Main characteristics
- Location
- Alexandria, Louisiana
- Company
- CHRISTUS
- Employment type
- Part-time
- Category
- Healthcare Practitioners and Technicians ›› Respiratory Therapist
- Industry
- Health Care
Job summary
Summary:Registered Respiratory Therapists are an essential part of an interdisciplinary team which provides diagnostic and supportive care to patients with a variety of diagnoses. Responsibilities include pulmonary care of critical, non-critical, and chronically ill adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients under the direction of a Physician with minimal supervision, patient assessments and instituting respiratory care plans, preforming various technical and diagnostic respiratory therapy procedures in all areas of the hospital.
Requirements:
* Licensed by the National Board of Respiratory Care as a Registered Respiratory Therapist
* Licensed by the State of Louisiana as CRTT or CRTT-E
* Completion of an AMA Respiratory Therapy Program
* Current BLS
* Must be able to communicate effectively in written and spoken form with patients, families, and physicians
* Exceptional documentation and prioritization skills