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Posted: 14-Mar-23
Location: Rome, Georgia
Salary: Open
Categories:
Internal Number: 21035716
Description
RRT – Full Time - AdventHealth Redmond
Location Address: 501 Redmond Road NW Rome, GA
Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth Redmond
- Faith based organization
- Employee Referral Program
- Located in the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains
- Co-workers that feel like family
- Educational Reimbursement Plans
Work Hours/Shift:
Full Time
You Will Be Responsible For:
- Oxygen therapy in accordance with departmental oxygen protocol.
- Prescribed medication via inhalation in accordance with the physician’s order.
- Performs nasotracheal / endotracheal suctioning
- Performs extubation procedures
- Performs tracheotomy tube changes
- Ensures that endotracheal tubes are rotated and retaped every 48-72 hours
- Rotates to critical care area routinely to ensure proficiency in ventilator management.
- Initiates, maintains and monitors mechanical ventilation, BIPAP/CPAP and other ventilatory devices as required.
- Performs weaning parameters on request and per protocol.
- Assesses patient post extubation to ensure absence of stridor and or laryngeal spasm.
- Assesses cuff pressure and endotracheal tube placement and documents.
- Initiates ventilator protocol orders in the absence of a physician’s order.
- May be required to perform intubation.
What You Will Need:
Graduate of an accredited school in Respiratory Therapy
Experience preferred
Current BLS
Current RCP licensure in State of Georgia
Job Summary:
Assesses patient’s pulmonary status and makes recommendations to the nurse, physician, therapist, interdisciplinary team; performs routine and critical care respiratory care procedures; oversees the work of Respiratory Care staff during their assigned shift; acts as a role model for care delivery
