Respiratory Therapist Resource/Educator KH
Marietta, GA, 30065, USA
- Healthcare
- respiratory therapy
- patient care
- clinical education
The Respiratory Therapist Resource/Educator at Wellstar is responsible for coordinating department functions to ensure quality patient care, overseeing staff management, and implementing process improvements. They provide leadership, education, and support to respiratory care staff, ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines and safety protocols. The role includes direct patient care, specialized respiratory therapy, equipment oversight, and collaboration with healthcare teams to enhance patient outcomes.
How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
Work Shift
Day (United States of America)Job Summary:
Responsible for coordinating the overall functions and activities of the department to assure the successful delivery of quality patient care. Under the supervision of the Manager/Director, the resource therapist is responsible for developing/implementing process improvements, medication administration, and providing patient care with understanding and awareness of population specific needs. Addresses the biological, emotional, and developmental, psychosocial, and patient/family education needs when providing care to the patient. The resource therapist facilitates the management of personnel (i.e. scheduling, evaluations), and adherence to policy/procedures, protocols, clinical practice guidelines and clinical activities of the department. Performance of this job will also require a close working relationship with the Medical staff and Respiratory Care Leadership. Resource also serves as a reference/support person to the staff, physicians, patients, families, and other departments. Good customer relation, assessment, and communication skills are a must for this job.
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
Provides Leadership
* Maintains staff schedule
* Assigns shift workload
* Completes annual performance evaluations/staff
* Maintains fiscal responsibilities for the department and profession
* Oversees equipment function and calibrations
* Coordinates Equipment Evaluation/Transport
Education Resource
* Oversees orientation & training for new employees and student clinical rotations
* Collaborates annual skill competencies
* Coordinates education needs of staff (i.e. new equipment or knowledge in-services for RT staff Maintains staff education records
Provides Customer Service
* Completion of patient care, documentation and education
* Rounding with staff and patients
* Team approach to service
* Promotes a team spirit and positive work environment
* Provides supportive environment for students and staff
Provides Safe Environment
* Maintains high level of patient safety (Medication Safety, NPSG, etc)
* Leads and supports Performance Improvement Initiatives designed to promote quality care
* Supports department development and maintenance of Policy & Procedures and Clinical Practice Guidelines
* Promotes evidence based practice
* Supports & educates staff on their roles related to adherence to regulatory requirements
Administers Quality Patient Care
* Performs patient assessment & assessment for therapy
* Collaborates with health care team members in planning patient care
* Delivers aerosolized medication, bronchial hygiene, volume expansion, oxygen & medical gas therapy
* Performs ventilator management, weaning, waveform graphic interpretation; airway management (intubation, extubation, trach tube change and care)
* Performs arterial blood gas sampling & analysis
* Educates patient and mentors/precepts new employees, students and peers
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
Required Minimum Education:
- Bachelors Respiratory Therapy
- Masters - preferred
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
- RCP - Respiratory Care Prof
- BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor or ACLS-P - ACLS - Provisional within 180 Days
- NBRC-RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapi
- NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Prvdr-Preferred or NRP-I - NRP - Instructor-Preferred or NRP-P - NRP-Provisional-Preferred within 180 Days
- PALS - Pediatric Adv Life Support-Preferred or PALS-I - PALS - Instructor-Preferred or PALS-P - PALS - Provisional-Preferred within 180 Days
Additional License(s) and Certification(s):
Required Minimum Experience:
Two-year experience that includes sufficient clinical, with management background to ensure competence in the practice of Respiratory Care, BLS, ACLS certification Required
Required Minimum Skills:
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