What are the responsibilities and job description for the Respiratory Therapist position at Hillcrest Healthcare System?
Join our team as a weekend shift, full-time, Respiratory Therapist in Tulsa, OK.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- Hillcrest Hospital South is a full-service 180-bed hospital providing a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services using state-of-the-art technology in a friendly community setting. Consistent performance has helped the hospital be nationally recognized for patient safety.
- Prepares, runs and logs routine ECG and rhythm strips.
- Prepares and administers oxygen therapy utilizing nasal cannulas, masks, venturi marks, non-rebreathers, simple oxygen masks and oxygen hoods, heated high flow nasal cannulas.
- (If nursery trained) Prepares and administers aerosol modalities using bland aerosols, Ezpap, and small volume nebulizers.
- Performs and teaches Incentive Spirometry.
- Interprets and reports vital signs and pulse oximetry as indicated.
- Performs postural drainage and percussion.
- Performs ventilator monitoring checks and changes ventilator circuits.
- Osculates and identifies various breath sounds.
- Performs allens test and arterial blood gases.
- Observe professional ethics in maintaining confidential information acquired regarding personal, financial, medical or employment of patients, families, and employees of Hillcrest South.
Job Requirements:
- Associates degree in respiratory therapy.
- Oklahoma RCP license and NBRC registry for CRT or RRT