Join Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Avon Hospital provides state-of-the-art healthcare to all its patients and is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This designation is the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.

As a Registered Respiratory Therapist, you will provide evidence-based clinical care to some of the most critically ill patients in the United States. Caring for adult, pediatric, and/or neonatal populations, you will evaluate, treat, and manage patients with a wide range of respiratory conditions, including asthma, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, COPD, and lung cancer.

A caregiver in this position works days from 6:30 a.m. -- 7:00 p.m. with rotating weekend requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide assessment, treatment, care and evaluation to patients with respiratory insufficiencies.

• Direct respiratory caregivers for delivery of care.

• Implement and monitor patient care plans.

• Assess patients for the appropriate type and frequency of treatment and develop, implement and monitor patient care plans.

• Monitor, record and communicate patient condition.

• Perform advanced respiratory care modalities, evaluate respiratory practice, administer medications/treatments and perform blood gas puncture and analysis.

• Educate patients and families about the illness and provide information about community support groups and other programs.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate of a CoARC accredited Respiratory Therapy Program

• Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) by the National Board for Respiratory Care(NBRC)

• Ohio Respiratory Care Professional (RCP) Board Licensure

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Experience in critical care

• Experience performing invasive procedures preferred when appropriate for site

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Physical Requirements:

• Good manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

• Normal hearing and vision or corrected to normal range.

• May require sitting, standing and walking for extended periods of time.

• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.