Seasonal Respiratory Therapist AdventHealth Zephyrhills

• AH Zeph/Dade City Named One of Americaâ™s Best Hospitals for Heart Care, Orthopedics, Stroke Centers and Patient Safety three years in a row âœ2017-2019❠by the Womenâ™s Choice Award
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade A Spring/Fall 2018
• One of only 35 Hospitals Nationally Named as a Top General Hospital by The Leapfrog Group
• Four Star Recipient for Coronary Interventional Procedures in 2019 by Health grades
• First in Florida to earn Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee by The Joint Commission

• PRN Days

• Responsible for the delivery of care to patients with conditions that affect their respiratory status. This includes the delivery of aerosolized medication, oxygen therapy, invasive and non-invasive ventilation, and lung function testing. Employee is responsible for the drawing, analyzing, and resulting of blood gases.
• If filling is as âœLead❠for shift, reviews work-load and assists in determining proper staff for following shift and next day. Makes staff assignment, is a resource to staff for technical questions, ensures that work on the shift is completed, ensures completed ECGâ™s are removed from list and ensures that overdue task and medication list is cleared off. 
• Employee is responsible for following the regulatory requirements in of the blood gas lab; running of quality control and changing of analyzer cartridges.
• Proper time management and prioritization skills

• Has worked in an acute care (hospital) setting within the last 3 years
• Perform respiratory therapy treatments and procedures competently according to physicianâ™s orders, department policy, respiratory protocol and recognized standards of care. 
• Able and is willing to rotate throughout all patient care areas.
• Follows all established policies
• Draws, labels, results, and reports blood gases and critical values according to policy.
• Interdisciplinary education and plan of care is documented on initial treatment and as needed thereafter
• Minimum one year Critical care experience
• RRT Florida State License.
• Maintains continuing education to meet regulatory requirements for licensure.
• BLS, NRP. If does not have NRP must be obtained within six months of hire