Respiratory Care Practitioner

Respiratory Therapist

This will be a 12-hour day shift position with hours from 7:00am to 7:00pm, including weekend and holiday rotation. This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $10,000.

This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient-centered care by providing bedside respiratory care to patients as assigned by supervisors and given on the physician's written order for all respiratory therapy modalities in an inpatient setting. Responsibilities may also include outpatient pulmonary function testing.

Job duties include performing all forms of respiratory therapy according to prescribed physician orders and standing written policies and procedures. This includes ventilator set-up and airway maintenance and monitoring on critical care patients, attending and assisting all code blues, high-risk deliveries, c-sections, and Met calls house-wide. Other duties include CPAP/Bi-PAP set-up and monitoring, performing noninvasive cardiology procedures such as EKGs in the Emergency Department, assisting physicians with bedside bronchoscopies, performing oximetry spot checks and oximetry sleep studies, performing ABG sticks and utilizing the I-Stat machine, performing equipment function check out and cleaning, providing patient education on all modalities of respiratory care, participating in the charge role as applicable, providing patient education on outpatient services, acting as a primary preceptor and resource for new staff, following Mercy's safety guidelines, carrying out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reporting any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents, and injuries.

As applicable if trained in the Pulmonary Function lab, duties include performing pulmonary function studies as ordered by a physician in an accurate and responsible manner following manufacturers and departmental policies and procedures, ensuring that the patient is performing the test to the best of his/her ability by observing the patient and comparing the test results as reproducible on at least three trials, performing quality control procedures and maintenance on equipment used in the testing area to ensure accuracy in test results, performing machine calibration each morning prior to testing and logging results of calibration, assisting with Trach Clinic, and providing patient education on outpatient services.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include knowledge of anatomy and physiology as related to the respiratory system, use of calculator, verbal and written medical terminology, excellent communication skills, previous experience preferred, education sufficient to obtain required licensure, and licensure certification registration including Registered Respiratory Therapist - National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC), State of Iowa Respiratory Care Practitioner License, Basic Life Support in accordance with the American Heart Association, Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification within 1 year of employment with the exception of PFT Staff, and Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse/Iowa Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter training.

Pay rate type is hourly. Mercy is an independent community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years. Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.