea-bronchial suctioning
• Tracheostomy care
• Mechanical Ventilator
• Spirometry Bedside Testing
• CPAP/BIPAP
• High-Flow Oxygen
• CHF program
• Cardiac Program
• Pulmonary Program
• Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:

• Graduate of COARC accredited AS or BS Respiratory program. Licensed as RRT or CRT.
• Licensed in the state in which practicing BLS certification.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.