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Respiratory
Respiratory Care Practioner, Advanced
Houston, TX, US
We’re hunting for a Respiratory Care Practitioner, Advanced, someone who’s ready to be part of the best ranked children’s hospital in Texas, and among the best in the nation. In this position, you will administer respiratory care procedures in a developmentally/age-appropriate manner for patients ranging from neonates to adults.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Performs patient care and related activities according to policy and/or guidelines. In compliance with MD order to provide optimal patient outcome.
• Perform patient care assessment.
• Performs medication delivery.
• Performs airway clearance techniques.
• Performs pulmonary function testing.
• Provides ventilatory support.
• Performs department specific specialty tasks.
• Documents patient-related activities according to policy/guidelines accurately in a legible manner.
• Facilitates good communication with Physician, Nursing, and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate optimal patient care.
• Provides instruction to patients and families.
• Expands professional knowledge base and clinical capabilities.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Skills & Requirements
• Required Technical diploma Respiratory certification/registry program
• Associate degree A.M.A. approved program in respiratory care or bachelor's degree A.M.A. approved program in respiratory care
• Required Licenses/Certifications
o RCP - Lic- Respiratory Care - RCP by the State of Texas
o RRT CERT - Cert-Reg Respiratory Therapist by the National Board for Respiratory Care
• Preferred BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support
• Preferred 1 year of clinical experience in both critical and non-critical care areas and preferred 6 months experience in critical care
About Texas Children’s
Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.
To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at infinitepassion.org.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
