Full Time Registered Respiratory Therapist

Where You’ll Work

St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services to residents of Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Baytown, and Clear Lake. The facility includes 53 medical/surgical beds, eight ICU beds and three endoscopy rooms, and offers a range of primary and specialized services—wound care, general surgery, gastroenterology, occupational health, heart and vascular, women’s services, diagnostic imaging, outpatient rehab services, and sleep disorders.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Essential Function

• Administering therapy modalities which include, but are not limited to, Hand held Nebulizer (HHN), HHN viametered dose inhaler (HHN/MDI), Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV), Chest Physical Therapy (CPT),Pentamidine therapy.
• Medication administration may be included during these therapy modalities
• Administering medical gas therapy including oxygen and Helium-Oxygen Therapy (HeO2).
• Performing ventilation therapies, including maintenance and management of life support systems. Thesetherapies are comprised of non-invasive and invasive ventilation therapies, as well as transport of ventilatorpatients to diagnostic procedures
• Performs physiological monitoring and diagnostic testing including, ABG puncture, bronchoscopy assistance,pulmonary function testing, bedside PFT's, metabolic monitoring, apnea monitoring, transcutaneous monitoring,capnography, and pulse oximetry and sleep apnea assessment.
• Performs specialized procedures which including but are not limited to, CPR, bronchial lavage, transport,cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, artificial and tracheostomy airway care, and body mechanics/ambulation.

Job Requirements

Licenses/Certifications 

RequiredRespiratory Care Practitioner: TX (RESP-LIC:TX) Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR)  within 14 days

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)  within 6 months