1 Registered Respiratory Therapist (RT) Job in New Lenox, IL
Silver Cross Hospital is Hiring a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RT) Near New Lenox, IL
Silver Cross Hospital is an extraordinary place to work. We’re known for our culture of excellence and delivery of unrivaled experiences for our patients, their families, the communities we serve…and for each other. Come join us! It’s the way you want to be treated.
Summary of Job Responsibilities: Assess, monitor, treat, and care for patients requiring respiratory interventions.
- Provides advanced airway management, to include intubation.
- Assume primary responsibility (select, assemble, monitor and manage) for respiratory care modalities including invasive and non-invasive ventilation, bubble cpap, and high frequency oscillator and jet ventilation.
- Medication administration via nebulizer and intratracheally (surfactant administration) and medical gases (Nitric Oxide)
- Initiate and conduct therapeutic treatments/procedures such as aerosol therapy, airway clearance, and secretion mobilization.
- Blood gas acquisition and analysis
- Communicates with the care team by making recommendations based on patient compliance, response, and laboratory/x-ray results; recommendations include initiation, escalation, de-escalation, and discontinuation
- Documents work efficiently and accurately in the patient medical record and department records, and assures all patient billing is complete.
- Provide clinical precepting of new team members or students, as needed.
- Communicate with patient’s families, providing education regarding respiratory care being provided and/or in preparation for discharge.
- Participate in quality improvement projects.
Requirements: Registered Respiratory Therapist. Licensed in the state of Illinois. CPR.
Job Summary
Full Time
$67k-80k (estimate)
05/02/2024
05/19/2024
silvercross.org
NEW LENOX, IL
200 - 500
1895
$10M - $50M
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About Silver Cross Hospital
Generation after generation, families have depended upon Silver Cross Hospital to care for their loved ones. The commitment goes back to Thanksgiving Day in 1895 when the Will County Union of Kings Daughters and Sons opened the doors of a 33-bed hospital in Joliet named after their emblem the Maltese cross. Their promise was to provide quality healthcare with compassion for the citizens of Will County and surrounding communities. Today, more than a century later, Silver Cross Hospital remains true to that original promise. As the needs of the community grew, so did Silver Crossin size and stat...ure. Services rapidly expanded, evolved and increased in complexity. The medical staff advanced superior healthcare and attracted new expertise including specialists with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago, The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern Medicine for neurosciences and stroke care, and the Midwest Institute for Robotic Surgery. Silver Cross performs more robotic-assisted procedures than any other facility in the Chicago area. Surgeons from around the world come train with us. National prominence was achieved when Silver Cross- an independent healthcare provider, was first recognized as one of the nations 100 Top Hospitals in 2004an accomplishment that has been repeated for seven years. And year after year, Silver Cross has been acknowledged as one of Americans Friendliest Hospitals because we treat patients the way they should be treated and for our dedication to patient safety with an A Hospital Safety Score from the Leapfrog Group. The mission of providing quality healthcare continues today with a remarkable 296-bed replacement hospital, which opened in 2012. All patient rooms are privateaccommodating todays medical technology and ultimately reducing unnecessary transfers and the risk of infection and injury. The hospitals unique design creates efficiencies between departments and promotes an environment that helps patients heal faster. Our 158-acre New Lenox campus includes three medical/office buildings, University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, and an ambulatory care center opening in fall 2017. The hospital also has plans to build a 100-bed Behavioral Health Hospital to open in 2019. Over the years, Silver Cross has developed an extensive ambulatory network throughout the region that includes five satellite facilities with the independent services of many physicians and an array of outpatient services such as diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation. Silver Cross also operates a 27/7 freestanding Emergency Care Center in Homer Glen and an Urgent Care center in Joliet.
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