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Job Title:Respiratory Therapist

Department:83180-Respiratory Therapy

Location:Farmington

FTE%:0.9

Shift2/3

Search #:2024-863

Closing Date:03/07/2024

Recruiter:Alexander, Donna

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This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.

This position is covered by the 1199 Bargaining Unit; click her to review the current 1199 Contract.

This position is in salary group FK-20; click here to review the current 1199 Pay Plan.

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation are the values that define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top rated organization is looking to add a Respiratory Therapist to our growing team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health, this class is accountable for performing diagnostic testing and administering a full range of respiratory therapy with emphasis on the more difficult procedures. This position will work in Respiratory Therapy and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the UConn Health University Tower located in Farmington, CT.

THIS POSITION IS ELIBILE FOR A $15,000.00 FULL TIME ANNUAL RETENTION BONUS PAID BIWEEKLY AND PRO-RATED BASED ON THE 90% JOB ASSIGNMENT.

COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS OFFERED: https://h.uconn.edu/benefits-classified

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Receives limited supervision from a Respiratory Therapy Supervisor or other employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: May lead lower level respiratory therapy staff as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY: Considerable knowledge of equipment, procedures, techniques, and terminology used in respiratory therapy and related diagnostic testing; considerable technical knowledge of cardiopulmonary physiology and pathology; interpersonal skills; considerable ability to work therapeutically with patients; ability to prepare written reports.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED - GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain a license as a Respiratory Care Practitioner issued by the Connecticut Department of Public Health in accordance with the applicable Connecticut General Statutes

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

American Heart Association (AHA) BLS (CPR/AED) Certification or formal training

Other CPR/AED credentials may be accepted at hire, but incumbents will be required to obtain American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within six (6) months of hire and maintain during employment.

Candidates will be required to take a physical examination to demonstrate sufficient physical strength for efficient performance of duties.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Current NICU experience. Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) credentials.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Incumbents in this class may be required to lift and/or adjust equipment and patients; may have some exposure to communicable and/or infectious diseases and uncooperative or abusive patients; may be exposed to moderately disagreeable conditions.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES: Administers more difficult types of therapy (i.e. mechanical artificial ventilation) and various basic types of respiratory therapy (i.e. intermittent positive pressure breathing therapy) and aerosol, sputum induction and postural drainage treatments; records treatments on patient charts; sets up, operates and monitors all ventilatory support; performs diagnostic testing for cardiopulmonary pathology including blood gas analyses and pulmonary function testing; participates in resuscitative efforts; cleans, sterilizes, assembles and performs minor maintenance on therapeutic equipment; performs related duties as required.

SCHEDULE: Pat time, 72 hours every two weeks, 7:00 pm to 7:30 am, every third weekend, holidays as scheduled, other assigned shifts to accommodate departmental needs, 30 minute unpaid meal break.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

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