Respiratory Therapist Lead

Located in the Phoenix, Ariz., suburb of Chandler, the Chandler Regional Medical Center is a 429-bed, not-for-profit hospital with more than 2,600 team members and almost 1,000 doctors on staff representing all major specialties. Chandler Regional joined the Dignity Health system in 1999, but has been part of the community for more than 50 years. The hospital includes a Level I Trauma Center, a Heart and Vascular Center, a Wound Healing Center, a Family Birth Center and many additional services. Dignity Health Chandler Regional, Mercy Gilbert, and Arizona General Hospital Mesa awarded $422,000 in grants to support five community projects led by 15 local organizations. Since 1991, Dignity Health's Community Health Improvement Grants program has provided $91 million to nearly 3,800 health projects, focusing on vulnerable and underserved populations.

Registered Respiratory Therapist Lead performs all ranges of respiratory care including cardiac and medical critical care advanced modes of ventilator care as well as non-invasive ventilation on adults pediatrics and neonates emergency respiratory care blood gas analysis EKGs. 

• Specialty experience required in at least two areas such as charge therapist stress testing pulmonary function testing arterial line insertion & maintenance transcutaneous monitoring or neonatal intensive care
• Maintains and oversees the functioning of the blood gas lab and regulatory requirement by CAP JCAHO and state agencies.
• Performs full range of basic respiratory care for all patient populations
• Performs and documents a complete patient assessment including (but not limited to) vital signs, breath sounds, cough, and respiratory pattern with each ventilator system check and with each treatment.
• Checks all equipment and respiratory modalities (including invasive and non-invasive), maintains alarms and documents accurately and completely.
• Performs ABGs utilizing 2 patient identifiers, properly handles blood specimens, reports critical values, and maintains blood gas lab logs (where applicable).
• Correctly charges, labels, scans and discards medications (including patient owned medications).
• Serve as a team lead to other respiratory therapists

Dignity Health now offers an Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days. This program provides debt relief and student loan assistance to help you achieve your goals. Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years, while part-time employees can receive up to $9,000

Minimum:

Minimum of (3) years of ICU Respiratory Therapist experience

Graduate of an AMA approved school for Respiratory Therapy

Active AZ State RCP License

American Heart Association-issued BLS required

Basic computer knowledge. Able to communicate clearly and tactfully

Preferred:

Preferred knowledge of arterial blood gas testing pulmonary function EKGs and NICU.

American Heart Association-issued ACLS 

American Heart Association-issued PALS

American Heart Association-issued NRP