Respiratory Therapist - WIP Day Shift 6AM - 6PM

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Exceptional Care for Children (ECC) has an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing healthcare team as a WIP Respiratory Therapist. We are seeking candidates available for full time weekend employment.

ECC is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization committed to providing the highest quality of care and services to pediatric patients requiring transitional, long term, and / or palliative care. We are an around-the-clock residential facility that provides skilled care to medically fragile children, birth to age 21, who have a technology dependency.

ECC simply exists to provide a vulnerable population with as normal of a childhood experience as possible. For more information, please visit www.exceptionalcare.org or view our video channel at www.ec4children.org

Work Schedule - 36 Hours, every Saturday / Sunday and 1 Weekday, 6A-6P, 3 Holidays per year

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provides care and advocacy to residents requiring respiratory expertise, and completes respiratory assessment of residents each shift.
• Participates in the care planning process.
• Assists with policy and procedure development and continuous quality improvement measures.
• Responsible for periodically covering school sessions, medical transports, and play therapy.
• Delivers periodic interdisciplinary in-service education to team members and responsible parties including mock codes and trach changes.
• Conducts parent / responsible party training and assess needs and deficits of the training parties under the direction of Director of Respiratory Services.
• Responsible for routine respiratory care; including equipment maintenance, respiratory treatments, troubleshooting equipment, etc.
• Provides daily interaction, including but not limited to frequent conversation, play and holding / cuddling of residents to provide daily stimulation.
• Committee participation including Admissions, Field Trip, and Education Committees.

Qualifications and Skills

Benefits

We are proud to retain the finest employees of the highest caliber. We offer a generous benefits package which includes medical, dental, and vision coverage options, an elective retirement savings plan with employer matching contributions, flexible spending and dependent care account options, life insurance, short / long term disability, paid time off, sick leave, and holiday pay for full time employees.