Description
Introduction
Are you passionate about the patient experience At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Certified Respiratory Therapist today with St. David's Round Rock Medical Center.
Benefits
St. David's Round Rock Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
- Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
- Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
- 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
- Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
- Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
- Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
- Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
- Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
- Colleague recognition program
- Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
- Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Come join our team as a(an) Certified Respiratory Therapist. We care for our community! Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated $13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!
Job Summary and Qualifications
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) assesses, plans, performs, directs, and documents the delivery of age specific patient care utilizing the Cardiopulmonary Care process set by community and accreditation standards with Medical Director’s approval.
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Department specific functions:
- Recognizes symptoms of cardiac arrest, respiratory distress and/or other impending crisis and initiates the necessary emergency response.
- Identifies, labels, and dispenses medications and solutions safely and documents patient response to pertinent medications.
- Communicates with Physicians and accepts verbal orders.
- Certified to draw arterial blood gases, complete instrument analysis, and communicate interpretation as appropriate.
- Competency in twelve lead EKG testing.
- Performs pulmonary evaluation tests at the bedside.
- Competency in Holter monitoring.
- Competency in Stress Testing (Nuclear and Cardiac).
- Participates in the QA, maintenance and Proficiency Testing of blind samples of blood gas instruments.
2. Prepares and dispenses medications and solutions:
- Demonstrates knowledge of all Medications/Solutions usage.
- Administers prescribed pharmaceuticals.
- Identifies, labels, and dispenses medications and solutions safely and documents patient response to pertinent medications.
3. Assess patients’ condition prior to and during all exams.
- Provides optimum patient care during exams.
- Immobilizes patients as required for appropriate examinations.
- Corroborates patient’s clinical history with procedure, assuring information is documented and available for use by licensed practitioner. Care of patient is appropriate to the patient’s age, development age, education needs, and family/guardian expectations.
4. Professional development:
- Maintains and increases standards of performance and education.
- Takes initiative to increase job knowledge through additional training, cross training skill development and/or continuing education.
- Maintains continuing education requirements to remain compliant with licensure/certification where applicable.
5. Communication/Public Relations/Customer Service:
- Understands his/her role in organization regarding customer service.
- Demonstrates sensitivity communicating with visitors, patients, physicians, and co-workers.
- Consistently communicates verbally and non-verbally in a manner that demonstrates a positive and cooperative attitude.
- All phone communications will be performed in a kind, considerate, and professional manner.
6. Follows and adheres to facility and department guidelines (policies/procedures):
- Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
- Attends or fulfills requirements for all mandatory hospital in-services to include annual education, safety update and training by anniversary date.
- Attends at least 80% of department meetings on a regular basis.
- Will keep director/supervisor informed of potential problems.
- Adheres to attendance policy, will not have excessive unexcused absences, or tardiness (familiar with policy/procedure).
- Consistently adheres to department/hospital dress code policy.
- Notifies the appropriate personnel of supply/equipment needs.
- Regularly reviews hospital information and/or attends educational activities related to safety and injury prevention (annually).
- Demonstrates adherence to universal precautions, aseptic techniques utilizing proper precautions.
7. Quality/Performance Improvement:
- Demonstrates an ongoing knowledge and participation in the Department based Quality and Performance Improvement Program.
- Demonstrates an ongoing knowledge of Hospital Performance/Process Improvement Plan and participates as a team member.
- Is alert to potential improvement opportunities.
8. Performs other Department related duties as needed:
- Performs minor equipment repairs and up-keep.
- Participates in informal training programs and services.
- Transports patients as needed.
- Submits patient charges at completion of procedures.
- Functions in other areas of department as needed.
What qualifications you will need:
- Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
- Basic Cardiac Life Support
- (CRT-State) Certified Respiratory Therapist
- (NBRC-CRT) Certified Respiratory Therapist
- Associate Degree
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center is a 200+ bed acute-care facility located north of Austin, Texas. This comprehensive medical center features the only hybrid operating room in the county, a 24-hour emergency department with a Level II trauma center, and leading-edge cardiac care through the Heart Hospital of Austin at St. David’s Round Rock. Patients may also receive care related to rehabilitation services, women’s services, cancer care, neurology, joint replacement and orthotics, and more when visiting this facility.
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center is part of St. David’s HealthCare, which is one of the largest healthcare systems in Texas and the third-largest employer in the Austin area. St. David’s HealthCare was formed through a unique partnership between HCA Healthcare and two local non-profits St. David’s Foundation and Georgetown Health Foundation.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Certified Respiratory Therapist opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.