Respiratory Care Student - PRN

It's more than a career, it's a calling

OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee

Worker Type:

PRN

Job Highlights:

• Department: Respiratory Department.

• Schedule: PRN, Variable Shift, Evenings and Weekends

• Starting Pay: $25.05

• Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts

• Location: SSM Health St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital

Now Offering Daily Pay

At SSM Health, we know the healing power of presence begins with compassionate employees like you. As a Respiratory Care Student, you've chosen a career where patients matter-a lot.

If you're a patient advocate first...

If you listen and respond with great care...

If the needs, wants and goals of each patient matter to you...

Then we'd love to learn more! Please fill out your application today.

Join a network of health care professionals just as kind and powerful as you.

Job Summary:

Provides evaluation of and care for respiratory therapy patients consistent with student scope of practice.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administers medications and treatments to patients under appropriate supervision.

• Delivers and assesses patient response to ordered therapy.

• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition.

• Provides patient education for diseases, medications, and treatment.

• May respond to Medical Emergencies and Rapid Responses.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Enrolled in a Respiratory Therapy program

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

• Constant standing and walking.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional driving.

• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Missouri

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

• And

• Respiratory Educ Permit - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

• And

• Letter of Acknowledgment of Receipt of Application for Provisional Respiratory Care Practitioner - Oklahoma Medical Board

  • Or

• Provisional Respiratory Care Therapist - Oklahoma Medical Board

State of Work Location: Illinois, Wisconsin

• N/A

Licenses / Certifications:

Basic Life Support (BLS) - American Heart Association (AHA), FUTURE - Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) within 90 days - American Heart Association (AHA), Letter of Acknowledgement of Receipt of Application for Respiratory Care Practitioner. - Oklahoma Medical Board, Provisional Respiratory Care Therapist - Oklahoma Medical Board, Respiratory Educ Permit - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

Work Shift:

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

~~~ Respiratory Therapy

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

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